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Bottom of the NinthBarry,
I am not suggesting Arthur did anything to this card but not all changes in grades are limited to inconsistencies during the evaluation. Can Arthur state with 100% certainty that once the card left his possession nothing was done to it. It is not too hard to imagine a card going from a NM 7 to a NM-MT 8. A high end 7 is after all just a 7. When I used to sell ungraded cards I would label the protectos with a grade. From time to time I would evaluate old inventory and many times I would change the grade. As long as humans are involved in grading there will be these types of changes. Add the element of 5 or more people doing the grading...
Arthur,
You have been in this hobby a very long time. Why would a seasoned vet ever take a CSA 9 over a PSA 7? I am not sure there was ever a time where that was even close to making sense economically.
Greg