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Trevor HockingOk I gave in a read this whole thing. I am a third generation collector and I still have a good chunk of my Grandfathers cards that he opened right from the packs in the 30's and 40's and most of the other cards he got in trade from other hobby pioneers. Many collections we bought where placed in scrapbooks back in the day, hell Cracker Jacks, American Caramel, Goudey and Topps had ones you buy to PASTE them in. Half the fun of getting those old collections was trying to get the cards out in good shape and preserve them. There was no fraud in that nor did anyone card about it either. I guess there is a fine line of wait is universally accepted, accepted but not said out loud, and just plan out restoration. I for one believe that card soaking is ok in my book. Plus if you can't tell it was done then how would you know it was done at all?
Just my 2¢ (Man all of these ¢'s are going to add up 
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Trevor