This truly annoyed me as well. The same flattening of the artifact for the photo could have easily been accomplished without puncture wounds by trapping the top under the edge of the thumb tacks, with two thumbtacks to retain it at the top and one or two at the bottom, and no holes required. You have to wonder about someone who thinks he has something so valuable, an amazing survivor of a century's time, having come along all those years intact, and he puts two holes in it. Woof. Andy Baron On May 17, 2007, at 8:36 AM, Jeffry Young, D.O. wrote: > By the way, has anyone noticed that the seller used thumb tacks to > support his priceless decal in order to photograph it!!!! Each of > those > holes should knock the value down at least a couple thousand > dollars per > hole!!!!! ;-) > > Jeff > Wisconsin