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Thnx & I agree.  Unless it's Stan, Steve or Jack's name.  then i'd be psyched.

If you have a book that is designated Restored/Apparent Slight-A due to "centerfold re-attached with glue".   I'm curious if serious collectors consider this an egregious issue that should significantly devalue the book (imo, i don't & equate it with slight color touch)?  Also, would you suggested cracking it open to undo the 'restoration' by removing the centerfold?  Would the book then get a Green/Qualified label or a Blue/Uni label with "detached centerfold" note.  There seems to be some inconsistency as to how this might get slabbed.  NOTE: this is for a very HTF book in high-grade that generally gets 2-3X multiple of grade value.

Thanks in advance.

Caveat: new to this forum & thread.  I have a 3.0 AF15 with slight amateur color touch (C-1).   It's a really solid clean copy with only slight chipping - looks closer to a 3.5/4.0.  Question: what are your thoughts on color touch vs. other restoration?  As a kid that regularly & very carefully filled in some blacks with pen, I don't really have much of an issue with it.  Doesn't seem to really affect the integrity of the book, imo.  Certainly not like pieces added; cleaned; trimmed; etc..  I'm curious why an inconspicuous color touch would designate a resto grade, while a person's messy name scrawled on the cover would give it a Uni grade.  I understand the rationale, one's an attempt at restoring while the other's not - but an imperceptible color touch is much less egregious than a smudgy penned name.  And yet, just getting that purple label vs. blue dramatically impacts the value.  I'm curious if serious collectors like yourselves evaluate the value of (3.0) slight color touch vs. more a Uni copy that's in much worse shape (say 2.0), sans color touch.   Thanks in advance.