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Gilbert MainesId normally expect to see this many exclamation points if this was a forum of teenage girls talking about boys. Thank you E, Daniel, I had never previously perceived you as silly.
Regarding you inquiry regarding whether a card can survive a century unscathed and in pristine condition: of course it can. One way would include the card being used as a bookmark in a book which did not get reopened for a hundred years.
Name names, Gil.
I believe there was an Old Judge Alcott which achieved a grade of SGC98, which had been preserved in an original OJ pack. This was opened and graded about 7 years ago.
Regarding your statements referring to card alteration, E, Daniel, it is my opinion that the alteration of cards is not wrong nor right. It is an option of the card owner. However, what one does with the card following alteration can be wrong.
Name names, Gil.
A board member by the name of Baxter has contracted for the alteration of a Just So card which represents the only one of these Young cards in existence (as far as we know). That contract has been completed. I invite you to view this card on his site. He has before and after images.
Whether recent prices has drawn high condition cards out of long term collections, or if cards have been created to pass the muster of the grading companies, is open to speculation. However, testament to recollections of what transpired in the 80s is immaterial, imho. This status is due to the fact that a great many cards were taken out of the hobby prior to Beckett's release of their initial price guide in 1979.
Edited to add: Im sorry, when we all were younger, one of my daughters had a group of friends named Elaine, Irene, and Eileen. Now Im faced with: Andy Baran, Adam Baxter and Andy Becker - and I still can't get names right. This is part of why I hate sales.
But the fellow with the Just So Young is Andy Baran, not Adam Baxter - but Adam has Zeenuts and w517s (a great color set!).