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Sean_CMW writes:
"Any dealer who does not have knowledge of professional restoration techniques is doing a grave disservice to his or her customers. Some dealers (I won't mention any names here), like to perform these alterations themselves. Sometimes these dealer experiments end up in grading companys' holders. Other dealers such as myself, submit small quantities of cards to restoration experts. As I mentioned on the Network54 forum, I have submitted various cards (many of limited value) to a restoration expert on the East Coast. Thus far, I have yet to list any of these cards for sale or offer them in an auction (i.e., eBay). All of the altered cards I have obtained from Dick Towle that I listed for sale were not sent to him by me. Someone else had the restoration work done and Mr. Towle merely contacted me and offered me the cards. When I listed them on eBay, I clearly indicated that they had been restored by Dick Towle -- there was nothing deceptive about it. I even posted information about this on a previous SGC forum thread and discussed the altered state of one of the restored cards I listed on eBay (the 1952 Lansford). It is clear that I have nothing to hide."
Ok, so the altered cards were not the ones you submitted, but rather other cards that Mr. Towle offered you. Were you selling these cards for him on commission? Or were they extras that he happened to have lying around?
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