Trimmed cards gaining acceptance?

skelly · #1 12-07-2011, 04:43 PM

Simply can't stand trimmed cards. I usually give them/throw them away ( I'm not talking about rare expensive cards, I'm talking trimmed 71 Kaline, trimmed 72 Mays- you get the idea, 10-20 dollar cards. As far as grading, I know I'm weird in this way, but I'd rather have an unaltered card be slabbed as Auth. I just think it sounds better than "poor."

tjlives · #2 12-07-2011, 04:54 PM

I tend to collect whatever catches my fancy on a particular day on a not very large collecting budget, which a lot of the time is beaters. Given the choice between a card with bad wrinkles and stains affecting the picture and a card that is trimmed for the same price, I'll take the latter every day of the week and twice on Sundays. It's usually cards I simply wouldn't be able to purchase in a higher grade anyways.

sportscardpete · #3 12-07-2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by skelly

Simply can't stand trimmed cards. I usually give them/throw them away ( I'm not talking about rare expensive cards, I'm talking trimmed 71 Kaline, trimmed 72 Mays- you get the idea, 10-20 dollar cards. As far as grading, I know I'm weird in this way, but I'd rather have an unaltered card be slabbed as Auth. I just think it sounds better than "poor."

If I had a ton of money I would never buy a trimmed card, but if someones budget is low they provide a fantastic value. Some cards are hardly even trimmed, and can look better (and sell for wayyyy lower) than cards that grade a 2-4.

I would 1000% buy a trimmed t206 Magie, Plank, or Wagner.

Jaybird · #4 12-07-2011, 05:08 PM

I kind of like them if they are obvious hack jobs done by kids or by a collector trying to fit them into an album. If they are done by doctors or people trying to make sharp corners, I avoid them like the plague. Also don't mind them if they are blank backed.

tjlives · #5 12-07-2011, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaybird

I kind of like them if they are obvious hack jobs done by kids or by a collector trying to fit them into an album. If they are done by doctors or people trying to make sharp corners, I avoid them like the plague.

I tend to end up with cards with pinholes (sometimes also trimmed, sometimes not) for similar reasons. Gives the card a little more character, drives the grade to PR/FR, and usually doesn't affect the aesthetic of the card too much because little Jimmy typically didn't put the pin over Christy Mathewson's face.

rainier2004 · #6 12-07-2011, 05:38 PM

Im on a tight budget with my cracker jack set...that sentence alone contradicts itself, but I buy a trimmed one it its got good appeal. They have a hair taken off them, look like the 6s that go for a lot more than I got. On the other hand I tend to not pin holes or any front paper loss or any writing period...glas we're different.

steve B · #7 12-07-2011, 07:26 PM

In my collecting I haven't focused on high grade cards. Just on having the card. I'm getting more into having really nice condition cards, but it's still not the most important thing.
I have a few trimmed cards, usually ones that look fairly nice. One I knew was trimmed, the other I'm pretty sure was trimmed. I'd bought it as raw card, and it looked pretty good, maybe a 40 or 50, and full size. But a couple edges are just too sharp. Another is a Delong in a 7 holder from one of the 4th tier grading companies. Also full size, but again, looks trimmed under a loupe.
I also have a few really nice ones I know aren't trimmed, and some real beaters.
I find I enjoy the cards for what they are, and can ignore what they sometimes aren't. I wouldn't spend big money on one, but there are some really great looking trimmed cards out there. As long as it's sold as trimmed and priced accordingly I'm ok with it.

Steve B

kmac32 · #8 12-07-2011, 07:44 PM

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atx840 · #9 12-07-2011, 08:13 PM

When I was putting together the 649 subset one of the "rarer" cards was the whitecap Mathewson and at the time I had two options. SGC hack job for $160 (ebay) or PSA 5 for $1750 (Heritage). The previous 30/34 cards combined didn't total $1750. I went with the hack job, love the card as it was clearly not done to deceive.

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