T206 Wagner in the Mears auction

[calvindog]

Egad, I shudder to think of a consignor scummy enough to have Doug Allen use his paper restoration company to alter a card post-auction.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Egad, I shudder to think of a consignor scummy enough to have Doug Allen use his paper restoration company to alter a card post-auction.

It's worse than that Jeff. This card shows two distinct work orders. The first was on 06/30/09. Then it was auctioned on 07/30/09. Then it went back in for even more work on 10/30/09.

Now, it's in Mears, with full disclosure, (which I give them credit for.)


But that means that two different consignors used Legendary to "work" on this card. Surprisingly, it still has the same PSA cert number.


If you look at the two work orders and see what was done, it's shocking.

[Anthony S.]

Took some work, but I finally located the "Before" picture of the card:

[ullmandds]

Nice Anthony! Apparently the landscape for altered high demand cards is changing...there are more than enough people who want THE CARD these days...and would rather have a doctored card with great eye appeal...over a beater! Plank too! What next...33 lajoie?

[calvindog]

Jim, I'm not surprised anymore by these guys. I'd just love to know who purportedly won the card last summer and then had Legendary send it to his butcher. It would have to be someone on the moral level of Doug which pretty much narrows the field down to a few bottom feeders.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Jim, I'm not surprised anymore by these guys. I'd just love to know who purportedly won the card last summer and then had Legendary send it to his butcher. It would have to be someone on the moral level of Doug which pretty much narrows the field down to a few bottom feeders.

You're fooling no one. We all know who won the card last summer. (In fact, I heard a rumor that he owned more than one Wagner, but that may not be true.)

Funny thing is, I don't mind his involvement. He bought the card. It's his to do with as he pleases. I just wish that a big auction house wouldn't facilitate it for him.

[calvindog]

Jim, I don't keep track of every single Wagner that gets sold believe it or not. But if it's the guy that owns 3, I mean 2, I mean 2/5 of a Wagner that he found in his couch cushions I can't say that I'm surprised.

[Peter_Spaeth]

With the full disclosure, I have no issue at all. What concerns me is how many cards in slabs with numbers this company may have worked on, whether for Mastro or others.