The Card Altering Services Saga Continues

[2dueces]

I collect paintings and conservation is considered a good thing.
Rebacking seldom hurts the value and a good conservator adding paint
Rarely affects the value. Prints that have cardboard receive acid free backing to
prevent foxing. But spoon a corner or soak a card is considered altering and bad?

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

I collect paintings and conservation is considered a good thing.
Rebacking seldom hurts the value and a good conservator adding paint
Rarely affects the value. Prints that have cardboard receive acid free backing to
Stop foxing. But spoon a corner or soak a card it considered altering and bad?

I collect paintings too, and all those things are disclosed in the item description. PSA Goudey Ruth with thin borders? Not a peep about the "restoration" that's been done.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Paintings are unique items. The restoration is done to preserve them for posterity. Cards are altered to deceive, period. To artificially differentiate them from other examples of the same card. There is no analogy here.

[JustinD]

It sadly seems a bit generational of late. I am a soaking only person and I know many that would call that a forbidden area. However the “modernistas” as I like to call them often lean more investors than collectors. The more you can make it worth, hell or high water, vs respecting the life it’s had is king.

Read the comments on this and it might ruin your night.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT81mRhhR/

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Paintings are unique items. The restoration is done to preserve them for posterity. Cards are altered to deceive, period. To artificially differentiate them from other examples of the same card. There is no analogy here.

Paintings and prints are conserved to allow future generations to enjoy them. But I agree Peter, when there’s money to be made unscrupulous practices and undisclosed alterations will happen.