Outed cards, now including a 130K gain on an Aaron rookie

[perezfan]

My over/under is 8 years. But wish that number was lower.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by perezfan

My over/under is 8 years. But wish that number was lower.

I will take the over. This hobby is way too shady to let a few whiners on a couple forums bring down the cash cow. Anybody in for a group submission?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I will take the over. This hobby is way too shady to let a few whiners on a couple forums bring down the cash cow. Anybody in for a group submission?

Over as well. I cannot see the hobby returning to a raw card model, not with the millions upon millions invested already in registry sets and other slabbed cards. And there is no meaningful competition now or on the horizon. I think PSA weathers the storm.

[Johnny630]

Over Agree with Peter for all the above reason I posted before.

[Peter_Spaeth]

And a nice sticker too.

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showpo...&postcount=171

[perezfan]

Lots of cardboard missing on that one. I guess it’s not the first time Little Joe was deemed short.

What if we put a 1 in front of the 8? Would anyone here bet the under at 18?

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Lots of cardboard missing on that one. I guess it’s not the first time Little Joe was deemed short.

What if we put a 1 in front of the 8? Would anyone here bet the under at 18?

As long as the hobby exists as a place where large sums of money are spent on cards professional
Grading will remain a fixture. It may be a different company it may have different parameters than today but it will exist as long as big money is being spent in the hobby. If grading does it will be because a large part of the hobby dies with it.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by glynparson

As long as the hobby exists as a place where large sums of money are spent on cards professional
Grading will remain a fixture. It may be a different company it may have different parameters than today but it will exist as long as big money is being spent in the hobby. If grading does it will be because a large part of the hobby dies with it.

People can talk down saying the fact no civil lawsuits have been filed mean nothing in terms of the problems of the hobby

however i am not sure how we can be discussing the closure of million dollar businesses when not even a single lawsuit has been filed. (please correct me if i am wrong as i have not checked court dockets across the country, i just assume someone would of mentioned one on this or the other forums i look at)\

Yes I know Mastro this and that so it could happen without much but this involves so many more layers and time and cards changing hands and issues for bigger disputes etc....my opinion..

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by glynparson

As long as the hobby exists as a place where large sums of money are spent on cards professional
Grading will remain a fixture. It may be a different company it may have different parameters than today but it will exist as long as big money is being spent in the hobby. If grading does it will be because a large part of the hobby dies with it.

Fully agree that card grading won’t go away in our lifetimes. But it could adapt, and have a vastly different look before we kick the bucket. Perhaps it’s the way cards are graded, perhaps it’s improved methods for detecting alteration, perhaps it’s a company that spends more time analyzing the cards, perhaps it’s a company that caters to collectors rather than shareholders, perhaps they ditch number grades in favor of descriptive ones, perhaps a company will enter the fray with a different take altogether.

I’d support a TPG that could simply deem a card as being unaltered, provided they could do it effectively. I know others would as well. Maybe there’s a niche for those who don’t give a hoot about the Registry, or paying 1000 times more for a card because it “appears” to be mint. I just have a hunch that something different will come along as the “mistakes” continue to be revealed. And if the FBI does intervene, it will only serve to accelerate the process.