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Gilbert MainesChris: if you want these cards graded so that you can sell them, an auction house would likely be able to accomplish that, and also give you tremendous exposure.
You do not need them graded for your own assurance, you have determined that the colorization precision exceeds what can be accomplished by an artist and brush.
There is no call to wet your cards, but no reason to avoid it either. However, even if you were to wet the cards, it seems to me that the grading companys would continue to (I agree why would they blackball you) hesitate to move on your request for authentication as unaltered cards.
I don't know. Is there a good old boys network of preferred dealers/auction houses/grading companies which disallows individuals from coming up with a "find" like this?
"It is not actually paranoia if everyone really is conspiring against you" - Dr. No.