Altered? Who cares? 52T REA Mantle AUTH ALT

[butchie_t]

My take and it is somewhat different.

If it is for my PC and it is the last card I need to finish my 52T set, mind you, if I was ever to work on that set, none of the cards would ever be close to pristine by any means.

But, last card and a bargain????(relative term, bargain.). Well I'm gonna break it out of the slab anyway and put it in a binder with the set. I would keep the tag and store it with the card.

I'd be thinking somewhat long and hard about that from my POV.

Now investment and an eventual future sale. No, not from my perspective would I go that route.

Quite the conundrum for me and that is just me.


Butch

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

My take and it is somewhat different.

If it is for my PC and it is the last card I need to finish my 52T set, mind you, if I was ever to work on that set, none of the cards would ever be close to pristine by any means.

But, last card and a bargain????(relative term, bargain.). Well I'm gonna break it out of the slab anyway and put it in a binder with the set. I would keep the tag and store it with the card.

I'd be thinking somewhat long and hard about that from my POV.

Now investment and an eventual future sale. No, not from my perspective would I go that route.

Quite the conundrum for me and that is just me.


Butch

The answer there is easy. Just buy an "honest" card that's rough and comparable in price (or less) to this one. That can be done with ease.

I wouldn't wan't this gussied-up FrankenCard.

[jingram058]

Fools and money. Makes you wonder how they got it. More often than not, they inherited it.

[raulus]

I guess it's sort of that whole "restored" dynamic, similar to what we saw with that T206 Wagner.

[sb1]

It is similar now to high-dollar collector cars, there are original whether it be a barnfind or meticulously curated, versus partial to complete restoration. The original's always bring the most, but there is a definite demand for the restored versions as well.