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Posted By: T206Collector

I agree with what Dennis said. Altering images or fixing flaws is a problem, but I always set the tone and brightness of my scans after my scanner gets done putting the images of the cards onto my desktop. To require an auction house, dealer or collector to stick with the default image created by a store-bought scanner is asking a bit much.

The colors of pre-war cards really dazzle when looked at in the appropriate lighting, and decent software can do that for you (I use Google's free image software Picassa).

This was the seller's scan of a card I bought:



This is my scan after I had it slabbed by SGC/JSA and then properly toned through Picassa (note how in my image you can actually see the corner crease better, but the card has a much brighter hue and luster).