In all cases, the seller is required to say the item was altered or restored. How it's valued after that is a second issue.
I don't mind some restoration, but it depends on the type and extent of the damage. If you have a house paint stain across a 1952 Topps Mantle, I have no issue with it being cleaned up.
Also realize that T206 collectors idiosyncratically pay more for bad miscuts, horrible registration, blank backs and other printing errors. A Chagall or Rembrandt collector might say "Why would you pay more for ugly printing errors? Were you dropped on your head as a child?" So a T206 collector's view of things might not be a universally shared view.
Last edited by drc; 06-04-2012 at 06:07 PM.
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