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Posted By: Bob

In theory this would be wonderful but I don't think it is practical. What scares me the most is when large auction houses sell huge lots of prewar cards and openly, honestly and specifically put on their lot descriptions that the cards are trimmed or altered. I know that these cards wind up being sold as unaltered or in many cases find their way in to slabs. That's the shame. I know about 2-3 years ago there was a gigantic caramel card lot in a major auction house's auction which I have heard has appeared on ebay in drips and drabs over that time and was not described as trimmed or altered. I made a xerox copy of the pictures of the lot from the catalogue but no longer have it. This is the kind of stuff that burns me up......