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Originally Posted by bobfreedman
I had this discussion with Christies and they said that many of these photos originally had PSA/DNA letters attached to them. However, Christies did not want to "advertise" or market these other third party grading companies and decided to run the auction without them. Did it cost money to the consignor ultimately? I think we can all agree on that it did but, Christies chose to do it a certain way and let the chips fall where they may.
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One would think there could have been wording used... something like guaranteed to pass third party certification or at least use the words Type 1 photo or type 2 etc. While I'm on my soapbox, I wonder who they had doing estimates? Josh Gibson estimate $600-$800, sold for $10,000 ; Matty and Smokey Joe Bain estimate $1000-$1500 sold for $10,600 etc....etc...