How many more times? 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle PRO 9.5

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Posted By: Julian

"JC,"

JC,

I understand what you are saying about purchasing something, and then hoping beyond hope that it's authentic. It brings out the speculator, or greed, in all of us. How many of us on the board have bought ungraded material, and it turns out to be authentic, and then you get it "slabbed," so there is worth attached to it? That's the whole idea, it's worth something!

Let's get back to Dick, or Richard. Perfect example of a greedy person, getting nothing back in return for his purchase, and has been trying to recope his 20K ever since. "JC" don't you see the living example in front of you? Imagine you spent 20K on a "altered, touched up, reconditioned," work of art like a '52 Topps Mickey Mantle. How about you getting "duped" for 20K, and then years go by, and maybe some financial crisis hits, you go to sell the card, and people, informed collectors like ourselves, put a precondition on the sale, "let a "real," "reputable," Grading Company slab this card, and then you find out it's only worth about the price of a plastic sleeve? Bad investment don't you think? You don't happen to have a money tree in front of your home, and then you realize, "I've been screwed"! You can't schedule a fake, or altered card on your insurance policy, can you? You know why? There is no worth to an altered card, it can't be even be used as collateral.

If you don't get "it," then you must enjoy throwing money away, just like that "Dick" who currently owns a worthless piece of paper that "resembles" a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, in PRO 9.5, of course.