Aloha,
There is some strange affliction to trimmed lobby cards within the poster community. I would say that the antique map collectors have a better grasp on collecting when it comes to trimmed items. I sell rare maps in Maui for a living yet i only collect movie posters and lobby cards. It is night and day for the two collector's facing the same question. Borders mean little in reality but to collector's that quarter of an inch white margin (or more) missing can eat their heart with regret. I hear it too often in the poster collecting community that a fraction of white around the card is crucial. A rare card is a rare card border or not. Is missing some white paper on the sides crucial? Never has been but is asthetically nicer, that is it. Collector's of the big maps from the late 1500's will pay an almost identical trimmed or not because they are rare and are hard to find in a ny condition. Lobby card
collector's only pay a mild fraction perhaps 25% of the card's worth if it's trimmed regularly. You are doing one thing only . Helping out the knowing collector's find some serious steals because you have an affliction. No doubt about it the future will show that this is an unwise move to skip out on great rare lobbies because of a little border trim. Map collecting has been around far longer and they know. Rare is rare border or not. Learn how to paper bond and fix it if it means that much.
Steven Yafet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Steven Yafet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Did I do the right thing?
Recently, I passed on a fairly rare lobby card that I needed because it
was trimmed. Not just any kind of trimming, but cut neatly all around
the title and stars' names. Never saw anything quite like it before.
I was going to get it anyway and have it restored but I didn't. Sold
for under $30.
Something similar happened several years ago. I bought a damaged card
and three months later, found the same card in near mint condition at a
little local collectibles' show. It was a bargain, but I still have
the other card (for which I overpaid, much to my shame)
So, I thought that history might repeat itself.
But, I am still having some doubts because the card was rare; the
colors were bright and I liked it.
Any opinions on this would be much appreciated.
Nathalie
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