What the!...who the heck are the clowns?

Archive · #1 10-03-2002, 12:51 AM

Posted By: Brian C Daniels

http://www.advancedgrading.com/ags.html

and I found this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1865062998

these guys claim they have been grading for over 25 years! I have nver heard of any of them! Have any of you???

Archive · #2 10-03-2002, 01:42 AM

Posted By: David

There are so many graders out there that someone's going to soon have to come up with a longer alphabet.

Archive · #3 10-03-2002, 01:48 AM

Posted By: David

If you read their first press release, it appears that they are grading their own cards for sale at Shop at Home. If this is untrue they should hire a better copy writer.

Archive · #4 10-03-2002, 06:31 AM

Posted By: Tom

a subsidiary of Howard's Sports Collectibles in Lepsic, Ohio (I BELIEVE). Howard's has been around for a long time but this crappy grading has not. They've been around about 4-5 years. Don't even know if you can submit anything to them or they just grade their own stuff. They do sell tons of crap through shop at home, which, oddly enough is newer stuff that grades, GEM MINT 10!!!! Great bargains, I'm sure. They've also had some nice 1953's on ebay. I don't know if they're the same as PRO where they're trimmed or if they're just overgraded. I've bought lots of stuff from Howard's over the years (nothing graded though) and found them to be very good overall. It does make you wonder though with grading their own cards. Little conflict of interest. Course that's the ONLY one in this business, I'm sure............

Archive · #5 10-03-2002, 07:24 AM

Posted By: leon

If ya'll dig deeper you will really get some interesting facts....like a Dr. Ragoli or Ravioli, or something, stating there is a T206 Wagner graded a 10 that brought over a million dollars....now there's some factual info....and the fact that Target stores sells this grading companies crap too....and on and on....regards all...

Archive · #6 10-03-2002, 10:24 AM

Posted By: Brian C Daniels

and go into target and tell us what is for sale inside!

Archive · #7 10-03-2002, 12:19 PM

Posted By: David

A long lunch-- would that be like a subway sanwhich?

Archive · #8 10-03-2002, 04:35 PM

Posted By: Julie Vognar

as a raffle prize? The one that the lady had to sell immediately because of taxes?

Archive · #9 10-03-2002, 04:42 PM

Posted By: David

It was Walmart

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