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Posted By: Rhys

Why not just call it "Restored" and be done with it. All areas of antiques and collectibles have a restoration process and as long as items are marked that way and sold as such nobody (except for prewar baeball card collectors appearantly) have aproblem with it. Besides, was the original mission statement for PSA or other grading companies to "keep all cards which are not 100% authentic out of holders forever" or was it more likely something like "We want to be able to PROTECT and EVALUATE vintage baseball cards". I would guess it was the latter, so let the grading companies evaluate and protect the cards they get sent and mark them as such. I see no probalem with slabbing any restored, altered, or trimmed cards as long as they are marked as such. I know others disagree, but I think PSA did the right think by slabbing the card.