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joe brennanI was told more than once that the founders of this hobby used to soak T206's and other cards out of scapbooks by throwing them in bath tubs full of water and letting them float up. I'm sure most of the paste came off also. If this practice was deemed ok by the founding fathers, why is such a stink being made of it by collectors 60-70 years later? You going to tell Jefferson Burdick (if he was alive) that he's a card doctor and what he did was wrong? Just because the value has increased and there are criminals doing other things to the cards to increase doesn't mean that soaking paper or glue off is a crime too. Collecting habits and preserving cards practices have vastly improved from scrap books. Actually the paper is far more harmful to the card if left on than removed. If left on the acids in the old paper and cardboard will eat away the card, virtually destroying it over time. You are not altering by removing it, you are preserving it in its original statefor many generations to come. Just think off all the T206 PSA 7's and 8's that floating up to the top of that bathtub. You might thank them for their handy work, instead of standing on your soapbox and preaching drivel. Water does not change the structure of a card.
People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.