Ty Cobb Boston Garter
 

Anyone have a 'before' pic of the card Messier restored that sold in HA last night?

Fascinating all the work he did on it.

Was it altered?

Treatment: The front and reverse were surface cleaned with vinyl eraser. The lithograph was split from the core mechanically with a metal spatula. The two halves were mended with a Japanese paper lining adhered to the reverse of the lithograph with wheat starch paste. It was dried between blotters and under moderate weight. The lined lithograph and the core were humidified overall. The lined lithograph was readhered to the core with wheat starch paste. It was dried between blotters and under moderate weight. The image loss along the tears and break was inpainted with watercolors and colored pencil.