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Originally Posted by perezfan
Seriously though... would a good art eraser likely eliminate the name completely (with no visible remnants). Or would it devalue the piece more by either smearing it, lightening the paper underneath, or only removing a portion of the lead? I guess I'm trying to ask if it would do more harm than good.
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I run an antique mall and routinely use a gum based art eraser on old paper, most typically antique books. We'll remove an old pencilled-in price. Successfully erasing all signs of the graphite, without affecting the paper, has as much to do with the paper as anything else.
The Gehrig is on old high-pulp high-acid type paper, which is why it has toned some. Any attempts to erase the pencil would be very obvious.
As an aside, I'm totally with David on never altering items.