Baseball card restoration

[Peter_Spaeth]

https://restorationbyjm.com/

See under additional services. He has been doing this a long time. It would certainly be interesting to see a past and present (card) client list, and to know whether those clients disclose his work when they sell. If, of course, there is anything to disclose, maybe it's all just using water.

[drumback]

I don't know about baseball cards, but Jaime has restored a couple of movie posters for me, which is completely acceptable in the movie poster industry. One had several chunks of paper completely torn off at various places. Now it looks almost brand new. It is amazing work that he does. I would post before and after pics, but my pics are too large, and I don't know how to reduce them. Anyway, he is extremely talented at what he does.

[Peter_Spaeth]

No doubt most of what he does is not at all controversial.

[Leon]

I have mixed feelings. Certainly not illegal unless done to defraud.
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[Casey2296]

Just like anything else, nobody takes it serious until someone goes to jail for fraud. Until then caveat emptor.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think it's a gray area if as a professional restorer you're not actively participating in any fraud, but you have a pretty good idea of why certain clients are using your services. Perhaps not gray legally, but ethically? I actually had a very productive conversation once with a woman who did this work (she had impeccable credentials in the museum world as I recall) and even though it was pointed out to her that certain cards she had "improved" had been graded by PSA (I forget the details now), she was insistent her responsibility ended when the customer paid the bill.

[theshowandme]

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

https://restorationbyjm.com/

See under additional services. He has been doing this a long time. It would certainly be interesting to see a past and present (card) client list, and to know whether those clients disclose his work when they sell. If, of course, there is anything to disclose, maybe it's all just using water.

Looking over the website, part of me wonders how much work he gets on cards. His assertions seem like they could be mostly/entirely puffery, and maybe he hasn't done much or anything?

Of course, it's possible that he's worked on millions of cards, many of which are now safely ensconced in slabs.

I'm guessing either way, simply seeing these services advertised in a public forum is enough to make one mad enough to chew nails and spit rust.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

Looking over the website, part of me wonders how much work he gets on cards. His assertions seem like they could be mostly/entirely puffery, and maybe he hasn't done much or anything?

Of course, it's possible that he's worked on millions of cards, many of which are now safely ensconced in slabs.

I'm guessing either way, simply seeing these services advertised in a public forum is enough to make one mad enough to chew nails and spit rust.

Oh, I think he has worked on cards.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Oh, I think he has worked on cards.

For the great unwashed, is there some intel that you can share with us?

I was hoping to see some before/after pics on the website, just to showcase the skills and induce everyone to hire him for all of their cardboard restoration needs. But I wasn't seeing anything on the website.

Not only that, the list of services that he does provide seems to run the entire gamut. With such wide and disparate services offered, it just made me wonder how much he really does with cardboard.

But maybe all he really does is cardboard, and the other stuff is just smoke and mirrors to throw us off the trail.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

For the great unwashed, is there some intel that you can share with us?

I was hoping to see some before/after pics on the website, just to showcase the skills and induce everyone to hire him for all of their cardboard restoration needs. But I wasn't seeing anything on the website.

Not only that, the list of services that he does provide seems to run the entire gamut. With such wide and disparate services offered, it just made me wonder how much he really does with cardboard.

But maybe all he really does is cardboard, and the other stuff is just smoke and mirrors to throw us off the trail.

He's no fool, he's not going to put those on his website. I am sure he does not need his website to get card business. He is known. I am sure people on this board have used him for cards.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by raulus

For the great unwashed, is there some intel that you can share with us?

I was hoping to see some before/after pics on the website, just to showcase the skills and induce everyone to hire him for all of their cardboard restoration needs. But I wasn't seeing anything on the website.

Not only that, the list of services that he does provide seems to run the entire gamut. With such wide and disparate services offered, it just made me wonder how much he really does with cardboard.

But maybe all he really does is cardboard, and the other stuff is just smoke and mirrors to throw us off the trail.

In the second paragraph of the About section, it says "...revive beloved Baseball Cards..." so it appears they've done some work on cards. Just how much is not clear.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by jayshum

In the second paragraph of the About section, it says "...revive beloved Baseball Cards..." so it appears they've done some work on cards. Just how much is not clear.

Why does that quote evoke images of a Bayou Queen, chicken sacrifice, and a promise to get your beloved back.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by jayshum

In the second paragraph of the About section, it says "...revive beloved Baseball Cards..." so it appears they've done some work on cards. Just how much is not clear.

Right right. Saw that masterful description, but it didn’t go a long way to convincing me this is the next Mastro. But he’s probably just hiding his candle lest he be accused of improprieties.