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12-04-2010, 02:45 PM
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Seems to me that many of the really nice T206s that folks collect, the really good ones that are slabbed, those cards survived as they did because they went straight into a scrapbook 100 years ago. The cards that the kids played with, that were carried in pockets and grimy hands, those cards are the ones we see today that are well worn. Those really nice slabbed cards were most likely soaked off of a scrapbook page 20 to 30 years ago. That's the reality of it. Even for the sacrosanct who abhor soaking... those guys most likely have soaked cards in those high number slabs.
Wonderfully well, Ed. That's how they'll soak. 
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#3
12-04-2010, 03:09 PM
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A simple search of the archive using either the word soak or soaking produced, among others, links to these three informative threads:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...highlight=soak http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...hlight=soaking http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...hlight=soaking Last edited by Rob D.; 12-04-2010 at 03:09 PM.
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12-04-2010, 04:43 PM
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I wouldn't soak E98s!
E98s tend to flake sometimes. Check out about 3 of them on ebay in the BINs and you will see what I mean. Once they start flaking and peeling, they don't stop, even in a slab. They get worse and worse. My theory is that soaking on purpose or just getting wet somehow over the years accidently has caused these E98s to end up like this. Of course, I have never tried it myself on any E98s, so I'm not exactly sure that my theory is correct. Personally, I think it is wrong to alter a card in any way and to me soaking is altering. Now, don't get me wrong, if you want to do it for your personal benefit, do whatever you want with your card. I , myself, have never tried it because I'm afraid I would screw something up and ruin one of my cards!
 Tim Kindler E98 Guy
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#7
12-04-2010, 05:28 PM
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Would you consider it an alteration when the dirt/glue/paste was originally added to the card? If so, all of these soaked cards are already altered so you really are not changing anything...merely making a soiled altered card into a less soiled altered card. If not, then please explain what you feel constitues an alteration. I totally agree with you, by the way, about E98s. Especially on those that have begun flaking in any way, soaking can be disaterous. I would put E94s and E97s in this category as well. Last edited by marcdelpercio; 12-04-2010 at 05:28 PM.
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12-04-2010, 05:49 PM
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For clarity, I'm going to go up there and edit my post of this morning, to specify that E93's and E95's soak well. I didn't say all E cards do, but maybe someone unknowingly thought so. Cracker Jack cards soak well, by the way. But since the original poster was asking about E93s and E95s, that was what I was answering about.
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#9
12-04-2010, 05:49 PM
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The reason for various E issues flaking when soaked has to do with the clay coated paper that was used, the clay coating content varied from the suppliers to the different printers and thus some react differently than others. If you were to lithograph directly on cardboard stock you would have had a severe case of ink bleeding, the clay coated paper accepted the ink and held it quite nicely.
Regardless of whether you approve or dissaprove of this issue, many of the nicer N,T and E cards that exist today were saved in scrapbooks with simple flour paste and hence soaked out. This causes no alteration nor intent to deceive. None of this "stretches" the card, that is an entirely different ploy used by card doctors to soak, press roll and trim a card.(a story for another thread). The grading companies do not or cannot in many instances detect this simple soaking and do not deduct for it, as they do not deem it an "alteration". It is a simple fact of collecting vintage cards.
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12-04-2010, 05:56 PM
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it's alteration to me if it's an act of deceipt. glue/paste added onto card for display purposes on notebooks/covers way back was simple hobby fun. trying to take it off now or erasing serves no purpose other than making card look better/enhance value.
both for/against have their reasons and justifications. up to you where you want to draw the line...
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