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Originally Posted by bnorth
Just my guess but there is only 1 real Picasso of each subject. There are 1000s of Mantles 52 Topps(example only) card. So for me the restoration on a 1/1 painting makes sense and the restoration of a card that has 1000s of copies does not. So to me if a card is restored it should be worth less than an original copy.
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If prints were available, which is common today, then those altered/trimmed/colored copies would be judged/viewed the same way as baseball cards.
One offs, for history reasons and preserving that history is an entirely different thing.