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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469
Is removing something that shouldn't have been there in the first place altering?? The card shouldn't have come with wax stain on it. Little Bobby shouldn't have drawn a fu-manchu mustache on Namath's rookie card way back in 1965. That gob of gunk that someone spilled on the card back in 1956 shouldn't have been on there. I know this is a gray area, and I know some people don't agree with Dick Towle, but he said it best. Removal of something that shouldn't have been there in the first place isn't really altering. Trimming an edge or corner, now that is altering.
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Like you said, it's a gray area. I think it all depends on how severe the damage is to the card and how much work is required to fix it. Personally, once we start using chemicals and reagents it is altering in my book, but I'm sure some would disagree.