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<p>[QUOTE="Ana Silverbell, post: 3186799, member: 75156"]<font size="4"></font></p><p><font size="4">I see LakeEffect answered your question. The most interesting part of the Paul Frese interview that I watched (about a year and a half ago) is the detail Paul Frese went into to describe the evaluation process he goes through to verify a set. He described the different papers used and the toning the specific paper causes. If a set toned differently, then he does not verify it. I've thought about submitting a set to see what I get back.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">It does not appear that OSV has caught on in the past two or so years it has been out there. By example, a search of eBay shows three, current OSV listings. I could find no sold OSV items. Still, an interesting idea by Paul Frese.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ana Silverbell, post: 3186799, member: 75156"][SIZE=4] I see LakeEffect answered your question. The most interesting part of the Paul Frese interview that I watched (about a year and a half ago) is the detail Paul Frese went into to describe the evaluation process he goes through to verify a set. He described the different papers used and the toning the specific paper causes. If a set toned differently, then he does not verify it. I've thought about submitting a set to see what I get back. It does not appear that OSV has caught on in the past two or so years it has been out there. By example, a search of eBay shows three, current OSV listings. I could find no sold OSV items. Still, an interesting idea by Paul Frese.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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