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Posted By: Joann

Actually Dan, you had it right. There is no blemish on a card if it can't be seen **by a collector**. If your card looks great to you then it looks great, whether your eyesight is 20/10 or 20/200.

Whether a defect is actually there only matters if the collector decides to trade or sell. Only now, because there is a matter of objective value in the collecting world at stake, does the individual eyesight matter and the collector needs to determine the actual condition of the card - maybe even with a loupe.

So as long as you are in the role of (as the post said) a collector, your standard of "if I can't see it it isn't there" is exactly correct. Only when your role changes to seller or trader does eyesight come into play.

I'm just saying.

Joann