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Posted By: Robert

I bought 3 lots in his last auction and was very dissappointed with the way he grades his cards. For example I bought a 1950 Bowman complete set which he listed 16 cards in good condition, 21 VG, 8 VG/EX, 78 EX and 98 EX/MT after paying and recieving them 32 cards had staple holes, 6 with paper loss, 28 with major creasing and 9 with writing. That according to my grading standards is 72 cards that should be classified as "GOOD". There was not even a single card that was in the EX/MT that he stated. The complete sets of 51 and 52 Bowmans where not any better, he stated that the 52 Mantle was NRMT/MT and it came back from GAI as a 6. I emailed and complained and basically got blown off by Lew. His best offer was he would relist the cards for no charge in his November auction. I would be very careful and if you intend on buying his cards go there in person to examine them becasue he does not.