We seem to be re-hashing old conversations here, which is fine. It is probably healthy to discuss them periodically.
One issue that has not come up yet in this round is that it is not ONLY high grade cards that are altered. It is any card that the doctor finds it worth his/her time to doctor. In other words, if there is financial incentive to work a PSA 3 card like a T206 Cobb into a PSA 4, doctors will do it. If one only looks carefully at PSA 8s, people are going to miss a big part of the altered card community. It is about financial incentive and nothing else. If a doctor can take a light wrinkle out of a '33 Goudey Ruth and it becomes a 5 rather than a 3, there is a big payoff.
Some people enjoy singling out high-grade cards in this discussion, but the truth is that it happens on all levels.
JimB
Last edited by E93; 02-06-2011 at 10:28 AM.
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