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Old 11-19-2004, 03:34 PM
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Default Spalding & Reach G&B cards existance verified

Posted By: Andy Baran

Hal,

Mine is the ONE AND ONLY Just So Tobacco Burkett known to exist

The reason that I am comfortable having it restored is that the card is already altered. All 4 borders, including the Just So Advertising, have been trimmed off. What I am doing is restoring the card back to it's original condition, using an original actress card from the Just So set. I would never restore a card just to improve the condition (or to try to get a better grade) nor would I restore the card unless I had period materials available to use in the restoration. This is really a unique situation. I'm not sure that restoring a card that is already altered can hurt the value, and I have to believe that improving the appearance of the card dramatically would have to at least increase it's desirability, if not it's value.

I'd be interested to hear what others think.

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