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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;funkee, post: 1446776, member: 37925&quot;]Sound advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have made a few good bets on ebay by searching newly listed items and picking up undervalued notes. Similarly, I have overpaid for a note that was over-graded by the seller. My collection is only beginning, and my most recent and most expensive acquisition was a 1907 $10 Gold Cert in EF (<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t206623/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t206623/">http://www.cointalk.com/t206623/</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone doctors a note by making creases less noticeable, by ironing it for example, does that actually devalue the note? Does sealing up pinholes increase or decrease the value of the note? I seem to think it increases the value of the note to a degree, if the collector is looking for eye appeal over originality. I mean, there&#039;s a huge market for restorations of all kinds of antiques. But although doctoring might increase the looks, it certainly may not increase its grade. I guess it depends on the goals of the collector, and the balance between eye appeal and originality. If it were all about eye appeal, we might as well buy $2 high res copies on ebay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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