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Originally Posted by Jlighter
The reason I don't agree is because you don't know how those creases got there. You could come up with a story of how those creases got there, which lead lead to more fun, but it greatly diminishes the presentability and therefore value of the card.
Now, if I had those cards from when they were pack fresh they would have great sentimental value to them, each crease and marking telling a story. Although a person wanting to purchase those cards would not have the same attachment to those cards. Nor would I blame them.
It could also depend on the provenance and story behind the card. For example if a card was creased from being signed by Mickey Mantle in person, and that story was passed down would be one thing. But if the card was merely stepped on by a younger brother would not be as intriguing.
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A lot of the fun for me, as a younger collector, is pretending that I'm holding the cards my dad or grandad might have held (my grandmother threw the real ones out, obviously, in the 70s). I like to imagine that the corner dings and the creases are a result of frantic schoolboy flipping and trading. I guess that's the nostalgic part of collecting for me. While it would definitely be cool to know "mickey mantle creased this card while signing it," there's a certain simple mystique to the golden age of baseball, and by just holding the cards, I can feel connected to it, just like any kid would have felt way back when. Maybe part of it is just the age factor.