T206 Wagner in the Mears auction

[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.

[JP]

PSA needs to start leaving room for asterisks on their labels...

[calvindog]

How did it get cracked out, worked on, and then end up with the same cert number?

[JP]

As an altered card does it matter? No matter what you do to it it is still authentic altered, no?

[E93]

After having three border sides added, who cares if additional work was done? I could see some not wanting to alter any card in the first place, but after major restoration like that has already been done, what is the big deal? To my eyes it does not look significantly different than it did last summer when Legendary sold it.

And who cares if the guy that bought it then wants to sell it now? It is his card; he can sell it whenever he wants. It is not a moral issue. Isn't there any real evil in the hobby we can talk about?
JimB