Opinions on Soaking/Pressing

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

If EVERY single T206 card in existence COULD have been "soaked and pressed" WITHOUT leaving any possible trace of this having happened...

isn't it pretty naive and fruitless to be so adamantly OPPOSED to this practice??


Isn't it essentially IMPOSSIBLE to prove that ANY T206 card is "unsoaked"??


Even a card that has been in an ATTIC for 95+ years COULD have been "soaked and pressed" in 1909 by any kid with access to water and a book.


I just find it funny to hear people say that they are so AGAINST this practice when there is NO WAY to trace or prove it.


It reminds me of all the baseball executives who were so adamantly against steroids BEFORE there was any testing that could PROVE the players were taking them.

They had their heads buried in the sand and wanted to sound like they were taking the moral high road.