Restored cards-my large Gypsy Queen

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Posted By: David Smith

Hello all,

This is my large Gypsy Queen card of Tim Keefe. The card has obviously been cut down and is currently 2 7/8 inches tall and 1 3/4 inches wide.

I traded for this card about 10 years ago. The person I got this from is/was an old time collector and he had 4 or 5 other large size Gypsy Queens. All of these cards were also trimmed.

At that time, National catalog auctions for sports cards were just starting and a large company said they could have his Gypsy Queens restored if he ever wanted to consign and sell them. He politely declined their offer.

He told me (and I agree) that the cards are in this present condition and nothing good can come from having them restored. Sure, the monetary value would probably increase but the historical value would be lost.

Would I like to have a complete large size Gypsy Queen of Tim Keefe? You bet. Will I ever? Who knows. What I do know is that I am proud to own this card and in its present condition and also proud to know who previously owned this card.


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Posted By: warshawlaw

I'd rather own a card like yours than a franken-card.

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Is the quarter about to get "morphed" in with your card to make it a card of "SILVER KING" that shows up in some future auction??

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Posted By: barrysloate

David- with the thread about the restored Four Base Hit still going strong, I would leave the card exactly the way it is. I remember years ago when that group of N175 was circulating; there is more than one out there trimmed that way. Unfortunately, it is what it is, so enjoy it as such.

edited to say I should have read your post more closely, since you already said everything I did.

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Posted By: David Smith

To clear up any confusion, the intent of my post was to say that I have a rare card that could be restored. In fact, the person I traded with to get the card has/had 6 different N175's in the same condition. He was told by a major auction house that if he ever wanted to consign the cards, they could have them restored.

This long time collector refused to do so and as long as I own the card, it will NEVER be restored.


David

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

To clear up any confusion:

My comments about the quarter were a joke.




I still think you could find a restorer to melt the quarter down and then your card a "silver lining"!!

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Posted By: barrysloate

No silver in that quarter Hal.

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Posted By: Jay

Barry--There didn't used to be but some clever metal conservator combined that quarter with the metal from an old silver spoon and now it is a priceless 1996 part-silver quarter. I'm sure that soon it will appear in a major auction.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Egad- a Frankenstein quarter!

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Posted By: David Smith

Hal,

I knew you were joking. I didn't respond because I couldn't think of anything pithy.

(How do you like that, pithy?)

And no, that was not my imitation of Sylvester the Cat trying to say pissy.


David

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Posted By: Steve M.

Woops

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Beautiful.

Thank you for posting.

Frank.