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Josh AdamsI had an interesting conversation with my dad on this subject. While he isn't a collector, he has passed down his love of baseball to me. He asked, how is restoring a painting different from altering or restoring a card?
I think that's a good point. Isn't it just a choice of words between "altering" and "restoring?" Personally, it does not bother me that a card's wrinkles have been smoothed, or a pencil mark has been erased. If I buy a card, and later find out that such things were done, it would not really be that big of a deal, to me.
To answer the question at the begining of this thread, I don't think removing a wrinkle is "altering." I think it's "restoring."
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