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Todd (nolemmings)and possibly even unique, I do not buy into the theory that the restoration or cleaning do not weigh materially in the final price. Logic dictates otherwise, for why would Mastro have it professionally restored/cleaned/de-acidfied/whatever if the final bid were largely unaffected.
I tend to agree with PASJD that Mastro is acting only after it got "caught", and its conduct is not sterling by any means with regard to this item. Moreover, while there is always the buyer beware, educate yourself, ask questions argument out there, that does not fully absolve Mastro either, at least if they truly want anyone to believe that "highly reputable" "bid with confidence" mantra they lay out for the public.