1914 CJ Mathewson Receives a Bath Courtesy of Legendary

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Conor, I don't believe I said that anyone made their image "dirtier", my point is that you take an image on two different types of equipment with different settings, you will get different results.

By the way, Bob, perhaps you might want to mention that Doug -- and Legendary -- uses your company for its auctions. In a perfect world you'd be in the cell next to Doug.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

By the way, Bob, perhaps you might want to mention that Doug -- and Legendary -- uses your company for its auctions. In a perfect world you'd be in the cell next to Doug.

Bob is one of the most honest guys I know. I trust him implicitly. (and he hosts my auction s/w and has done a superb job of it). I wish nothing but continued success for him and his company.

[Al C.risafulli]

Bob's company also hosts my auctions, and I find him completely trustworthy.

-Al

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Bob's company also hosts my auctions, and I find him completely trustworthy.

-Al

Then maybe he should get his eyes fixed? Or stop lying about the Legendary scans that everyone with working eyes can see were manipulated in order to take away wrinkles and stains?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Compare, if you will, scans of the CJ Cobb now in Al's auction with one in Legendary a couple of years back. Hint Legendary's is the brighter one.

[ullmandds]

obviously not the same cobb...but...the brightness of legendary's scans is downright off-putting. In this case the bright cobb looks ridiculous...next to the more accurate scan.

[calvindog]

That's not the same card, is it?

Edited to add: whew. And I agree with Pete, that Legendary scan is insane. Why not just make the scans completely white to ensure that no staining or creases can be seen?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

That's not the same card, is it?

Edited to add: whew. And I agree with Pete, that Legendary scan is insane. Why not just make the scans completely white to ensure that no staining or creases can be seen?

In this day and age a scan of the flip might be enough.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Compare, if you will, scans of the CJ Cobb now in Al's auction with one in Legendary a couple of years back. Hint Legendary's is the brighter one.

Now this card is IMO a great example of scam, er, scan manipulation. You don't get a flip like that from scanning. The flip is roached because of extensive UV light exposure, likely from fluorescent lighting. I've had the same thing happen with SGC flips on items displayed in my office. The card itself likely shows fading as well. But jack up the contrast and add intensity of color and flash to the scan and it boosts the red.

[bijoem]

this is all bringing back bad memories of that SCP(?) photo -
where the item actually looked like it was chewed by a dog, while the auction scan looked impeccable.

I believe that was a "wonder-scan" explanation too.

[bigwinnerx]

I try to make sure the scan looks as bad as possible so that when the card arrives, the high bidder is pleasantly surprised.