kronin323
Font of Useless Knowledge
like I said, I like to make up my own definition.
Fixed it...
some people would consider laminating a baseball card as preserving but not me (and not you apparently).
No, I wouldn't laminate a baseball card; I'd put it in a sleeve. But that's a different use case than taking a 24K XX and wearing them around. It's like comparing how you'd treat a collectible toy that's still NIB to one that's been, and is being, played with. Different use cases.
I never said letting it deteriorate would preserve it. you'd have to be stupid to think that.
Funny, I thought your main advice on this topic was this quote:
you're better off to just keep wearing it, IMO. when it gets to a point where it's too bad you can't even wear it, then that's when you get it refinished.