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Posted By: petecld

Hal,

I've been suggesting to SGC that they slab altered or trimmed for years now... for some reason they won't which is particularly odd to me since their sister company (CGC) has been doing this with comic books since day one. You see many restored comics in plastic tombs assessed "Apparent (--- grade)" and what was done to the book. The labels also have a different color and thses books do ell at a considerable discount compared to an unrestored book of the same grade.


PASJD,

Bleaching sure as heck does "add" something - chemicals - which will eventually eat away at the stock of the card. Of course a restored card will look different - that's the whole point. I'd love to do an air analysis inside some PSA holders.... and yes, it can be done without even opening the slab.


General observation:
What's interesting to me is the "outrage" type response people have regarding a PROFESSIONAL retoration job but when it was suggested that people do it themselves at home - dipping card in water, removing glue or paper pieces, pressing the card between two heavy objects to "flatten" the card, no one had a problem and thought it was great idea..... go figure.