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Posted By: Louis Bollman

If you are concerned with surface wrinkles it is not a loupe that tells the story. Do what the graders do. Go to any office supply store and get a cheap desk lamp with a hologen (spelling ?). View the card(s) in question in a darker room with just the desk lamp. Hold the card at different angles and if the card has a wrinkle or a faint crease it will be far more visable than with any magnification available.

Having said this, I couldn't agree more with the others who stated that if the card looks good to you it's probably good enough. Speaking for myself, I would rather have a fresh looking T206 from the "Southern Find" that has a tiny, "factory" wrinkle than a toned example with a few corner touches that still technically (in the grading word) grades a "7".

Louis Bollman