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Posted By: <b>ScottIngold</b><p>This is a link to some thoughts on where the Wagner came from. Throw in the history about an uncut sheet containing this and a Plank....... Well just real intersting reading.<br /><br />Simply amazing that this could happen and be kept quiet for so long. I also have a feeling that with all of the knowledge and history on this board that more than a few could add to this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=718115&CategoryID=498428&startcat= 1&ThreadID=2759585" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=718115&CategoryID=498428&startcat= 1&ThreadID=2759585</a>
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I would prefer not to have links to other forums listed on this site, that are essentially doing the same thing this one does. There is no animosity towards those guys whatsoever and I wish them the best. As far as I know almost everyone over there posts on this board too, which is great. I will leave this one, no big deal, but would prefer not to have links posted to other sites in the future.....especially on the main forum. I have nothing against Jay and Scott for starting that one but the reason they started it is because of the banner ads on this one (and Scott and I hadn't kissed and made up yet <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>). I don't feel the banner ads have harmed this site at all, nor has anyone kept their mouth shut about anything (which is good too)....regards
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Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>"Throw in the history about an uncut sheet containing this and a Plank"<br /><br />Is that a fact, or just speculation? <br />If it is fact true, why hasn't anyone said this in relation to the sale in the past few days?
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Posted By: <b>Pennsylvania Ted</b><p>Here is the Thread you initiated in 2005 that provides a lot of debate on this topic......<br /><br /><a href="http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1131565466/last-1132579205/lawsuit+against+psa+for+10.5+million+awarded+to" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.network54.com/Forum/153652/thread/1131565466/last-1132579205/lawsuit+against+psa+for+10.5+million+awarded+to</a>........
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Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>we are going to kiss (no offense - you have the wrong plumbing to be my type is all)! However, we have buried the hatchet and I am glad.<br /><br />Josh - I have been telling people about this card for a long time now - going back to the old boards. I caught a lot of Hell for it as well, since it involves Bill Mastro and some of the big dogs in the Hobby. I threw out all my files on this Wagner when I quit collecting a few years ago.<br /><br />However, I do know that M. Wentz and M. O'Keeffe (a reporter who has been in touch with me over the past couple of years) have a ton of info. on this card - including some "Before" pics of the Wagner - before it was cut down a second time! If they want to share what they know, that is up to them. I do know there is going to be a book about the card coming out shortly by Mr. O'Keeffe. He has done the right thing - waiting until he has the facts together first and obtaining as much info. as possible. <br /><br />Like I stated on my site - the most difficult thing in researching this card is that EVERYONE involved has lied about the card or is lying now!
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>Scott-<br />Do you or anyone else here have any idea how the Wagner was distributed in the short time it was? I know it was only available with Sweet Caporal, but I'm curious about where Sweet Caporal was available? From the amount of SC backs, I would venture a guess it was pretty much like "Winston" and Piedmonts were basically the "Marlboro's" of the time period..so maybe anybody in the country "could" have had a chance at the Wagner...or, could it be it was only distributed to the NEastern US? Or the MidWest?
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I also spoke to a hobby veteran (and board member) yesterday about this. To be very succinct it seems the card was cut from a sheet (most agree) and then cut again after that. The top border has never looked too straight to me...and I have seen it, through glass, but in person, many times....best regards (btw, I doubt any of this talk hurts the value)<br /><br />edited to say ..>Scott- my tongue was very much in cheek when I mentioned kissing you.....agreed, you have the wrong plumbing and I am happily married...
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Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>The PSA 8 Wagner has a Piedmont 150 back. In fact, there are around three Wagners that have Piedmont 150 backs - all three look hand cut at one time or another!
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Posted By: <b>Aaron</b><p>Found this is some interesting reading on this topic: <a href="http://www.thepit.com/Hub/PC_20010325.asp" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.thepit.com/Hub/PC_20010325.asp</a>
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>Wow...Why did I think all the Wagner's were Sweet Caporal? read that somewhere...I wonder if the "3" Piedmont 150's all were cut from sheets later..maybe never actually distributed?
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The general theory is the Piedmont Wagners were never put into circulation.
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Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>"To be very succinct it seems the card was cut from a sheet (most agree) and then cut again after that."<br /><br />How can you tell that?
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I held the other single, Piedmont backed, Wagner a few weeks ago. To me it's definitely hand cut and the owner believes so too. It's a great card with some unique provenance.....It reeks of historical significance....
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>So are the three known cards with a Piedmont back all in great condition?
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Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>I just posted a long-winded thread about my "theory" on the Piedmont Wagners on my board - not typing it again, as I am too lazy. You can all check it out if you wish - it should be at the bottom of the thread Scott posted the link to at the top of this thread (if that makes any sense!).
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Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>I mean, how can you tell a card is hand cut? what traits do you look for? <br />If the Wagner was cut from a sheet as some have suggested, why weren't any pictures taken? <br />From a collector's point of view, I would imagine that would be a pretty cool uncut sheet of cards.
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Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>The other two I have seen are no better than GD and were handcut.
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I will not name names but I have spoken with at least a dozen hobby veterans about the history of the PSA8 Wagner...every single one of them says it was cut from a sheet. I am positive they are not all wrong or are all telling a story...So, it's not personally known by me, only told to me, and I believe it...hope this helps.
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>But, does it really matter if the Wagner was handcut from a sheet? It would have been cut from a sheet as well in the factory....so does it matter if it happened a year later....20 years later...or 70 years later? It isn't like there has been any "altering"...right?
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Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>I don't think I'm explaining myself properly, I appologize.<br /><br />All I want to know, for my own education, is how can a person tell a card is handcut from looking at it? what traits do you look for? How do you know it's handcut as opposed to just a poor cut by the machine, or whatever did the cutting in 1910?<br /><br />As for the mystery people, everyone's entitled to privacy.
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Generally speaking a handcut card will have a waviness to one or more borders.
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Posted By: <b>John S</b><p>The amazing thing is that it resides in a PSA 8 holder and is their advertising centerpiece.
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Posted By: <b>Jim Clarke</b><p>I guess the history of this card does no matter to potential buyers? You would think if you were going to spend over 500K on a card you might do a LITTLE research on it. Why does a trimmed, ALTERED card cut from a sheet represent the "Holy Grail" in our hobby?????????? Gazillionaires and corporations come in with BIG bucks to buy this card for social status reasons. If they even knew or cared about what they were really buying. <br />I think we should talk about this once a month so word gets out and other rarer cards will be known and have the recognition they desire... I know us die hard collectors under a 1000 know about them.. But the rest of the world does not.... <br /><br />Checked out the other board from the link given.. I never knew about it. Seem a little hard to navigate thru it and did not have time to set up photo service... Seems like same people and thoughts over there.<br /><br />JC<br />
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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>how can a card like this sneak past the slabbers? <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>This story with Wagner and Plank together on a PIEDMONT 150 sheet does not "jive" from what<br /> is known.<br /><br />All Plank cards are Sweet Cap 150 or 350. There is only one known Plank with a Piedmont 150<br />back and it is a "colorless" proof card (depicted in the T206museum Website).<br /><br />Can we have some more enlightenment on this story....there are too many inconsistencies. ?<br /><br />TED Z
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Posted By: <b>peter chao</b><p>Jim,<br /><br />Brian Segal held on to the card for 7 years, I'm sure that if he didn't know it's checkered history before he bought it he surely knew by the time he sold it. Also, I understand that SCP Auctions was a minority partner in the purchase so I assume they also know of the checkered history. If they didn't they shouldn't be in business.<br /><br />However, in a warped way, controversy actually helps the price of this card. It all started with the controversy of whether Honus Wagner stopped the presses because he didn't like the idea of kids learning how to smoke...others said that Wagner simply wasn't paid for the photo so he wanted it pulled. <br /><br />At any rate, controversy creates a hobby buzz and that apparently translates into higher prices.<br /><br />Peter
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I was just informed by good friend (definitely a veteran too) that the PSA 8 Plank was auctioned off by Mastro Auctions in 1999 and has a Sweet Cap back....There was another Plank in the Copeland sale that might have been the other high grade one. The PSA 8 Plank was definitely not associated with the PSA 8 Wagner, in that respect. Moderator status has it's privileges....
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>A card cut in 1910 will have a certain aging to the front, back, and edges of the paper that will be consistent.<br /><br />A card recently cut will have a front and back that has been subject to the elements for a hundred years, but the exposed paper around the edges will be fresh.<br /><br />Also, a card cut in 1910 would have been subject to different cutting technology than a card cut recently, so under close examinations the edges will not match a vintage card. These are all minute differences, but in theory a card cut in say 1990 should not be holdered, and should be returned to the submitter with a note "evidence of trim."
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Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> Hi Ted,<br /> I think there are 3 Piedmont Planks, including the one missing most of the coloring process. I also doubt that Plank was on the same sheet with Wagner, but nothing is impossible. Be well Brian<br /><br />
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Pssst...no apostrophe in "its"...only because you asked <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Posted By: <b>John</b><p>The only Plank I know associated with Copeland that was high grade was the below example which is also Sweet Caporal branded.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/ebay/websize/Plank%20PSA%207.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/ebay/large/plank%20copland.jpg">
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Posted By: <b>joe brennan</b><p>Looks like the owners of the Holy Grail could care less if it's been trimmed as long as it has PSA's blessing. -Funny with a this talk about cleaning up the hobby and here we have the most important card in the hobby shrouded with rumors of being trimmed and it still fetches over $2M.<br><br>In Rememberance of James W. Brennan Sr. 1924-1982. Dad, thanks for everything you did for me.
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Darn it....I guess I will never get the apostrophe thing down pat. For the record I was also just informed that there is definitely a 4th Wagner with a Piedmont back too.....I learn something new everyday.
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Posted By: <b>John</b><p>The Plank on the left missing color is in fact one of the Piedmont branded Planks that do exist. It was part of the Halper sale of 1999. Its brother on the right was sold in a Heritage auction this year and was a Sweet Caporal backed card.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/ebay/small/t206splanks.jpg">
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Leon- finding out about a 4th Wagner with a Piedmont back "supersedes" missing an apostrophe!<br /><br />Both of Halper's Planks were color variations, one of course more extreme.
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>All the money being tossed around...I need to go do some yard sale strolling this weekend....find some little old lady with a Plank or Wagner with a red hindu back....ahem.
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Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p><br /> Hi Dave,<br /> A Brown Hindu would be more believable..... good luck Brian
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>yes...I shouldn't get greedy.
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Posted By: <b>joe</b><p>T206 Plank,<br /><br />Leon, you and your friend are right the PSA Plank with Sweet Caporal back was sold in Mastro auction, April, 1999, sold for $203,992. I just pulled the catalog out and it is there. There also was a T206 Sweet Caporal Wagner sold , not graded, sold for $56,026.<br /><br />Joe<br /><br />Ty Cobb, Spikes flying!
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Posted By: <b>Brian Weisner</b><p> Hi Dave,<br /><br />Not greedy, just more likely as the Brown Hindu's were printed early in the process. I doubt we will find anymore Wagner's with strange backs, but 1 or 2 more from Piedmont scraps may be out there..... Be well Brian<br /><br /><br />
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>My "friend" really does know more than most anyone in the hobby, imho. I have been very, very luckey to be associated with some of the greatest guys in the hobby. I thank Scott B. and Doug Allen for that. Scott has really taken me under his wing as I was an infant in the hobby 10 years ago...and Doug has been extemely nice to me in being very gracious and included me in things where I got to meet some hobby icons. (even though he did put me on hold one night for about 10 minutes when Bill called <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14>, not that I blame him ....) best regards
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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>We haven't had this thread (trimmed PSA8 Wagner T206) in a while. It's like Alice's restaraunt on Thanksgiving. Only Thanksgiving comes to the N54 VBC more often.<br /><br />I kinda like this thread. I know some people are tired of reading about it but it's like if we don't talk about it then the truth will never be heard. Oh, wait a minute, the truth to some is that the PSA8 Wagner is an untouched card and that it has never been altered. <br /><br />After posting this I'll go back and read the content of the thread. I figured this is going to be another fun PSA8 T206 Wagner thread... am I going to be disappointed?
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Posted By: <b>Dave</b><p>If we are going to get any more stories started...I'd like to get one going. <br /><br />T206 Peter Cassidy...extremely rare...<br /><br />whew..now I can just sit back and wait to sell my VG 3.
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Posted By: <b>John</b><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxN5iQ_Ri0&mode=related&search" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVxN5iQ_Ri0&mode=related&search</a>=<br /><br />To think I could have had one for $99, darn!!
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Posted By: <b>Kevin</b><p>"All I want to know, for my own education, is how can a person tell a card is handcut from looking at it? what traits do you look for? How do you know it's handcut as opposed to just a poor cut by the machine, or whatever did the cutting in 1910?"<br /><br />A quote:<br /><br />"If the edge or corner of a card has been trimmed without other enhancements, regardless of the level of sophistication, it will always display the look of a trimmed card in one way or another. In essence, a trimmed card will look trimmed. Knowing specifics about edges are the key."
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Posted By: <b>t206museuem admin</b><p><br />REA sold a Plank with Piedmont back in their June 1997 auction. Interesting enough, it was trimmed.
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Posted By: <b>Aaron</b><p>Was piedmont Plank card graded as trimmed?
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Posted By: <b>Jim Clarke</b><p>Peter, Here is scenario that might have happend (IMO). Let's say Brian Segal won the card and then realized what the history was on it. Both PSA and the auction company would not want a sale of the "Holy Grail" to be tainted. SO maybe the card went on "Tour" with PSA over the years. Maybe PSA bought it back or guaranteed Brian to get all his money back when he sold it after a certain time frame. This way everyone is happy and everyone will do their best to keep the hype going on the altered trimmed PSA 8 Wagner card (IMO). I have seen the card in person. I'm sure if it was cracked out, and an expert looked at the sides of the card, it would be clear that it was cut down to size within the last 40 years. <br /><br />I had an expert (no names) once tell me if you got a card from me and you could not tell anything was wrong with it, would you be happy? I guess my answer would be yes. <br /><br />But if later someone told me I was wrong in my judgement of the card, I would feel 3 times as bad.
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Posted By: <b>John</b><p>Well I didn’t want to blow the lid off this thing yet but I have been doing extensive research on the card in question. What I have found may surprise you; I can let you in on a few of my findings, which are all available in my new book. Please send $24.95 for the full story.<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/small/wag%20code.jpg"><br /><br />The history of the card goes back quite a bit and has been the focus of a cover up much larger than you can imagine. My first findings were that baseball and its founder as we know it have all been a cover up. Wagner the true founder of the game pre dates our known first origins of the game by thousands of years. Throughout time they have tossed names like Wright, Doubleday etc. to keep us off track. <br /><br />Take for example the painting below before and after cleaning the painting, notice the last figure at the end of the table hmm…<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/large/Leonardo_da_Vinci_The_Last_Supper_large.jpg"><br />Before<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/large/Wag%20supper.jpg"><br />After<br /><br />The keepers of this baseball secret and the card, which holds the key, are long; the very list raises more questions than it answers. All I know is that a very powerful group of people have been charged with keeping the secrets of the game and this very card shrouded in secrecy for a very long time. They formed the Priory of Secret Ambiguous or (PSA). <br /><br />Its members have included such historical individuals the likes of Thomas Edison, George Washington, Gerald Ford, Da Vinci, Louis Pasture, Napoleon, Chuck Woolery & Alf to name a few.<br /><br />Another example of my findings is from Da Vinci himself take for example one of the worlds most priceless masterpieces a simple painting on its own, yet when reversed clearly another face emerges. <br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/websize/joconde.jpg"><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/websize/Wag%20o%20lisa.jpg"><br /><br />Also the T206 of Wagner himself when examined closely under a black light on a recent break in at the owners house I discovered this! <br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/small/m022705A.jpg"><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/small/blklight%20wag.jpg"><br /><br />How could PSA miss such a thing I wondered to myself! While in the owners home I found multiple Masonic symbols, of course Freemasons they cut stone so paper should be a breeze!<br /><br />Consider this WAGNERR misspelled and TEMPLAR & MASONIC all have seven (7) letters. The number (7) Mickey Mantle’s number also a baseball player, and when describing Mantle’s last name in the possessive tense also equals (7) letters! I don’t know about you but that gave me a chill…..<br /><br />These photos were given to me by an anonymous source, we met in a dark ally. The only thing I know of this mystery source is that he offered me a small stack of $100 dollar bills for my collection and yelled at me when I turned him down. The stationary had the initials AR??<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/opus%20wag.jpg"><br /><br />Notice the founder of the group Opus Dei nothing hit at me at first, then upon closer inspection I recognized 2 faces in the crowd. Coincidence I think not…<br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/junkforumimages/small/honus.jpg"><br /><br />So I beg of you gentleman don’t dig to deep, you may not like what you uncover, I feel I’ve said to much and I fear for my safety and must end this discussion.<br /><br />Take care and be safe…<br />
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>The "Hona" Lisa is a riot!
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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Bravo!
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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>We all know that grading companies mess up and grade trimmed cards from time to time. We all know they mess up and grade cards cut from sheets from time to time. We all know that they occasionally grade outright fakes. We fight over these issues all the time. PSA, SGC, GAI, etc., make these mistakes after years of experience and presumably knowledge gained from ferreting out trimmed cards. So why is it so hard to believe that at the start of the grading era, the people at PSA were fooled by an expertly trimmed T206 Wagner brought to them by seemingly credible submitters at a time when they were looking to make a splash? So what it if it is an important and valuable card? They all make errors. PSA slabbed a fake Ruth rookie...And just to be fair and avoid straw man whining that I'm pickin on poor ol' PSA again, SGC slabbed an altered Doyle. <br /><br />Moving away from the "is it trimmed-isn't it trimmed" question to the broader question, why is it so hard to believe that everyone with a direct stake in this card (PSA, the card's owners, the auctioneers, the cutter-downers, etc.) prefers to hype the card and do what it takes to establish a record price every time out of the box, that everyone who supposedly has the real story is reluctant to back it up with the alleged photos, and that there are many people who will ardently defend the "honor" of the PSA 8 Wagner even though they have not a shred of first-hand knowledge of the facts? There is much more at stake than just this card. To even acknowledge that there is a valid question about the PSA 8 Wagner could result in the collapse of the house of graded cards, taking lots of businesses and investments down the toilet with it. Lots of people have stakes, large and small, direct and indirect, in the continued good name of PSA, the PSA 8 Wagner and the graded card business in general. I am not suggesting the existence of a grand conspiracy of silence among the grading services and their customers to suppress the truth, but I am suggesting that people's views of the PSA 8 Wagner are colored by the baggage that they bring to the table, and that baggage includes their stakes in the continued good health of the graded card market. <br /><br />
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>But we're only talking about one card, not the fate of the Western World. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p>wanna bet?
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Posted By: <b>David Smith</b><p>It would be nice if all the Piedmont backed Wagners were brought together and compared. Then, compare those to some Sweet Caporal Wagners and see if there are any differences.<br /><br /><br />David<br /><br />PS. If there becomes enough buzz about this card, there might be a TV special about it, something like Al Capone's vault. There would be the history about the card, the myths, the owners and the amount of money involved. Then there would be the cracking out ceremony and the comparisons. Finally, there would be the regrading, both by PSA and SGC.
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I think the best thing that could come out of all of this is that all the grading services, especially the sloppier ones, were forced to work a little harder to minimze their mistakes. Nobody can be 100% but everyone has the ability to get a little better.
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Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>Adam, <br /><br />I was hearing the "battle hymn of the republic" in my mind while I read that post... Well done!!!
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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>....and the worst case scenario....could be that the "House of Plastic Cards" comes tumbling down.
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Ted- I'm going to guess there's a part of you that is rooting for that! <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>
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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>After 24 years of friendship, I thought you were pretty good at reading my mind......BUT,<br />this time you missed.....I have some nice vintage cards in plastic....just a fraction of my<br />collection; nevertheless, a lot of value in them.<br /><br />No, I don't want the plastics industry to tumble, it'd ripple on down and affect the naked <br />card values, also.<br /><br />TED Z
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Posted By: <b>Dan Kravitz</b><p>I don't think it will affect card values or perception amongst true collectors. Just a perception among non-collectors, which sucks, but really will have very little affect on prices cause they aint buying 'em anyway.
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>And in the end, nor do I. And I suspect it will be business as usual, and the next guy who buys the PSA 8 Wagner will probably be good for 3 million.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Scott Elkins</b><p>PSA did NOT make a mistake on slabbing the card. PSA initially REJECTED the card. Then, after a phone call from a major player in this and the Hobby, PSA slabbed the card an 8! We all know the guy. In fact, I have spoken with several people in the Hobby whom he has told to submit their cards to his auctions and he would have PSA grade them a couple grades higher! I am sure Mike O. will have all of this in his book that comes out in May.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>MikeU</b><p>I am absolutely amazed at some of the trivial items this board gets excited about and conversly does not get excited about. <br /><br />Some recent relatively trivial items that have enraged many people:<br /><br />1. Banner ads = Leon selling his soul. <br />2. Bobby Binder calling out a "former" customer.<br />3. Doug Allen being truthfull about wrinkle removal. <br />4. Pete Calderon being candid about whiny customers and PR-GD conditioned cards.<br />5. Jim Crandell's work to start a collectors group.<br />6. Eating dinner. <br /><br />Some of the same people that are outraged by any of items 1-6 above, do not feel the trimmed Wagner is a big deal. I just can not understand someone being outraged at Leon for banner ads or outraged at Doug Allen for being hones, but then say the Wagner situation is fine.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>MikeU</b><p>"PSA did NOT make a mistake on slabbing the card. PSA initially REJECTED the card. Then, after a phone call from a major player in this and the Hobby, PSA slabbed the card an 8! We all know the guy. In fact, I have spoken with several people in the Hobby whom he has told to submit their cards to his auctions and he would have PSA grade them a couple grades higher! I am sure Mike O. will have all of this in his book that comes out in May."<br /><br />Scott, <br /><br />Was this special relationship with PSA only with the last regime (Steve, Mike, Dan) or has it continued with the current regime? <br />
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Mike Pugeda</b><p>What if, in the near future, as Scott Elkins has stated, that a book comes out about this card with concrete evidence about what most speculate?<br /><br />Say PSA rescinds (doubtful) the grade and labels AUTH, what would this card be worth then 250,000...500,000...or more? What do you guys/gals think?<br /><br />Mike
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Josh Adams</b><p>"PSA did NOT make a mistake on slabbing the card. PSA initially REJECTED the card. Then, after a phone call from a major player in this and the Hobby, PSA slabbed the card an 8! We all know the guy. In fact, I have spoken with several people in the Hobby whom he has told to submit their cards to his auctions and he would have PSA grade them a couple grades higher! I am sure Mike O. will have all of this in his book that comes out in May."<br /><br />Objection. Hearsay.<br /><br />Sustained.<br><br>Go Go White Sox<br />2005 World Series Champions!
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Jim Crandell</b><p>Mike,<br /><br />It truly is amazing--seems like many could care less about the Wagner or care less that their own cards are trimmed trimmed. And you were ready to send $100 immediately as I recall to the collectors group. We will let the hubbub die down and start again with the right people.<br />It was my mistake making it open and my mistake letting Mastronet in and probably my mistake not controlling the agenda.<br /><br />Jim
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>"It was my mistake making it open and my mistake letting Mastronet in and probably my mistake not controlling the agenda."<br /><br />In fact, it was my mistake to not do it completely on my own and impose my views on the entire collecting world! Yes. Yes. That's where I went wrong!<br /><br />Whatever Trevor.<br /><br />Joann<br /><br />Oh - and I said I wouldn't make anymore backbone comments and I won't. You (Jim) clarified that and I note that you have not used the term since. However, that doesn't mean I won't comment on all the rest of the bs.<br />
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Seems like now would be a good time to release this. <br /><br />Strike while the irons hot.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Card-Collectors-Historys-Desired-Baseball/dp/0061123927/sr=8-1/qid=1172726450/ref=sr_1_1/102-3433528-7870569?ie=UTF8&s=books" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Card-Collectors-Historys-Desired-Baseball/dp/0061123927/sr=8-1/qid=1172726450/ref=sr_1_1/102-3433528-7870569?ie=UTF8&s=books</a><br /><br />
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>MW</b><p>The cover graphic is interesting but I think Michael O'Keeffe could have chosen better "vintage" cards than a 1960 Fleer Lou Gehrig and a 1961 Fleer Honus Wagner, both of which appear in the background. Perhaps a variety of other T206 Hall of Famers would have made better wallpaper behind the T206 Wagner. <br /><br />I wonder if the book will make its predicted 12 June 2007 release date.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>MW</b><p>It also appears that O'Keeffe's book has taken on a title change. Here's what an "insider" literature blog had to say about an earlier draft of the book:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guttertype.com/2005_08_01_archive.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.guttertype.com/2005_08_01_archive.html</a><br /><br />
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Remember folks that this is the same Michael O'Keefe who lied about what was said on this messageboard in one of his columns. I take anything he says (writes) with a grain of salt. He also seems to have a fixation on Bill Mastro.<br /><br />I eagerly await his usual nasty email to my inbox anytime in the next 24 hours.<br /><br />
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Judge Dred (Fred)</b><p>It will be interesting to see a HUGE expose on this issue come to life. All it will take is a good reporter with a nose for the truth and we'll so how it all pans out. Do I think it would ruin the hobby if the PSA8 Wagner was truly exposed for what it is? NO. It would certainly make PSA look bad and it would put a few black eyes out there but at least we'd get to the bottom of it and we'd have one less thread to repeat. On second thought, I hope they don't expose the fraud for what it is, there'd be less to talk about here...
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Dylan</b><p>Remember folks, psa looked at having the chance of grading the Wagner as huge publicity when psa opened up their doors. Is it that hard to imagine them grading the card regardless of alteration so they could get all the good press that comes from having the "worlds most valuable" baseball card in a PSA holder? This was huge in the news, they probably made a lot of money of the exposure. If it was all based on a fraud then they deserve to fall just as hard.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>William Heitman</b><p>Back in the '50's, and even earlier than that, there was a group of hobby veterans who, in their spare time, liked to redo older sets of cards. They would make changes--like completely renumbering the 1933 Goudey set, or changing backs. They felt that these changes would make it obvious that these were reprints. Boy, were they wrong. Trouble is that they (many were affiliated to card producers, i.e. Topps, Bowman, Gum, Inc., etc) had access to vintage presses, inks and paper, and the ones they did turned out really good. I saw many of these when I was young and listened to my father laugh at just how good they were and just how stupid anyone would be to believe them to be real. "Strip" cards are not called that because they were printed on strips(which they very obviously were), but because they were originally sold to the public the very same way they were printed. Printing cards on sheets with multiple rows of cards was an advent of the '30's, the very same time that hobby veterans started to talk to each other and out of which grew this unusual idea of redoing old sets of cards. I've seen some of these cards surface over the years and cause a real stir in the hobby. A lot of it is wishful thinking. Unfortunately, a lot of the stir is the product of just plain lack of knowledge. The preferred method of storing cards that were collected until plastic sheets came along was in neat little rows in cardboard boxes(Velveta boxes were especially good). With that method of storage, after just a few years a fake looks just about as aged as a card that is ninety years old that was stored that same way. Reprints have been around for years and years. They weren't originally done to fool anyone, but, unfortunately, they do.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Chuck</b><p>Not having paid much attention to graded cards I have some basic questions that I didn't see the answer to above:<br /><br />Is it not possible for a card to be cut from a sheet by a collector and receive a high grade if done well and to match the normal size?<br /><br />Is the issue that any card that has been cut after it left the factory is understood to require a lower grade or a qualifier?<br /><br />Or is it that this cut wasn't done well enough or that PSA and others have lied about it?
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>JimCrandell</b><p>Joann,<br /><br />You might think its bs but there is a substantial amount of card restoration/alteration going on on raw, low grade, mid grade and high grade cards. So no matter what you collect it affects you. You can close your eyes like you seem to be doing or attempt to be part of the solution. Its time consuming and perhaps costly to be part of the solution however.
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>Good Morning Jim,<br /><br />I wasn't calling the issue of alterations bs - that clearly is an important hobby topic. <br /><br />I took issue with you wanting to reconvene with the "right people", and saying it was a mistake to leave it open to all collectors, with an agenda that allowed open discussion. I may be going out on a limb here, but I suspect that "right people" really means "people that agree with me and my point of view". <br /><br />Probably a good idea to start again with the right people. No more of that pesky openness that just invites other points of view anyways.<br /><br />Joann
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Very interesting history on the Wagner psa 8/trim
Posted By: <b>JimCrandell</b><p>Joann,<br /><br />I think it has to begin with people that think card alteration/restoration is a problem and that something needs to be done. Beyond that I am open to ideas.<br /><br />Jim
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