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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8268164, member: 24314&quot;]charley, added: &quot;...&quot;The description <span style="color: #b30000">[?what description, smoothed?] </span>has been used since the 1800s, and is documented <span style="color: #b30000">[1800&#039;s ? I&#039;d like to see a copy of that antique <i>printed</i> price sheet/reference.]</span>, and is still used in ancients collecting, and is an acceptable enhancement <span style="color: #b30000">[by those selling them to most of us who cannot afford undamaged pieces that may have been ruined last night <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> OR at a time <b>LONG PAST</b> when all sorts of things (burning witches, torturing non-believers) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> were acceptable] </span>for some pieces, and in many cases is considered an improvement and necessary <span style="color: #b30000">[to turn a &quot;pig&quot; into a prince]</span>, in that venue. It also encompasses moving metal (contrary to some <span style="color: #b30000">[ignorant]</span> opinions), removing corrosion, evening out the surface, etc. It can go a bit to<span style="color: #b30000">[o]</span> far for Ancients collectors, and when it does is called out &quot;with great vigor ( I stole that phrase from a prominent coin doctor of old that practiced out of his shop in East Orange, NJ. He was also an astute and knowledgeable collector/dealer with spectacular original non-doctored stock).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The last thing you have to do <span style="color: #b30000">[Amen to that] </span>is apologize for an opinion or post, around here.&quot;</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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