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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Over the last month, I've been reading about the possibility of many cards with rebuilt corners in graded holders. I have never seen one in person...or if I have, I guess I didn't realize what I saw.<br /><br />I did look at the T206 Plank in the Mastro auction. If I didn't know from their description, I wouldn't have questioned the corners as being rebuilt.<br /><br />Does anyone have scans of cards with rebuilt coners - either raw or in holders? Are there any telltale signs to look for to avoid these cards?

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Circa 1980s, there was a guy who rebuilt the corners on Goudeys. If you held the cards up to the light, the corners let through a different amount of light. The restoration involved glue and chemicals, so a black light would likely help.<br /><br />Rebuilt corners and other major surgery is generally straightforward to identify. Also, it's expensive and time consuming, so it will only be done to expensive cards like a 1933 Goudey Ruth or T206 Cobb.<br /><br />Rebuilt corners are rare on the market and the resulting card will often appear highest grade, like Nrmt-Mt or Mint. Someone collecting lower grade cards cards, especially ones with worn corners, doesn't have to worry about rebuilt corners.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>The guy that I knew about that was rebuilding corners on Goudeys in the 80s did work that was undetectable. I have no clue if he is still around or if any of these cards are in slabs, but I know I couldn't tell the work was done when I saw the cards. He used to buy up beat commons and use the paper from those cards to rebuild the corners. Beyond that, I don't know what processes he used.<br /> <br />Jay<br><br>I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: <b>scott brockelman</b><p>Not only did he rebuild them to be undectable, however he marked most or all of them. He also did a study on the different types of cardboard laminates used and on which sheets and which were the most difficult to rebuild. Quite a bit of detailed research is available in the Old Judge newletters of the 1980's <br /><br />Scott

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Scott is correct. Tom was an ethical restorer and always added a dot to the back of a card he worked on to show that it had been restored. There are many others who are less ethical.

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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>I've been intending to post somewhere the location of the Tom Faith article on 1933 Goudey layers and laminates. It is in TOJ #15. Mr. Faith's article on card restoration is in TOJ #26.

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Thanks guys. Does anyone know where I can get a copy of those two issues of TOJ?

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Posted By: <b>scott brockelman</b><p>Send me your smail mail address and I'll go thru all the Old Judges and make copies of them and send to you.<br /><br />Scott<br />

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>I don't know him personally, but heard this guy quit restoring cards a good number of years ago due to the toxicity of the chemicals used. He became allergic to them or so something like that.

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Posted By: <b>sagard</b><p>Here are some links from this boards archives that has one of the articles in VCBC#7.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1097533534/" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/message/1097533534/</a><br />

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Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p>Thanks Scott! I'm sending you my mailing address now.

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Posted By: <b>Harry Wallace (HW)</b><p>They were really not that good. The added stock did not match the original card that well.<br /><br />I would think that any of the legitimate grading services could tell immediately.

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Posted By: <b>B.C.Daniels</b><p>I found 19 so far in my collection!<br />Jim?<br><br>BcD <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>