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The damage lighter fluid does on vintage MOC's and packaging
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<blockquote data-quote="finestcomics" data-source="post: 323841" data-attributes="member: 4368"><p>I mostly agree with your sentiment. I've recovered coins from a 100+ year dirtnap. Even if I washed it under water and submitted it, it would come back "excavated" or "cleaned." At that point, it's numismatic value is near worthless. </p><p></p><p>No one cares about my found coins, or the ones in our pockets - they care about people "doctoring" them to achieve an appearance that makes collectors go nuts and throw gobs of money at them. If there weren't hundreds upon hundreds of coins worth 5, 6, and 7 figures, nobody would care. But because of the money involved, these techniques to detect tampering become very important. </p><p></p><p>Similarly, when the majority of MOC's were selling for under $100 in the 90's, nobody cared to touch them up or doctor them. Now that these same MOC's are consistently hitting 4 and 5 figures, the money involved changes the need for people to come clean on what's being done to the toys they're putting several months pay into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="finestcomics, post: 323841, member: 4368"] I mostly agree with your sentiment. I've recovered coins from a 100+ year dirtnap. Even if I washed it under water and submitted it, it would come back "excavated" or "cleaned." At that point, it's numismatic value is near worthless. No one cares about my found coins, or the ones in our pockets - they care about people "doctoring" them to achieve an appearance that makes collectors go nuts and throw gobs of money at them. If there weren't hundreds upon hundreds of coins worth 5, 6, and 7 figures, nobody would care. But because of the money involved, these techniques to detect tampering become very important. Similarly, when the majority of MOC's were selling for under $100 in the 90's, nobody cared to touch them up or doctor them. Now that these same MOC's are consistently hitting 4 and 5 figures, the money involved changes the need for people to come clean on what's being done to the toys they're putting several months pay into. [/QUOTE]
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