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Posted By: barrysloate

Daniel- first and foremost, that's a lot of exclamation points. Getting to your question, I usually deal in mid grade cards and only occasionally in high grade ones, but from what I hear, and from my many years in the hobby, it appears that very skilled paper conservators are using their talents for bad things. Some are so successful that their work is getting past some of the graders. I couldn't tell you which cards or how many, and doubt if I saw an altered one I would necessarily be able to detect it. It's just that these rumors are growing and more people seem to be aware of this phenomenom. That's all I know, I'm not hiding anything.