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Old 07-11-2018, 08:10 AM
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Yeah, but most '52 Mantle reprints that I've ever seen are pretty bad ones. It's not fair and is potentially confusing sure, but I still believe that any collector worth their salt and who's been doing this for more than 5 minutes is foremost responsible themselves for not buying a reprint, and especially if it's one of the 2 or 3 most well known and expensive baseball cards in the entire hobby. If I had the money to buy even a really poor condition '52 #311 - you can bet that it would be graded and certified.

You say that grading companies make money "whether the card is real or not." Not sure I understand. Reputable grading companies (there are currently 3) are not known for slabbing and certifying reprints en masse. If they are, I missed that story.

Reprints in the hobby (including those which do not label themselves as such) are nothing new. They go back to at least the early 1970's if not earlier. I guess I just don't see what the huge deal is.
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