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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1970 Silver Art, post: 1620878, member: 18828&quot;]I do occasionally take an art bar to a local dealer to get it cleaned (dipped).&nbsp; I only get it cleaned (dipped) if the silver art bar that I bought had too much toning to the point where the bar was dark where you could not see the details.&nbsp; I do not mind some toning on my bars but I do not like too much toning on my bars.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for hurting the value of an art bar by the removing toning from a bar, I do not think that it hurts the value of certain silver art bars because that rare art bar that was cleaned will still sell on ebay for around the same price as a similar one that was not cleaned and had toning on it.&nbsp; IMO when it comes to silver art bars, rarity and demand will play a much bigger factor in its value on ebay than the amount of toning.&nbsp; Opinions will vary on this.&nbsp; IMO toning is not very important for silver art bars like it is for numismatic coins.&nbsp; The general rule of thumb for Numismatic silver coins is the never clean them but that rule does not necessarily apply to silver art bars because they are looked at as .999 generic silver by most local dealers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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