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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
It would be worth much less now if Mastro had not touched it, it would just be a nice sheet cut (AUTHENTIC) but still rare Wagner. But keep in mind it's the notoriety of the card driving its extreme value (IMO), not that anyone thinks it's a real pack-issued 8.
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Here's my conspiracy hypothetical. I think there is a near-zero chance that it would have survived as a sheet to this day had those guys not cut it up prior to selling it to Mastro. Even if it had come to market as a sheet in a large public auction, someone would have cut it out. My guess is that arrangements would have been made by someone with connections to have it cut "professionally" and then PSA would have agreed to slab it with a numeric grade but would put "Hand Cut" on the label. So it still would be a PSA 8 but just designated "Hand Cut" lol.