To me, it's an obvious conflict of interest for the owner of a purportedly neutral third party grader to grade his own. The very reason TPG slabs sell for a premium over raw cards graded by the owner is that purported objectivity. You can't always tell from a scan if a card is overgraded, and of particular relevance and concern, if an altered card has been blessed.
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Four phrases I nave coined that sum up today's hobby:
No consequences.
Stuff trumps all.
The flip is the commoodity.
Animal Farm grading.
Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 09-17-2023 at 09:59 AM.
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