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					Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth  Bruce that is indeed the question but I am not sure of the answer, at least in all cases.  Even if one assumes competence -- which is a big assumption -- certainly a cynic/skeptic could find financial incentives to give a card a numerical grade even if deserves an authentic.  And once the card is encased, nobody can ever conclusively prove that they were wrong, as we have seen with the Wagner. |  And once you reach the kind of money we are talking about here a healthy dose of skepticism in all matters is warranted IMO, particularly when an outlier shows up. 
One the other hand, there has to be a first of anything.
		 
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