Whereas
1. Whereas there is an infatuation with PSA slabs within the flock of hobby sheep and
2. Whereas the current and perhaps future cheapest stab is $150 to encapsulate and
3. Whereas Joe Shlabotnik did not capture the hearts of young collectors during his undistinguished career and
4. Whereas pop reports suggest that most of the graded Shlabotnik cards were used on bicycle spokes by their original owners and
5. Whereas the total pop for all grades is less than 5 and
6. Whereas it is unlikely that mother's didn't save any of their son's Schlabotnik cards and
7. Then it would seem that future submissions of Shlabotnik cards are quite unlikely as no Schlabotnik card has ever been sold for more than 50 cents (and this is likely the case, but has not been verified) and
8. Then at the current rates ($150) population reports will eventually become skewed in the opposite direction with higher grades becoming dominant and far more common than there lower graded exemplars and
9. Then collectors not only infatuated by PSA, but also infatuated with rarity, will ultimately find PSA 1 Arnold Shlabotnik cards becoming their white whales and the prices will soar and
10. Then card doctors will be called upon to crack out all Shlabotnik cards graded 2 and above and rough them up a bit and
11. Then the hobby will be in awe when Goldin sells the first 6 million dollar Shlabotnik graded PSA 1 (and yes that's a 6 with 6 zeroes) and
12. Then collectors will liquidate their Wagners and Cobbs for pennies on the dollar to chase Shlabotniks and
13. Then Blowout with start a thread declaring that most, if not all, PSA 1 Shlabotniks have been tampered with and were formerly in much better condition and
14. Then Net 54 members will argue for months about the legitimacy of the Shlabotnik boom, claiming it is a "bubble" even when PWCC sells a Shlabotnik for $10,000,000 and
Who can claim that baseball card collectors are sane?
And please this thread doesn't need a card unless it's a Schlabotnik.
