[travrosty]

When people are taking out micrometers to measure centering, we have lost our hobby to the paranoia of perfect centering, perfect gloss, gem mint 10, etc.. it's ridiculous. Pretty soon someone will say it is not perfect centering, it is 49.9995 and 50.0005. Think about it, mint wasn't a good enough designation, someone had to come up with gem mint, and that wasn't good enough, someone had to come up with pristine. How about untouched by oxygen, from the press directly into a hermetically sealed xenon gas holder, designated mint/gem mint/pristine/superduperpristine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have lost our way. Mine is better than yours because we measured it with an electron microscope and it is 2 atoms closer to dead center than yours. you lose! It's for people who can't find appreciation in the cards anymore and need something to OCD about. A the grading companies picked up on it and make big $$$ by splitting hairs so you can pay 10 times more for a gem mint 10 than a mint 9 and no one can visually see any difference in the two cards. Just trust them that the extra 80,000 dollars you are paying is because THEY can tell a difference.

People are not buying cards anymore, they are buying a number. By the way, I have the number 5 available for purchase for the next few days only at a special price, just 60,000 dollars. Get it now. the number 5, doesn't come around very often, the number 4 sold for 55,000 just a few weeks ago, this number is a steal for 60,000, it is graded a PSA Mantle, should have been graded a Gehrig, but we feel we got jobbed on the grade. No 5's graded Ruth are known to exists, most are low grade Applings, so seize this rare opportunity.