W600 Wagner Project

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Posted By: Matt

I recently picked up this trimmed W600 Wagner (thanks Alan!).



The matte has been completely trimmed away and I am thinking of finding a W600 common and taking the parts to a restoration expert to make a complete (albeit very doctored) W600 Wagner, so I can look at the full thing in my collection. I understand and share objections about restoration work done to cards, but as this is for my personal collection, I hope it will not rankle too many feathers. For those that don't know me let me be explicit that if I were to ever sell the finished product, I would certainly fully disclose the history. Hopefully being public about the process will allay some concerns that this may be sold as a fully authentic piece one day.

Jerry was nice enough to inform me that the W600 Wagner in Uniform is only ever found with the matte below (thanks for the image & Photoshop Jerry), so that's the matte I'd like to find.



Can anyone help out with any advice about the process, any recommendations for restoration experts (Bob was nice enough to suggest one) or suggestions for finding the right matte on a low grade W600?

thank you!