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JKFrank stated:
"I suspect the underbidders were bidding up based on the slab the card was in... buying the slab, not the card.
And thirdly, the grading seems to have been done poorly, unduly encouraging higher bidding by the underbidders."
Frank, that is just pure utter speculation. Unless you know the underbidders, you have no evidence from which to make that statement and it clearly underscores your bias against people who collect slabs.
If Ted had been the underbidder, I suspect you would have believed that the winner and the underbidders (including Ted - who's id would have been hidden) were all bidding based on the number on the slab rather than need or rarity. Of course, if that were the case, your suspicion would have been incorrect. Its just impossible, it seems, for you to believe that people who collect slabbed cards can be knowledgeable and base their purchases on anything other than a number on a slab.