Posted By:
T206Collector"wouldn't you want to know if a NM Cobb you paid thousands of dollars for used to be covered in glue and/or tape"
If the glue was removed with water, leaving no trace from now to eternity, then it is just as nice as a Cobb that never had glue on it in the first place.
These cards are 100 years old. Wouldn't we all like to know where they've been and what they've been up to before they made it into your collection. But, this is not CARDFAX. This is not trying to determine if your card will break down in a few months because it was soaking in a Katrina rain storm. This is about returning the card to its original state by removing additions made to the card, leaving no trace of the addition or the efforts to remove it. My SGC 70 Pfeister Throwing is one of the best cards in my collection, even if it once had 3/4 of its back covered in paper.