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John“But the fact is that, in a binary detection/non-detection world, no money would be "wasted" and Wonka would never know that cards had or had not "surviced in their current condition all these years." Even in the real world, with detection a theoretical possibility, it may never be known.”
Hmmm…maybe and maybe not Paul. Many of my T206’s came from a large find when I was a young collector. I would hope the old bird that had them had better things to do rather than soak and press his baseball cards. Also many of my cards were bought before the hype of grades and grading companies, when it was a lot less profitable to be pressing wrinkles and minor creases out. Heck back then a wrinkle equaled EX or better still. LOL
If your point is in my collection I might have a worked card and not know it?
Ok, I might have card that I have bought out of the hundreds I have bought in the past years. So what’s your point because I didn’t catch it its ok, because someone pulled one over on me we all should be doing it?
I’ll say it again if soaking is such an acceptable routine in the collecting world and I’m some rabid purist! Why don’t auction houses, dealers, and other collectors fully disclose this info on a daily basis? Heck why not soak your cards in front of SGC or PSA after all as Leon said they will assign a grade to soaked cards as long as there’s not trace of chemicals. When you dropped off your SGC 70 below did you chat with the graders on how you salvaged the card from half a back of paper? If not why didn’t you mention it? I’m sure they would be amazed. Why don’t they offer this service, after all a grading company is in the service business right? When you sell the card below are you going to bring it up?
When you found the card below as is would it have received the grade below before your night of work? It’s not so much the soaking Paul I really don’t care if you have swimming pool full of T206’s as we speak. It’s the fact that none of these cards will have any of this past history disclosed to future buyers. Compound that with how I'm also to believe that your removing paper and you aren’t also getting rid of those crease's too?
“I respectfully disagree. Buying a baseball card is like buying a used car. Caveat emptor -- let the buyer beware.”
If I ever bought a card from you no doubt I should.