Questions for Doug Allen

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Doug,

We all appreciate your input to this board. As you know there is tremendous concern about card alteration in the hobby and as president of the leading auction house in the hobby would appreciate your responses to the following:

1)Rob Lifson recently described the altering of cards as an "epidemic". Do you agree with this and if so what are you doing to combat it?

2)Rob also said that some of the most sophisticated work on cards has been executed by employees of auction houses that also deal in cards. What is your reaction to this?

3)What will Mastronet and its employees do (if anything) to improve the condition of cards that are consigned to it? Please adress the following
--cleaning card--such as taking glue off
--taking out creases
--erasing pencil marks
--pressing cards
--trimming
--bleachoing/recoloring

4)Do you use restoration services on cards such as Paul Messier or Graphic Restoration and what exactly will they do for you?

Thanks for your attention to this and my best wishes for a successful auction.

Jim Crandell