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Posted By: Scott

But I disagree about card decks. I don't consider any cards from game decks to be true baseball cards. Same goes for those baseball game inserts in the '68 Topps set - would you really consider one of those little things a true Mickey Mantle "card"?



Okay, I'll defer additional comments...

Hal, I have re-read the Mastro lot description and "professionaly mended" refers to the four insignificant pinholes. So, having re-checked based on your post, I am copying back in the original text of this post that I had deleted:
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But this thead is an advertisement for Jay's Keeler cabinet that goes off on Mastro this week, so let's get back to that one . I consider it to be a really cool mounted photo, probably worth $2-4K (depending on who's bidding), not a rookie card. And while my original repsponse to Jay's question has been ignored, I think it's also a valid subject, and "fair" since Jay has given his Keeler cabinet the limelight - don't worry about antagonizing Jay - he's a big boy.

Personally, I think restoration of photo mounts, is fine, as is cleaning up of the photo, as long as no new material was added. I don't even know that it's necessary to advertise such "clean up" restoration when selling, although I would. Why? Simply because in our hobby the odds are real good that many potential bidders have seen the "before" version of such a high profile item. I think that if the restoration were put in the description, those bidders would be MORE likely to bid (because they don't feel there's intent to deceive). On the other hand, bidders unfamiliar with the previous version will probably bid more not knowing it's been restored. Also, I think Mastro (and other auction houses) should ALWAYS be as up front as possible with auction descriptions, just so we'll trust them - I think it's better for their business.

Personally, I can't believe Jay's selling this - it's historically significant and one of his favorite players, as is the Bingos cabinet (which I should have kept ).