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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I do not believe that alteration/restoration will be acceptable in baseball cards anywhere within the next 50 years. I doubt the practice of restoration was ever frowned upon in poster collecting or artwork. The practice of cleaning and restoring coins has been frowned upon for eons in the coin collecting world and since the advent of grading it has been frowned upon in the baseball card hobby...I don't remember it even being an issue before PSA came along. You think those guys who pay $5,000 for common 1962 Topps cards in Gem Mint condition are ever going to accept restoration to a baseball card??? When they have millions invested in their collections and some guy can come along and pretty up the same 1962 Topps common for a few bucks and attain the same Gem Mint grade? Nosiree.