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JoannI agree that scans can wreak havoc with the appearance and clarity/color of a card, especially if it is not a direct scan of the item.
However, I will agree with Scott that if I saw the top Piedmont scan on ebay I wouldn't touch it. I guess it is all context senstive. If that top scan turned up on ebay in an auction for a PSA 8 common, I think people would give it a wide berth. And yet, it would surely sell for something as there would be some that would take a chance on it - we routinely do.
That doesn't mean I think the Wagner is a reprint, or that I think that any scan is conclusive. I just don't know on the Wagner. But I do believe that in a different context most people here wouldn't have a second thought about saying that the top scan just "isn't right". Hard to describe, but it doesn't have the grace of the lower scan.
I wish I knew definitively what exactly the scan was - which generation, direct, etc. Although we would draw one conclusion if it were on ebay, this isn't ebay and it isn't a common. It's such an important card that it now has it's own almost reverential name - The Card. Like Cher. heehee. But given that it's not ebay I think people here are probably looking for something more by way of info to draw conclusions.
Joann
Oh - and Barry you may feel free to make comments on my posts regarding use of commas! I used to think I had it all figured out and never gave them a second thought. Then I took Research and Writing and basically lost all of my comma-confidence! lol