T206 Wagner in the Mears auction

[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

[calvindog]

Jim, honestly there is no evil in this hobby at all. Just stupidity.

[E93]

I think you are right Jeff.
JimB

[calvindog]

In fact there is no evil in this world at all. Just a lot of misunderstood folks trying to get by.

Now let's get back to spending more obscene money on cardboard!

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think there is a ton of evil, but this is not an example of it. Kudos to Mears for the full disclosure.

[T206Collector]

...understand the market for this kind of stuff. But to each his own.

I mean, I guess I would prefer to have this Wagner to no Wagner at all, but it would be hard for me to imagine a Wagner without restoration that I would want to own less -- maybe a blank front Wagner!

[ScottFandango]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think there is a ton of evil, but this is not an example of it. Kudos to Mears for the full disclosure.

Mears didnt disclose it by choice,
they were forced to when PSA labeled it RESTORED...

PSA could have only labeled it Authentic, then in 5 years, nobody would know the details...Kudos for PSA for putting the word RESTORED on the flip (versus "Authentic" alone which would indicate trimming only)