From: Brian Brokaw [brokaw@pojo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 11:33 PM
To: David Randall
Subject: RE: Bent holo 

> I picked up a Charizard holo about 3 weeks ago as a gift for my son. It was
> in excellent shape and perfectly flat. I stored it in a snap together
> plastic case in my car to hide it from him, but when I recently took it out
> of the case the card had a _bend_ to it. There are no signs of damage, just
> this curve that wasn't there before. When I called the store I bought it
> from the guy said that alot of holos tend to do that and there wasn't much
> I could do other than keep it in a plastic case.
> 
> Have you heard of this before and is there anything I can do to
> 'straighten' the card back out again? Does this kill the value of the card?

Hi.

Nearly every holo card that I have ever purchased has warped like this.
It should not decrease the card's value in any way (since all WOTC cards
do this.)  It has something to do with the manufacturing process, since
all the Japanese foils that I've purchased have NEVER warped like this.

The US card stock seems thicker, and sealed worse.
Perhaps moisture gets into the card stock and makes it warp like that.
You don't happen to keep a nitrogen cabinet at home to keep your
cards in do you? ;-)

Oh well, you have nothing to worry about.

Hope this helps,
Brian Brokaw