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John“I would like to make clear I’m not saying soaking & trimming are complete equals. Nor am I advocating either.”
I think I stated that above, certainly one is more obtrusive than the other. Removing glue is more than cleaning to me; the glue wasn’t there when it left the factory in 1909. When added later life the value of that card dropped IMO. Removed or not the card was not as found, and should be fully disclosed and should lower the value.
I think a good example is the car-collecting world. Buyers pay big bucks for factory exact cars, in other words no changes all original parts, paint etc. If you bought a Duesenberg that was blue, and upon closer inspection you found the original color to be green, stripping and repainting it does not make it original again.
Where does this stop? Why don’t we all clean our PB backs to get rid of those stains etc? I don’t collect coins, but is ok to polish out scratches in coins? Does it affect their value?
Peter please clarify, are you saying if you bought a NRMT-EX card for market value on that type of card, only to find out a week ago it was GD at best. You would have no problem and be happy with the purchase? Would you disclose or pass on to the next buyer with no mention of your findings?
Just curious?