[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by gregndodgers

The buyers don't know they are stolen.

For example, there is a card shop I know of that has a reputation - among a small community of collectors in my area - for dealing in stolen cards. He gets some really amazing cards...Babe Ruths, Cobbs, Michael Jordan's - all high end stuff. I always wondered how he always had such great inventory until one day another card shop owner said he sells hot cards. Well, I know for a fact that as soon as a great card walks in the door, that unscrupulous shop owner already has a buyer for the card. In fact, he has a network of high end collectors that routinely buy from him. They spend thousands each month. One quick phone call, and the card has been re-sold.

Once I figured this out, I stopped going to his shop.

So there's a constant supply of stolen high end cards being sold in plain sight and this all just goes under the radar?