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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Todd:

I guess the reason I made the distinction between "one corner missing" and the "WHOLE border missing" is for the following reason:

Personally, the "Just So" Burkett card had been "defaced" so much that it had been rendered essentially worthless to me.

Sure, I would have paid Andy something for it, but NOT ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE to what I would have paid him for an ENTIRE "Just So" Burkett card that was beaten up and creased and ripped.

Basically, to me, Andy had HALF of the card... and I wouldn't pay much for half of any card.

So ... in THIS particular case ... I am OK with Andy restoring the card since it was almost worthless (comparatively speaking) in its current condition.

And to be honest, I would be inclined to pay MORE for the "restored" version of this card than I would have paid for the severely trimmed one.

BUT ... what I will pay is probably NOWHERE CLOSE to what it is going to take to pry the card from Andy. It sounds like it probably wouldn't even cover his restoration costs.