Posted By:
Hal LewisNo, I am saying that it is "natural" for a baseball card to get WET from WATER at some point during the lifespan of the card.
Just like it is "natural" for a card to get hot or cold during the life of a card, depending on where it was stored.
If heating a card up to 100 degrees Farenheit (or some other "naturally" occurring temperature) could remove the wrinkles...
then I would have no problem with that either.
To me, the "crinkle" is the alteration to the card, since it did not come from the factory with such a defect.
Pressing the card (again, using the force of gravity that is "naturally" occurring from a heavy book and not some nuclear-powered press machine) is "removing" the "alteration."
If a Topps card came out of the pack with a piece of GUM sticking to it...
could I not use water and/or my fingers to remove this defect?