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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
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.
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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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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 02-05-2022 at 02:23 PM.
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