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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Jim, my feelings are that the auction houses can do whatever they want as long as there is full disclosure - and then the reactions of the market will be such that will cause the houses to cease or continue doing their actions. Unfortunately, I think this is just a pipe dream because obviously any sort of disclosure will just drive down the prices realized for these cards. There is a reason why Mastro and the rest of the auction houses will not disclose this info, i.e., taking out a light crease, cleaning, etc., to the public: $$