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Originally Posted by Snowman
Soaking a card in water would almost never result in being able to sell it for "way more" afterward. The vast majority of the time, the card would regrade the same with or without soaking. In some cases, it might get a slightly better grade, like going from a 3 to a 4 or something, but that wouldn't even be enough of a difference to cover the regrading costs and auction fees. I suppose there could be some extremely rare circumstances where soaking a card results in 2 grade bumps or more, but that would be pretty rare like with an EXMT card that was badly warped from a humid environment or something. But it's not like trimming where you can turn a 5 into a 10 or anything extreme like that. In general, you're talking about very minor improvements in a card's overall appearance by soaking it in water.
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I beg to differ. Most cards that come out of albums would grade a or would grade very lowly due to paper attached to the back. Most cards that have been soaked to my knowledge, came out of scrapbooks so by removing these paper remnants, you can get a card that may grade very highly 67 or even eight, which is an incredible difference between an a or a one in value. I have a card that I bought at an antique show that came out of a scrapbook and had paper stuck on the back if left alone it would've graded very poorly. I was able to remove it and it's an absolutely gorgeous card that is much more valuable as a result of the soaking.