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Originally Posted by Bliggity
It's a $30 card that would grade a 2. I like to keep my low-grade E cards raw in a binder, so I either buy them raw, or buy them graded and crack them out. I like the smell of the old cards, but this one just reeks, and I've never come across that before, so I was just looking to see if anyone had any suggestions about the smell. Obviously I could have it slabbed and keep the smell away, but there's no reason to do that. I'd just sell or trade it.
I didn't think it was a ridiculous question.
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Soaking will help get rid of the smell. Putting it in a cedar box or between 2 pieces of cedar will work also. The cedar takes a long time but works really well. A friend that owned a used book store used to do it to get the nasty smell out of old books.