card is not authentic when it has been altered this much......if this is where the hobby is going, I don't like it one bit! card went way too much
full disclosure: I would take it if it was given to me
but........................
it's not an "original" card!!!.....a major restoration on cards, art, antiques, I get it, but not one cards....
it changes the original integrity of the card where extent of future restoration of cards will be blurred.....meaning soon you wont be able to tell where the original ends and the "new" "restored " pieces are added...
condition of the original will not matter anymore....if you have enough cash you can just make it gem mint!
who is too say what was "unrestored" and what is "original" if a card is restored, holdered, then cracked out???? soon we won't be able to tell...
all previous cards grades will be useless....
just "build up the soft corners", "touch up" or add more back on that broadleaf 460....
this is opening a major can of worms and I don't like it