PWCC's 1936 Goudey World Wide Gum DiMaggio PSA 7

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by steve B

If I had the card. And posted it here raw asking the question "I have this card that's got fairly mild damage from acid exposure that will only worsen over time eventually destroying it. It's a fairly important and valuable card, and I think it should be deacidified so that it will last another few generations. But I'm concerned about how that will affect the value. What should I do?"

I would say if you're that worried about it, you should sell it before doing any work on it. And I would say you're paranoid. Because life expectancy of baseball cards is longer than humans.

[ullmandds]

While I think grading kinda sucks...especially PSA...it seems that the times they are a changing. Perhaps the demand for some cards is just so great...combined with an apathy or lack of awareness of altered cards that are in slabs. Cards are now a commodity and the slab is all that matters!

Alterations have become acceptable in this beloved hobby just like lots of others!

Long live the fuc$ing slab!

[steve B]

Originally Posted by swarmee

I would say if you're that worried about it, you should sell it before doing any work on it. And I would say you're paranoid. Because life expectancy of baseball cards is longer than humans.

I've seen and owned things that are made from similar stock to the WWG cards that were poorly cared for. Some are fine, some have degraded noticeably within about half my life time (So far)

If all that matters is the money you make now....Great. Do whatever you like. The next generation thanks you - Or not.

If you actually give a _ about the item as anything more than a source of profit, proper storage and occasional conservation with full disclosure are proper.

Why many of us worry about storage and holders but never about much else is always a puzzle.

Steve B