Altered high grade E93s in Mile High?

[Bored5000]

Not that I could ever afford a mint caramel or tobacco Hall of Famer, but threads like this make me appreciate my mostly fair to very good pre-war collection.

[autograf]

So do you have the smoking gun or are you going on circumstantial evidence counselor?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by autograf

So do you have the smoking gun or are you going on circumstantial evidence counselor?

Fair question but I'd rather not say. Not on Net 54 anyway.

[oldjudge]

Jeff--on the Cobb I can see the 6 turning into the 9. However, if you are saying the 5 became the 6, which became the 9, I can't see that. The 6 has a stain in the UL corner (viewer's UL) that is not on the 5. The Wagner I can absolutely see. Great work!
Can you say if this is the doing of a soon to be incarcerated offender, or a hopefully in the future incarcerated offender?

[autograf]

I can't see the 6 becoming the 9. The orange color shift down on the 6 leads me to believe the 5 became the 9. JMO.........................

[benchod]

My first thought when seeing the auction was that they had been given a " bath".
The orange background on the Cobb is washed out

[ullmandds]

are any of these from the former jim b collection?

[atx840]

Wags is 99%

Cobbs are very very close, likely the same but really need a better scan.