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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

OK guys......I have received numerous emails about this '41 P/B Joe D.; and, asking
me to bring to the Philly Show this w/e......I will consider this.

As for submitting it to SGC or GAI (on-premise Graders), I'll consider that, too. I, person-
ally, do not feel it will pass muster with either of these Graders. And, I say that just
because 20 years ago (when it was restored) the "state of the art" in BB card restoration
was in its infancy.

I recall that there were only two guys in the hobby that were doing it in the late 1980's.
One on the East coast and one on the West coast. The West coast guy was unbelievable,
in that he could perfectly restore lettering on back-damaged cards. And, I am telling you
that experts could not discern the difference.

I have seen very recent examples of memoribilia restoration, and the workmanship is
amazing.....and at the same time very "scary".

T-Rex TED