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Posted By: barrysloate

I think if one bought a scrapbook with cards glued in they would want to remove them simply because that is not how people collect. Nobody who collects today glues their T206's into albums- collectors want individual cards, whether they be raw or graded. It's such a basic thing to remove them. And if it isn't done right and there is some paper loss on the back, they all are going to grade poor. If on the other hand they are removed properly without causing damage, what is the harm? I still don't see how they are being altered.

Comic books, for example, were made of the worst quality acidic paper imaginable. Given enough time, they are all likely to disintegrate. If they can be sprayed with a solution that removes the acid from the paper, the comic will survive significantly longer. Do people think that is a bad thing? Is that altering a comic, or preserving it?