Soaking E Series

[Leon]

Originally Posted by fkw

Get off the "Value" trip, its eye appeal, many cards are collected for the enjoyment of the history of the game and the challenge of set collecting.

Value is secondary, some of my favorite PreWar cards/sets have little value

that's a cool card Frank.....Some of my faves aren't high value either....

[marcdelpercio]

Great cards, Frank and Leon!

I think the fundamental distinction is that all of the other actions mentioned (trimming, bleaching, stretching, recoloring, crease removal, etc) physically or chemically CHANGE some aspect of the card itself...hence the term "alteration". Soaking in water does not do this. To me, soaking is no different that blowing a piece of dust off the surface of a card that is laying on a table. Surely, nobody would consider that an alteration, right? How is soaking really any different?