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JimBPeter,
I agree with you. Nobody who claims or opines it was trimmed, including Bill Heitman or Bill Hughes have offered actual evidence. They just say that they knew. Either nobody can or nobody is willing to produce actual evidence of anything.
Even Ray, the guy who sold it to Mastro won't say where he got it. The sheet story is just a rumor too. No evidence. If he cut it from a sheet, what does he have to lose by saying that now? The lawyers could chime in on his potential liablilty, but I don't think he would be on the hook for that at this point. He did not have PSA encapsulate it. He did not have Sotheby's sell it. And if the rumors are true, he told Mastro that it was cut from a sheet. He seems to be envious that Mastro made so much money off the card. Yet, he sold it to Mastro for more than anybody had ever sold a baseball card for before. If he stole it from an old lady's attic, then I guess there is still reason to be secretive about the source. If this Ray guy is still around, he would seem to be the one who could unravel this mystery. But apparently he feels he has something to lose if he does.
JimB