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Buyers are not protected by the note being third party graded. Buyers are protected by doing their own research and due diligence before buying a note.
It is imperative that collectors who plan to bid on rare notes at auction do their own research and due diligence on the history of the note in question.
They should have at minimum mentioned that the note has been trimmed.
It is ironic that online auction sites like eBay have developed policies that only allow sellers to list graded notes from PMG and PCGS, while excluding reputable TPGs like BCS, with the rationale that they are protecting the buyers by doing so.
Whether or not the note exhibits any chemical "smell" will probably never be known.I once purchased a note from a very well know dealer (by mail) that was TPG by PMG and when I received it, it was not given the designation EPQ which I thought it had ....I contacted PMG and they said that according to the graders notes on that particular note the comment was that no EPQ was given because of a smell of bleach...that being said it may be possible to inquire and see if this TPG has grader notes on file for this particular note...once sealed it will likely be impossible to tell...in my case the dealer took the note back claiming they had no idea ...personally I find that hard to believe ,,,but either way I got rid of it
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The restoration work ----- and one can argue that whoever did the restoration has saved a rare and desirable note from further deterioration, assuming of course that no destructive chemicals such as bleach were employed. Whether or not the note exhibits any chemical "smell" will probably never be known.