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Disclaimer: I am not accusing the seller of this card of any wrongdoing. I have dealt with them before and found them to be quality dealers on all fronts.
__________________________________________________ _______________ While doing a search of various Hall of Famers on ebay today, I came across the following card on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-D303-Mother...3286.m20.l1116 At first glance, I thought that it was just a nice card from a very scarce set. I looked a little closer though, because I used to own a copy of this card as well. When I opened the picture on the full page, I was shocked to discover this was the very same card I once owned - what shocked me even more, however, was that the card had been given a numerical grade. It is badly trimmed, and all three grading companies have told me so. I bought this card in the mid 90's from the notorious Alan Hager. I was pretty new to vintage collecting, and I trusted anyone with a nice inventory of cards, which he certainly had. As I began to learn more about cards, and the world of alterations, I realized that I probably had a trimmed card on my hand. If you look at the top and bottom of the card, you will clearly see the trimming. I decided to try and submit the card for grading, just to be sure (I had a fair amount of cash in the card, and I was hoping I was wrong). All three grading companies sent it back as trimmed (this was before trimmed cards were slabbed), and I decided to sell it. The last time I saw the card was today, in the SGC 30 holder. --I am also certain this is my card. the chipping on the back left is the same my card had, and more importantly, so is the slight wrinkle on the bottom right corner. I am very familiar with this wrinkle because I am the one who put it there, trying to put the card into a top loader. This is not meant as a bash on SGC - I think they are the best around, but everyone gets one wrong from time to time!
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Looking for: Type 1 photos of baseball HOFers N172 Old Judge Portraits Will buy or trade for the above. Check out my cards at: www.imageevent.com/crb972 Last edited by the-illini; 06-16-2009 at 08:37 AM. Reason: Changed title |
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Nice name. Go Illini!
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I have bought several cards from them on ebay. They are probably my favorite ebay seller actually. This really sucks.
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Chris,
What really blows is that in time you probably could have kept submitting the card or had someone else do it and it could have come back graded. If not by SGC then by PSA, it just happens. As most of us realize, the "art" of grading isn't close to being exact. It's subjective and on any given day a trimmed card just might pass. The part that really sucks is that I bet you could have realized a nice and tidy profit had the card just made it into a holder with a numerical grade. SGC did this just to see what it felt like to be wrong for once. ![]()
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fr3d c0wl3s - always looking for OJs and other 19th century stuff. PM or email me if you have something cool you're looking to find a new home for. |
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And considering his feedback is nearly 35K when I looked last nite -- I would not be the one to say -- anything bad about the dealer either. I somehow don't think we are looking at a Dr. Koos situation.
I would contact the dealer and SGC and see what can be done. I suspect this process will go very well Rich |
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I will be reaching out to the seller this morning and we will take another look at this card. As many will attest, if there ever is an issue with one of our cards, we're very proactive about handling it and always come to some resolution if the situation warrants.
Thank you, Brian Dwyer SGC 1-800-742-9212 x114 |
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