This T206 Honus Wagner Will Be Sold At Auction No Matter What.

sports-rings · #1 03-21-2011, 08:55 AM

Matt,

do you ever find that sometimes the opposite it true? I photograph items in my collection and I find the camera can be harsh (especially with proper lighting or the flash). I have seen items photopraphed that look better in person.

Matt · #2 03-21-2011, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by sports-rings

Matt,

do you ever find that sometimes the opposite it true? I photograph items in my collection and I find the camera can be harsh (especially with proper lighting or the flash). I have seen items photopraphed that look better in person.

Absolutely. With this one, I was thinking that when looking at a T206, we unconsciously make certain assumptions - e.g. that the white border is the same card stock and gloss all the way around, because every original T206 we've ever seen tells us that's what a T206 looks like. Only when seeing it in person, would such an issue be discernible.

chaddurbin · #3 03-21-2011, 10:29 AM

has wonka's name written all over it

t206hound · #4 03-21-2011, 10:59 AM

So the last sale was at $222K, and then another $14K in restorations. The question is, how much will that restoration ultimately cost? Anyone here think it will sell for over $200K?

On a side note, is there a way to un-restore it... or would that be a re-restoration?

t206hound · #5 03-21-2011, 11:04 AM

Here are the pre-restoration scans from the REA listing:

alanu · #6 03-21-2011, 11:24 AM

The black borders look kind of funky, I would think that would be the easiest part to restore.

It's pretty amazing what they did from trimmed version to the slabbed version though.

E93 · #7 03-21-2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by t206hound

Anyone here think it will sell for over $200K?

Yes.

oldjudge · #8 03-21-2011, 12:13 PM

Amazing restoration work. The question I have is how much of a card do you have to have to "restore" a card and not be "creating" a card? If only Wagner's face was found and a restorer created the rest of the card, is that an authentic Wagner, or something else? Could one start with a trimmed Wagner like this and, by dividing it in two, create two authentic restored cards?

ethicsprof · #9 03-21-2011, 12:22 PM

it is beautiful but i still wish they'd left it in its original form.
with 'excessive' restoration, these 'creations' begin to look like one of those picture cards in the old Masterpiece game.
still 'twill likely go over 200k---'cause folks have the money.
best,
barry

teetwoohsix · #10 03-22-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by oldjudge

Amazing restoration work. The question I have is how much of a card do you have to have to "restore" a card and not be "creating" a card? If only Wagner's face was found and a restorer created the rest of the card, is that an authentic Wagner, or something else? Could one start with a trimmed Wagner like this and, by dividing it in two, create two authentic restored cards?

I was also wondering the same thing.

On this certain card, they did a little more than "a touch up".........but there is no doubt that it will still sell for a large amount of money, because of the hype of a T206 Wagner and the fact that there aren't many available.

Clayton

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