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Posted By: warshawlaw

I was looking into having a severely damaged family photo from the "old country" repaired and while items like that are priceless to the family, the magnitude of cost you are undertaking is far more than I would want to spend. I think I will settle for digitizing it and repairing the image as best as I can with Digital Image Pro, then printing new copies.

For what it is worth (not much), I don't think I'd want to own a card as radically rebuilt as yours will be. I don't buy rebacked OJs for that reason. Just my personal preference. I also don't buy cards that have been severely damaged. I'd just rather not have one than have an aesthetically unpleasing card. I've passed on some very rare cards that I really wanted (a 1958 Bell Cimoli and a Darby Chocolates card come to mind) because I knew I just would not enjoy them given their conditions. The worst condition card I own is about 85% of a rare exhibit variation and I only bought it because it was $3.