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Posted By: Jason Mishelow

On the card side this board has made it vedry clear that restoration is almost universally unacceptable- but what about for memorabilia- i collect mainly 19th century and becuase of a fairly limited budget often purchse items which are a bit worse for wear. For my purposes the conditon doesn't often bother me, after all these are often scarce items. Furthermore, I think that the sign of use often add a bit of soul to the item. But what do the rest of you think- does restroation ad value to an item or take it away. How much restoration do you think is accetable. And if you are in favor of restoration do you hold the same opinion for cards and if not why.