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Posted By: runscott

No, anyone could see this would never be a NM card, but I think it's not unlikely that someone sent this to a restorer just to see what work they were capable of producing - this was a perfect test case, given all it's problems. What that person then did with the card is anyone's guess. Is it likely that they just dropped it back in the market after seeing the results? Or instead that they then decided to give the work the final litmus test by sending it directly to a grading company?

I couldn't say, but the second scenario would be incredibly stupid.

So what is the future of this well-traveled card? Anyone's guess - when I thought it was buried in Greg's collection never to see daylight again, I promised not to bring up more controversy concerning it...but then it re-surfaces, PSA-slabbed, on ebay, for sell by a reputable dealer...I don't have that kind of self-control!

Worst-case scenario is it ends up dumped on the market and someone else gets one of the big 3 to re-slab it. That is a very likely scenario, but someone else can pursue that if it happens.