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Destruction of historical signed documents

Lately i see a rise in sellers,flippers, e bay autograph specialists  buying signed pages at auctions like RR etc and cutting them up to form PSA slabbed cuts one i noticed today pushed me to post this discussion 

this one sold at RR as a signed page from a hotel in toronto 1968 signed by Hendrix ,Noel Redding and members of the supporting band on that tour the soft machine it was a nice piece with signatures overlapping slightly as originally signed and with the odd doodle etc am i alone in thinking that this was a historical document that could be tied down to a certain place,tour ,time and moment in history that is now ruined forever by being cut to form a sterile Hendrix signed slab i cannot understand why anyone would do that or even prefer the cut signature to the original piece , the other signatures arent worth much maybe $150 for the Noel and the same for the soft machine so splitting the page isnt a massive $ incentive so i can only think that these guys are offering a service with a demand for cuts  

what do other members think do you strongly believe like me that destroying that page and others like it is verging on criminal destruction or just think its a real shame to cut the link with the other signatures or do you prefer the single cut and think it doesnt really matter 

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on November 3, 2015 at 11:22am

It would be better divided up into pieces, lots and lots of pieces.

Permalink Reply by Full Time Flipper on November 3, 2015 at 11:30am

Ah yes i remember your post on the book ...chop it up

Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on November 3, 2015 at 1:17pm

Jake,

I think everyone needs to be aware that you are using an anonymous email address from Latvia (.lv) registered through the afraid.org nameserver.

Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on November 3, 2015 at 1:12pm

I strongly agree with you Rogers.  I have been complaining about this type of behavior for years.  The thought of sending a Babe Ruth bat through a wood chipper is disgusting.  Let's hope that Darth Vader's helmet is in a safe and secure place.

Permalink Reply by Adam Halloran on November 3, 2015 at 2:08pm
Haven't you seen what they did to it in The Force Awakens trailer it was burned and mangled!!! (j/k) ;)
Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on November 6, 2015 at 4:24pm

Ha!  Great reply Adam.  I would have known you were just kidding.  No need to explain.  May the Force be with you.

Permalink Reply by Adam Halloran on November 6, 2015 at 4:31pm
Haha I know! Sometimes sarcasm can be hard to read online though, may the force be with you too!:)
Permalink Reply by Adam Halloran on November 3, 2015 at 2:18pm
I recently bought a Beach Boys 1968 tour program that was in extremely poor condition. The inside has Carl Wilson and members of an opening act that I was able to date it exactly. It was also signed by Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Al Jardine, and another Carl Wilson. I had to cut out the photos on the inside and the cover. I intend to have these framed. Sometimes you have to "cut" because of condition, but if it is something that helps complete the history of the object I would never do it (i wouldnt cut off the backing bands signatures off because of this)
Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on November 6, 2015 at 4:28pm

Very well stated Adam.  That is precisely the point.  Collectors need to preserve the history of the items that they own.  Otherwise Indiana Jones was right.

Permalink Reply by Paul on November 6, 2015 at 4:45pm
There's a couple of new Hendrix psa dna slabs on ebay, i wonder if aml people can match the new ones up to something.
Permalink Reply by Full Time Flipper on November 13, 2015 at 1:35am

HI Paul ive been away for a week but i see your post on the slabs some detective work to find the original pieces is a good idea and it would be nice to see what the originals were and how much damage has been done

Permalink Reply by Full Time Flipper on November 13, 2015 at 1:33am

thank you all for your respones it seems on the whole most people agree that the pages should be kept whole where possible i believe we as collectors are responsible for preserving them and keeping any provenance chopping them up for a quick buck is just wrong 

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