Bill Mastro - Great Guy

[Frozen in Time]

What do you guys think will happen now with regard to the "value" of this Wagner card? Drop? Stay about the same? Increase? And will there be any demand from collectors and/or auction houses for it to be resubmitted to PSA? It seems that since Mastro has admitted under oath to trimming the card, PSA has a lot of explaining to do. The question is - will they? And could there be legal consequences?

I suspect this aspect of the whole scandal is just as important to the hobby (and the public's perception of it) as is the acknowledged shill bidding, etc.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Frozen in Time

What do you guys think will happen now with regard to the "value" of this Wagner card? Drop? Stay about the same? Increase? And will there be any demand from collectors and/or auction houses for it to be resubmitted to PSA? It seems that since Mastro has admitted under oath to trimming the card, PSA has a lot of explaining to do. The question is - will they? And could there be legal consequences?

I suspect this aspect of the whole scandal is just as important to the hobby (and the public's perception of it) as is the acknowledged shill bidding, etc.

Craig - resubmitting it to PSA would be a wonderful idea. What would they do with it now? Knowing that it was trimmed could they legitimately do anything other than give it an A?
And you did accurately state that PSA has a lot of explaining to do. I would not hold my breath for that to happen.

[shelly]

I find it hard to believe that PSA had no idea. Bill Hughes told both Heitman and myself it was trimmed. If he told me, don't you think they would have had some idea as as well? When I called Bruce he said who cares its worth it because of all the publicity. I really don't think this is a big surprise. I think that most of the people on the card side felt it was trimmed.The card will stay the same because of its history. Just my opinion.

[drc]

I think the value of the Wagner will fall. However, for the last several years at least, that the card was possibly trimmed was almost common knowledge amongst card collectors.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by shelly

I find it hard to believe that PSA had no idea. Bill Hughes told both Heitman and myself it was trimmed. If he told me, don't you think they would have had some idea as as well? When I called Bruce he said who cares its worth it because of all the publicity. I really don't think this is a big surprise. I think that most of the people on the card side felt it was trimmed.The card will stay the same because of its history. Just my opinion.

Interesting stuff Shelly