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Posted By: JimCrandell

Paul,

Your whole argument seems to be that card alteration/restoration is great if you can't tell(what you don't know won't hurt you).

My view is altering these great treasures is just plain wrong. These are treasured items that should stay in exactly the shape that they are in once they are found. In fact, it is the moral duty of true vintage collectors to leave the card in the state in which it was given or sold to them.

I couldn't look at my cards if I knew that they were soaked, cleaned and even heavan forbid trimmed.

I feel the same way about this as I feel about Upper Deck or Topps taking a historic bat and chopping it up into pieces to put in packs of cards.

Jim