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Kevin"Kevin, I applaud you on your card doctoring experiments."
Many thanks!
I might add, at this point cards such as these are no longer experiments but somewhat perfected alterations used to train and teach. It is by all means only the tip of the iceberg in advanced doctoring techniques.
No insult to anyone but many collectors know very little about identifying alterations. Perhaps we have become too complacent on the word of 3rd party authentication companies. Although they do a great job of catching most, they have IMHO, fallen behind the times. Subjects such as trimming and recoloring have become old school.
Does anyone know if any of the various grading companies employ (in one way or another) a person who tests the limits and discovers new methods to pass on? How can they identify something if they haven’t done and/or studied it themselves? Again, only an opinion but if a card can be “put through the ringer” and still not get caught, something is wrong.
Sadly, I am not the ball player. He is a bit taller than me (; and, from what I hear, lives in Florida…I’m in SoCal.
Kevin