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Originally Posted by bender07
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Everyone needs to keep in mind that both Jim and Richard chime in with their opinions by virtue of their fairly generous natures. They also do provide opinions/authentication at a (reasonable) fee. Not having the item in hand, they may not be able to render an opinion on everything, but if I was contemplating a purchase under these circumstances I would certainly be willing to pay for a learned opinion.
On this particular item I'm particularly worried about the fact that the auction house and/or the consignor seem to be too cheap to pay for a service that might allow the item to sell for perhaps thousands more than it might without. With PSA/DNA high graded Ruth balls selling for five figures or more, it would be foolish not to play that lottery with this ball.