Restored Honus Wagner at SCP Auctions

[chriskim]

If that Ruth PSA 7 was on Heritage auction, it would have been looked a lot better with the team of photoshop experts they have. Those people can make ceases on the card disappear, in this Ruth case, enhancing the contrast/brightness and coloring should be a piece of cake.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by chriskim

If that Ruth PSA 7 was on Heritage auction, it would have been looked a lot better with the team of photoshop experts they have. Those people can make ceases on the card disappear, in this Ruth case, enhancing the contrast/brightness and coloring should be a piece of cake.

It was in Heritage:

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515

[chriskim]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

It was in Heritage:

https://sports.ha.com/itm/baseball/1...ription-071515

oh. my bad! I guess that card was really that bad and not even HA could do anything about it. LOL

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by chadeast

And now I feel the need to once again share my T3 Dahlen that came from Heritage this year as a warning. Heritage listing scan on the left, my scan of the same card after I received it on the right.

Their scan looks way better than yours. Did you photoshop in the creases and dull the color down?

Originally Posted by chriskim

oh. my bad! I guess that card was really that bad and not even HA could do anything about it. LOL

You think it looked bad in the pics just imagine what it looks like in hand.

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Their scan looks way better than yours. Did you photoshop in the creases and dull the color down?

Funny! The colors on my scan are true to life, if perhaps a touch on the duller side. But the card looks nothing like their scan, for which color saturation was clearly cranked up a ton. As for the creases, well, that's where my warning comes in. There is no scanner setting that makes those go away!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by chadeast

Funny! The colors on my scan are true to life, if perhaps a touch on the duller side. But the card looks nothing like their scan, for which color saturation was clearly cranked up a ton. As for the creases, well, that's where my warning comes in. There is no scanner setting that makes those go away!

For the last few years, I always make it a habit to ask the seller (ebay or AH) whether the card has a crease/wrinkle. The fact is that very often, a crease or wrinkle will not show up in their scan. Very few sellers bother to disclose this critical info, and (if professionally graded) they simply state the grade # with no other description that would help out a prospective bidder.

When asked, the responses among sellers vary... about 40% will reply back with whether or not the card has a crease. Roughly 50% will simply not reply, or blow off the question (I guess they are too busy?). And the remaining 10% will write back something nasty, as if I had no right to inquire.

Needless to say, I only buy from sellers who find the time to respond.

[chadeast]

Originally Posted by chriskim

If that Ruth PSA 7 was on Heritage auction, it would have been looked a lot better with the team of photoshop experts they have. Those people can make ceases on the card disappear, in this Ruth case, enhancing the contrast/brightness and coloring should be a piece of cake.

And now I feel the need to once again share my T3 Dahlen that came from Heritage this year as a warning. Heritage listing scan on the left, my scan of the same card after I received it on the right.