[ctownboy]

My question is and always has been this. If another T206 (say Harry Pattee) only had four known cards with a certain back and three of them were deemed hand cut, if a fourth were found and it looked factory cut, would it be graded and labeled as such or would it be deemed Authentic just like the other three?

My questions are, does the name on the front of the card, the owner and how much money is involved sway opinions in ways that a Harry Pattee owned by Joe Schmo wouldn't?

David

Edited to add this.

It seems to me that a lot of people think the Gretzky Wagner was cut from a sheet MANY years after the sheet was printed. Yet PSA graded it an 8 (or whatever). Now, if it was cut from a sheet and PSA had just graded it Authentic from the beginning, would people STILL want to pay $3 million dollars for it? Would OTHER Wagners be worth as much as they are now?

I doubt it for both questions.

The Gretzky Wagner seems to me to have the "all ships rise with the high tide" affect on the other Wagners. It sells for $1.5 million and the other Wagners increase when they sell. Gretzky Wagner sells for $2 million and all other Wagners increase when they sell. Gretzky Wagner sells for $3 million and all other Wagners increase when they sell.

This seems like a house of cards thing to me. Regrade the Gretzky Wagner and if it comes back as Authentic then it isn't a $3 million dollar card. If that happens then the next highest graded Wagner (a five?) wouldn't be a $2 million dollar card and so on down the line.

In short, take the Gretzky Wagner from the top of the heap and everything under it would have to be re-evaluated, re-examined and probably revalued.

If this Plank remains graded and sells for a high price then I can see ALL Planks going up in value and especially the hand cut cards graded as Authentic.

But that is just my opinion and what do I know??????