Thread: "Buy the card, not the holder"
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Old 10-14-2014, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Centauri View Post
I am with Leon on this one. I don't like the slabs, but when I buy on eBay or the BST here, there is too much risk of getting a doctored card or even a forgery. And those risks go up big time with value of the card. I don't think I would buy a 52 Mantle from my own grandmother unless it was slabbed.

I know neither is infallible, but getting authentication from SGC or PGC is worth it, IMO, and much better than buying a loose card online.
My grandmothers were slabbed long before there were TPGs.
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