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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2108180, member: 4920"]Hey Charles, take a look at these. The one on the right is the cleaned one. Hard to tell at quick glance, I know. </p><p><br /></p><p>I post these "close" examples to show primarily the more subtle distinctions in the surfaces and to say you never want to get hung up on the label. The left one may even be a little cleaned. You want to look to the degree of surface compromise, and offer, accordingly. Both are collectable, in my opinion, the second is just more so for the livelier surface. Look at how the light reflects off the surface, that's kind of how you tell. Look at the cleaned reverse. That surface will never get back the reflectivity it once had, it will rather just remain flat and dull. That's irreversible. In a nut, it's why we don't like to clean them. Hope this helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]397882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2108180, member: 4920"]Hey Charles, take a look at these. The one on the right is the cleaned one. Hard to tell at quick glance, I know. I post these "close" examples to show primarily the more subtle distinctions in the surfaces and to say you never want to get hung up on the label. The left one may even be a little cleaned. You want to look to the degree of surface compromise, and offer, accordingly. Both are collectable, in my opinion, the second is just more so for the livelier surface. Look at how the light reflects off the surface, that's kind of how you tell. Look at the cleaned reverse. That surface will never get back the reflectivity it once had, it will rather just remain flat and dull. That's irreversible. In a nut, it's why we don't like to clean them. Hope this helps. [ATTACH]397882[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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