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Tom BoblittI agree.......aesthetically speaking, I'd rather have a nice EXMT soaked card than a heavily creased G/VG one........encapsulated or otherwise.
I think it's interesting that the grading services, especially SGC now are encapsulating cards and putting the 'AUT' on them when they vehemently denied doing this a year or two ago. I think it's a great service ultimately (not to switch to another inflammatory discussion). If they could detect that a card had been soaked, I would not be opposed to them putting 'AUT' or some other identifier on it. I just don't think it rises to the occasion of that type of situation though because, arguably, nothing has been done to the card to make it materially different.
Interesting discussion. I think we'd all be surprised at the true history of all the cards in our collections........