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Posted By: Rhys

Terry is a great guy. He let me see the card, and I asked him if I could see it out of the holder and he complied. I felt the card and in my opinion it is a foreign substance which appears like dirt to be attached to the front of the card. I mentioned this to Terry and told him that warm water and a q-tip would almost certainly clean the card to a much higher grade. He told me he did not want to do that, and I replied that the card is what it is and cleaning it probably would not increase the value substantially anyways because of the scarcity and it would probably go for the same amount regardless of grade and Terry agreed. I placed the card back in the holder and then handed it back to him and moved onto other conversation. Terry is the cream of the crop in the hobby and he is to be commended for not wanting to do anything to the card even though I would not have faulted him at all for using some warm water to remove this dirt. It is my opinion that this card could be cleaned with nothing more than warm water having held it out of the holder and examined it personally. Not having it cleaned was just a very honest and commendable decision by Terry.

Thanks again to Terry for letting me hold the card and for the great conversation at Chicago, he is always the highlight of my Fall Sun Times Trip!

Rhys