Fraudulent card restoration for grading: a dangerous trend growing fast

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They have short term effects too:

Am I the only one who refuses to buy high graded Vintage that is cert 7 or higher?

Another issue, is that the damage caused by “soaking” cards in a solution can sometimes not appear until AFTER the card has been graded. See an example here; [485473951_509671255547885_3212131991558524320_n][Screenshot 2025-05-23 at 11.45.07] The chemical in the solution the card is soaked in damages the glue, and when the card faces a change in atmosphere (ie humidity) the holo layer begins to peel from the card stock. When the owner purchased the graded card, there was no such damage. Aft…

Not all cards that go through the altering process end up like this, but on cards where creases are pressed out this can happen.