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Hagar HendersonFirst, an into, I'm Hagar Henderson and I collect all ball cards of any era as long as it's not hockey or soccer. I was surfing the net and found this place. It looks like a nice site with different areas for different collectibles. I also have a collection of sports autographs.
Anyway, I was chatting with my local card dealer and we were talking about the "evilness" of card doctoring. It got me wondering what people consider to be card doctoring. I consider anything that involves deceptively removing part of the actual card (like trimming) or adding something to the card (recoloring) to be illicit. I don't consider stain removal or pressing out bent corners to be an illicit act of card doctoring. The dealer said that he will sometimes remove wax or gum stains when possible. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. The stain wasn't part of the card when it was manufactured so what's the harm in removing it?
What do you guys consider acceptable card repair vs. illicit doctoring?