Restoring cards

Bestdj777 · #1 01-27-2013, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Wymers Auction

After you sell it how do you guarantee that the disclosure will be made next time it sells?

You can never guarantee that the disclosure will be made. However, the only cards that, in my eyes, are worth restoring are those that should already be purchased with extreme caution. People should not be purchasing good condition, but ungraded, 52 Mantles without having a high level of knowledge about the card and carefully inspecting it in person prior to purchase.

cammb · #2 02-03-2013, 09:38 AM

Do you consider removing of a tape stain a "restoration".

Bestdj777 · #3 02-03-2013, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by cammb

Do you consider removing of a tape stain a "restoration".

I consider the removal or addition of anything to be restoration.

pepis · #4 02-05-2013, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bestdj777

I consider the removal or addition of anything to be restoration.

So, one of the things going on in the hobby is people buying empty wrappers and nm cards from the 50s/70s and fining pieces of gum, puting it all together
and seal it back up, this would be called wax pack restoration right?

ALR-bishop · #5 02-05-2013, 08:10 AM

I read a whole thread about this somewhere. Now where was that......

Bestdj777 · #6 02-05-2013, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pepis

So, one of the things going on in the hobby is people buying empty wrappers and nm cards from the 50s/70s and fining pieces of gum, puting it all together
and seal it back up, this would be called wax pack restoration right?

I don't know if I'd use that term for piecing a pack back together. That said, I don't buy, sell or collect packs, so I'll leave that to someone with expertise in that area. Some unopened pack collect may find a pack that has been put back together and re-sealed desirable.

cammb · #7 02-05-2013, 09:00 AM

I agree with most of the comments about restoration when a card is trimmed or color enhanced but dont consider tape or tape stain removal a restoration. Removing something that was not originally on the card is not restoring it. The original card remains intact. Disclosure for a tape stain removal is ludicrus.

Bestdj777 · #8 02-05-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cammb

I agree with most of the comments about restoration when a card is trimmed or color enhanced but dont consider tape or tape stain removal a restoration. Removing something that was not originally on the card is not restoring it. The original card remains intact. Disclosure for a tape stain removal is ludicrus.

How do you remove tape and tape stains?

the 'stache · #9 02-06-2013, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by cammb

I agree with most of the comments about restoration when a card is trimmed or color enhanced but dont consider tape or tape stain removal a restoration. Removing something that was not originally on the card is not restoring it. The original card remains intact. Disclosure for a tape stain removal is ludicrus.

A card is printed, cut at the factory, and packed. Somebody buys the pack, and opens it. The "pack fresh" card is then taped to a book.

Sometime later, the card is removed, and there is a tape stain. The tape stain would drastically lower the grade on the card, should it be submitted. If the card is professionally cleaned, and the stain removed, it is back to it's original state.

The card has been restored.

It doesn't matter if it's a hole created from a tack, a tear, discoloration, or the removal of a stain/dirt. If a card is treated to remove damage of any kind, it is a restoration.

the 'stache · #10 02-06-2013, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by pepis

So, one of the things going on in the hobby is people buying empty wrappers and nm cards from the 50s/70s and fining pieces of gum, puting it all together
and seal it back up, this would be called wax pack restoration right?

That would be called fraud.

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