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TomI've soaked about 500 cards out of a 1880's album before. Old Judges (unfortunately skinned), Goodwin Champs (N162's), Buchner Gold Coins and tons of non-sports. Anyway......I put a full album page in a bath of distilled water till the cards came off the page. The glue was old and the paper brittle but they came off pretty nicely. The water would get dirty and cloudy. You have to kind of rub the backs of the cards to get any still attached residue off them. Qtips work okay and fingers work pretty good too. After the cards were off, I soaked them again in a cleaner distilled bath. Then put them between white typing paper to get the water off. Change the white typing paper every 10-15 minutes until they are completely dry. I've also used two boards with the card in between and clamps on them to get them to be straightened out. Works pretty well. Was able to get 4 of the N162's that I soaked out graded by SGC at SGC70's and SGC60's.