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Originally Posted by samosa4u
1. Any foreign substance removed from any card is an improvement and need not be mentioned to a buyer.
I don't consider this restoration, such as removing glue residue on the back, but it should at least be pointed out to the buyer. Most buyers IMO are OK with this.
2. Anything added to (like color) a card is fraudulent. Or building up corners. Horrors!
Agreed. How the hell do they rebuild corners? That is FREAKY!
3. Nobody should trim cards. It's not the same card.
Agreed.
4) If ironing out creases is successful, fine.
Hell no!  Sometimes these creases or wrinkles can reappear many months or years down the line (when the card is sitting inside a PSA 8 case!)
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I had no idea that was being or could be done either! I am curious how hard it is to see/tell that this has been done to a card?
My gut tells me, after a bit of dirt/staining has been purposely added to hide this restoration, it is ver hard?
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I have no idea about percentage, but with the number of people I know to be card doctors, and the number of years they have been doing it, and some sense of how many cards they work on, it adds up.
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Great thread, Peter, but disheartening at the same time.
I appreciate the education lesson, however.
Thanks for starting it.
