Posted By:
Brian C DanielsNow why would a known restorator take before pictures?
That is like going into the hous of a bank robber only to find servailance photos of all the banks recently robbed in the area!
There is NO before photo! But you must have fogot that I informed you two years ago that I know where it came from....in addition, to imply it is not altered for certain is silly because why would Bill mastro want to loose money by listing the card ( if it were not ) as altered in one of his big auctions??? That would be silly..........to confirm it was/is altered no doubt it was sent to PSA just to confirm and no doubt came back rejected....it is done well which would give you a clue as to who altered it as only four guys in the country can do it well enough to get some stuff past the graders of any combination of graders ( PRO excluded because they graded my daughters "doodlings" which said " ROD ZABEW " on the bottom....lastly,your correct in stating the market has changed.....meaning the value.....it went down! When is the last time a high priced mantle went for large coin??? I have not seen or heard of one for some time.They won't sell well and the guys who own them are not selling now in a none "E" card depressed stock market. Mastro did not lie! The card is definately altered..I even worte you and told you exactly what was done to it.That is not even an issue. Frankly,if your trying to state that it has a high reserve to see what the market would bring ,that's fine I don't seeanything other than using e-bay as source of value info what else could you do but write everyone who ever bids on one,explain your situation and then ask them how much they think it's worth? It's easier just to post it to communicate with them I guess....just tell us what the RESERVE is? Isn't that also fair.......... it has some value heck for the right price it is still a conversation piece of sorts.