NYT: "Retouching Mona Lisa Is Restoration, but a Mickey Mantle? Collectors Cry Fraud"

JeremyNick · 06-14-2019, 11:06 AM

I for one really have no issue with the concept of restoration. It would be great for the collecting hobby to embrace this. In fact I think it would go a long way to preserving some of these amazing cards in poorer conditions. However in other hobbies I have, such as gun collecting, restoration has a place, is embraced, but is not for everyone and is advertised as such. What Mr Huigens is doing is fraud, not conservation. If he were to advertise his cards as such, have it done in a professional manner and even graded in that way, there would be value to these cards and it would not be a scam. Though right now, it's simply a scam to make money, not another avenue of collecting.

06-14-2019, 11:06 AM	#11
JeremyNick Banned Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 22,801	I for one really have no issue with the concept of restoration. It would be great for the collecting hobby to embrace this. In fact I think it would go a long way to preserving some of these amazing cards in poorer conditions. However in other hobbies I have, such as gun collecting, restoration has a place, is embraced, but is not for everyone and is advertised as such. What Mr Huigens is doing is fraud, not conservation. If he were to advertise his cards as such, have it done in a professional manner and even graded in that way, there would be value to these cards and it would not be a scam. Though right now, it's simply a scam to make money, not another avenue of collecting.