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Bottom of the NinthAll that was done was a drop of water was added to the pinhole and the paper pushed back down. The hole is still evident as are the other surface issues. The wrinkle on the side was there too in grading. No paper or paint was added to the card.
I did send the card in for grading and two graders who looked at the card felt it was ok. The card was measured and inspected by both graders. I mentioned that I thought the card was trimmed and expected it to go into a holder labeled Authentic. They were confident the card was not trimmed.
The card was then wholesaled at a local card show. What Ben fails to mention is that in our trade we valued the card at either $350 or $400. The card was sold by me for less than that and sold on ebay for just over the value we had established.
Hate to say it guys but professional grading has changed. Just the other day a regular poster mentioned a 52 Mantle that he glued back together that is now sitting in an SGC 30 holder. Nobody seemed to have any issue with that. Nor with another regular poster's open discussion of the removal process he uses on his cards. I think that grading services are taking into account some processes that you refer to as "restoration."
Greg