question on erasing pencil marks

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Posted By: leon

I am in the "alteration" camp of thinking that if it wasn't there when manufactured, then you can take it off of the card and still sleep well at night. No harm no foul. Everyone has their own opinion on this. There are certain pencil/pen marks that I leave alone and add charisma to the cards, imo. Each case is different. I use a Mars Plastic Eraser and they work great. They crumble extremely easily and have always worked well. As with anything you should try it on a small spot first to see how it works. If the erased mark leaves no indention, even under magnification, then a grading company can't ding for it....as they won't see it. We have had this discussion a bunch of times and it's still relevent. One thing to note though....Some very early pencil marks were with a kind of grease pencil...and those will barely come off no matter what is used....(unless sent to a conservator...which could be expensive)....regards