Brooklyn CDV

[martindl]

Originally Posted by Saco River Auction

I have spoken with the owners at length and they are not willing to budge on this issue and here are the reasons. They do not believe that the testing is warranted, they do not feel that the testing is safe, and they feel that they have gone above and beyond what has ever been undertaken by any auction hall.

First, the testing that has been done and the opinions of the established experts in both sports collectibles and 19th century photography are rock solid in our opinion. It is unheard of for auction halls to go to multiple experts in order to make bidders feel better. SGC is an established expert in sports collectibles, specifically the older stuff and Paul Messier is a world renowned leader in his field of antique photography. Both have authenticated this item, and Paul's quoted stance, gained today and shared with you all, further solidifies our position that the item we are selling is real and is what we say it is.

Troy

Troy,
I appreciate your continued updates and efforts.

I think it's a very bold statement to say the owners have gone above and beyond any other auction house, when there are other auction houses who would authenticate this item 100% via testing. I hear the 'damage' rationale, but 'other' auction houses routinely perform forensic testing to determine an items' validity.

Whether it is unheard of for auction houses to go to multiple experts to make bidders feel better is beyond my scope of knowledge. However, your responsibility is to your consigner and in that regard it's very common to get multiple experts' opinions to try to reach the maximum return for that consigner.

I assume the consigner been advised that there remain questions as to the authenticity of the card and if they were to pay for additional testing and the item is deemed to be real, their return would be potentially higher. If I were the consigner and believed everything I've been told thus far, I would pay for the additional testing myself and remove any doubts.

Again, thanks for the updates and good luck with the auction.