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Dan MarkelReading the quotes pertaining that Bill Hughes claiming that he graded or was present for the grading of the Wagner seems to conflict with what I've known about PSA in the early days.
I believe it is common knowledge that the Wagner was the first card graded by PSA. In this article pertaining to the 10th anniversary of PSA, the following statements are made:
Joe Orlando (then publisher of the SMR): "What was it like at the start?"
Steve Rocchi: "There were only three of us. Mike Baker, who is now the director if grading, Adam, and myself. We were lucky to get 400-500 cards per month. It took a few years to gain support from the dealers; resistance to grading was commonplace."
There is no mention of Bill Hughes.
Link to article:
http://www.psacard.com/articles/article_view.chtml?artid=3004&universeid=314&type=1