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MattI recently picked up this trimmed W600 Wagner (thanks Alan!).
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The matte has been completely trimmed away and I am thinking of finding a W600 common and taking the parts to a restoration expert to make a complete (albeit very doctored) W600 Wagner, so I can look at the full thing in my collection. I understand and share objections about restoration work done to cards, but as this is for my personal collection, I hope it will not rankle too many feathers. For those that don't know me let me be explicit that if I were to ever sell the finished product, I would certainly fully disclose the history. Hopefully being public about the process will allay some concerns that this may be sold as a fully authentic piece one day.
Jerry was nice enough to inform me that the W600 Wagner in Uniform is only ever found with the matte below (thanks for the image & Photoshop Jerry), so that's the matte I'd like to find.
![Image Hosted by ImageShack.us](http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/8505/w600hansphotoshopwk9.jpg)
Can anyone help out with any advice about the process, any recommendations for restoration experts (Bob was nice enough to suggest one) or suggestions for finding the right matte on a low grade W600?
thank you!