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PASJDObviously reasonable minds can differ, but to me adding v. subtracting is at some point a matter of semantics. Is "subtracting" a crease that was there OK? Is bleaching a card OK, it doesn't add anything? Is power erasing a card to make it better centered OK, it doesn't add anything? To me, what Mastro did (leaving the pinholes out of it) completely altered the condition and appearance of the card. I can't see a way to rationalize that particularly where it was not disclosed. I admit there may be instances where "cleaning" is so de minimus that I wouldn't care but this doesn't feel right to me. And full disclosure doesn't solve the problem either for the reason that Hal pointed out. Somewhere down the line someone is gonna get hoodwinked. Just my two pennies.