04-22-2024, 11:34 AM
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Peter Spaeth
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Originally Posted by SyrNy1960
In the 70's, when collecting was so much simpler, we did have a guy who was known for pressing out wrinkles on cards, and he sold them at our local card shows. If someone was interested in a card that he pressed the wrinkles out, he always made buyers aware (we actually all knew him as the winkle guy), and he never charged more money than what the card would have been worth with wrinkles.
I didn't really think much of that being a bad thing back then. I'm sure more things were being done to cards back then, but never really thought much of it.
Today, this is crazy what's being done. So many cards being soaked, trimmed, re-colored, pressed out, etc., so I can see why the true card collectors are angry over it. Sad.
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For me, the issue isn't what's being done. It's the deception.
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