Posted By:
Hal LewisThis is a little scary.
What if someone sends a PRO graded card (trimmed) to Mastro for auction...
and Mastro says: "Hey, let us see if we can use our 'pull' to get that in a PSA holder for you."
Mastro would be doing the seller a favor...but it would also certainly INCREASE their income since the buyer's premium would be higher on a higher sales price.
If there is any way that Mastro (or ANY auction house) can do this with PSA or GAI or SGC... then something would be rotten.
Then again ... Mastro DOES say that the cabinet photo has been "professionally mended"...
so I guess the responsibility is on the BUYER to call Mastro before they bid and ask SPECIFICALLY what was done to the cabinet photo.
AND ... as we mentioned a while back on the "Just So" restoration thread ...
what REALLY scares me is that the buyer of this cabinet photo will later be able to SELL IT to people WITHOUT those buyers having any way of knowing that it was ever restored!!
Boo, Hiss !!