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steve yawitzSeth,
After I posted last night, I began wondering about protocol in these situations (e.g. if I should have first contacted you) but am totally impressed with your public response here even if I'm doubting my own. In any event, I no longer have a scan of the card in its PSA 2 holder or in its raw state. At least I don't think so. My hard drive crashed last summer, so I might have a scan on a backup CD somewhere, but that's a real shot in the dark. Even if I did, though, the wrinkle was very light and I'm not sure that it showed up in a scan. I can assure you, though, that it was there and was long enough to warrant the grade.
And, yes, I am raising the specter of the wrinkle having been removed sometime between the time the card left my friend's hands and the time it arrived in Seth's. Without the wrinkle, the 5 is probably a tad generous but not unreasonable - there is the little fleck in the upper right as well as the smudge in the lower right, but it's a pretty decent card. With the wrinkle, there's no way the card is anything higher than a 2. In fact, I was a bit relieved that my buddy received a 30 on it, since I was a bit worried about the possibility of a 20.
Lastly, I wish I could take the credit here (especially since I used to be a small-time reporter) but my buddy's actually the one who alerted me to the card and its new-and-improved state. I probably would've noticed it once I scoured Seth's auction - and it looks like a nice one from last night's cursory glance - but I do hope my friend chimes in here because he's the one that provided me with the SGC scans and could probably shed a bit more light on the card and its rather curious journey than I can.
Steve
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