Did PSA get a free pass on The American Greed show?

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Fballguy

Thanks...That was a good watch. The card was so nice in all other aspects, why bother to trim it?

The story was that the card was originally part of an uncut strip. The person who cut it off the strip did a poor job. Mastro just improved it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by rats60

The story was that the card was originally part of an uncut strip. The person who cut it off the strip did a poor job. Mastro just improved it.

Right. As I recall the story Alan Ray, who I believe sold it to Mastro, would not say from whom he had bought it so the provenance goes back no further. But apparently it was obviously hand cut when Mastro bought it and in any case could not have been from a pack because of the back (not that it wasn't obviously hand cut afterwards too lol).

[WWG]

Originally Posted by rats60

The story was that the card was originally part of an uncut strip. The person who cut it off the strip did a poor job. Mastro just improved it.

In the program they said the card had oval edges and it was football shaped before Mastro used a paper slicer to trim the card. Can you imagine what it would be worth if the card was still intact on the strip.

[oldjudge]

A lot less

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

A lot less

I agree. It wouldn't be a PSA 8 Wagner. An uncut strip w/Wagner sold for less within the last 15 years.

[JeremyW]

Actually $85,000. in the 1999 Halper auction.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

Actually $85,000. in the 1999 Halper auction.

that one could never be high grade no matter how it was trimmed!

[WWG]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

I agree. It wouldn't be a PSA 8 Wagner. An uncut strip w/Wagner sold for less within the last 15 years.

The strip that sold years ago looked like crap, the strip that the Mastro Wagner came from obviously looked a lot better.

strip.jpg

[prestigecollectibles]

Here is a link to the strip in the Hunt Auction from 2010

https://www.huntauctions.com/live/im...=242&lot_qual=

[JeremyW]

Dollar for dollar, I'd rather have the strip. It might not look as good as the PSA 8, but I like the originality of it.