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Originally Posted by ls7plus
In my area, when PSA was just getting started, there was one dealer who specialized in turning off-grade '50's and '60's cards into near mint/mint. From what I later read, the cards would be put through a paper press, slightly expanding their size, then carefully trimmed back down to size, removing worn corners and/or edges in the process. When grading took hold, the grading services pretty much eliminated this tactic.
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I've heard of card stretching before, but I didn't know how it was done. I was always under the impression that the card was soaked first to make it stretch easier.