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Old 02-05-2022, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
PC dealers often write the price in faint pencil on the card back. Drives me crazy too. Removing that isn't doctoring any more than soaking a card off an album page. If the pencil did not etch a groove into the paper it will erase cleanly. Use an Artgum eraser to avoid tearing off the top paper layer and work carefully and slowly with minimal pressure.
Call me a hypocrite, but I agree with this, and I don't think I need to defend my anti-alteration credentials. If you can't see the difference between this and removing a crease, I can't explain it to you.
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