Restored Honus Wagner at SCP Auctions

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by atx840

Before the restoration

"This example once suffered from a surface crease which detracted from the beauty of the card. "

What a mess! It looks like somebody ate it and puked it out!

Yawl need to cut this restorer some slack. He was given this nightmare of a card to work on, and it must have been extremely difficult. He had to spend days looking at this card under magnification and try to recreate the print spots. Obviously, matching the ink, which was made a hundred and ten years ago, wasn't easy to do. If you study the orange background, you'll see the colored-in areas appear yellowish. Again, what a mess. They should have just left the thing alone.

[GasHouseGang]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

What a mess! It looks like somebody ate it and puked it out!

Yawl need to cut this restorer some slack. He was given this nightmare of a card to work on, and it must have been extremely difficult. He had to spend days looking at this card under magnification and try to recreate the print spots. Obviously, matching the ink, which was made a hundred and ten years ago, wasn't easy to do. If you study the orange background, you'll see the colored-in areas appear yellowish. Again, what a mess. They should have just left the thing alone.

I agree that restoration is difficult, but you shouldn't restore a card if you have to rebuild the face of the player. This Wagner was a better choice for restoration.

[mrreality68]

I would be proud if I owned the unrestored card.

Regardless of how the restorer did and obviously it “worked” because someone is willing to pay a lot for this card.

But I like they way it was and I personally do not like the card being touched up