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Posted By: barrysloate

Bushing's statement that he will inform prospective clients when he has authenticated something he is selling is beyond outrageous. A major authenticator should never ever be in the business of selling and authenticating his own material. The disclosure is worthless. If he is in fact an expert authenticator, and I believe he knows his stuff, then he must irrevocably get out of the selling business. It's one or the other, but not both. Could you imagine PSA setting up at the the National to sell PSA graded baseball cards? They would be out of business in a heartbeat. That's what Alan Hager used to do with his ASA graded cards, and people know where he was at. If collectors can't see the egregious conflict here than they are setting themselves up to be swindled at some point down the road.