To Clean or not to Clean

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by rats60

How do you know it was only cleaned by water? Were you the one who cleaned it or do you know who did it? How do you know chemicals weren't used, but can't be detected? Can you provide a link to where SGC and PSA have said it is OK to clean cards with water? If this is the industry standard, why was the cleaning not disclosed when the card was sold? Isn't the answer to the last question that it is not the industry standard and there are a lot of people opposed to any alteration of cards including soaking?

I've never owned this card. By knowing many collectors, it's my opinion that cleaning cards by water is more acceptable than in years past, and more along the lines of industry standards. Since, I rarely use TPGs I do not know what their stance is for using water.

It's above my pedigree to be able to look at a card that has been worked on with chemicals, trimmed down to size, creases pressed out that don't break the paper, etc... We will leave that to the experts with TPG and collectors can choose who to use for their expertise.

I completely agree with the post saying the gloss has been removed and doesn't look as good as it did in the SGC holder. Clarity and gloss are important ingredients many look for in a card. Since, we don't see this series come up forsale a lot, it's more difficult to compare to other M110s.

Looks like the bottom right corner got dinged along the breaking out (or putting) in the holder process or the cleaning process. Ultimately the grade was consistent with both TPGs.