Net54baseball.com Forums - Reasons to agree with DAN McKEE....regarding the PIEDMONT Plank

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Originally Posted by theuclakid (Post 979365)

Ted, although your presentation of the evidence for the theory that the Plank could not possibly have a factory cut Piedmont 150 factory back is intriguing, a jury probably could never attain a unanimous vote as to its authenticity....there is no conclusive proof, yet.....thus I still side with the grading company as they have seen the card in hand.....SGC are the experts or as close as there is, correct? SGC GAVE THEIR OPINION....I also suspect most people who could afford a million dollars or more for a card are perfectly happy with the encapsulated card as is....as they are trusting the known provenance, authenticating and encapsulating process...there is no FINAL word yet on the Plank mystery, no matter how interesting or convincing....and I do agree with others that this card could sell for a big number.....Bruce Perry

Hi Bruce

Sure, my hypothesis here (post #1) is based on the points that I stated in my presentation, which I think are pertinent. But, by no means am I trying to convince "a jury ".
Simply, my intent here is to stir up some thought-provoking discussion; and, hear some varying opinions regarding this new Plank card.

Anyhow, am I recalling correctly, but weren't you at Willow Grove in 1985 when Bill Mastro was shopping around the (Gretzky) Wagner ? If so, did you get a close look at
this card in its RAW form, as did a number of the collectors/dealers at the show ? ?

Many of us there who saw it that weekend thought it was not Factory-cut. However, PSA gave it a numeric grade. I guess...."PSA GAVE THEIR OPINION".

Subsequently, PSA graded Charlie Conlin's PIEDMONT Plank..AUTHENTIC. Don't you find this very contradictory; since, this Plank was the Gretzky Wagner's sheet-mate ?
This turns out to be an unacceptable example of arbitrary grading by a TPG....what is your opinion of this situation ?

Finally, although I favor SGC, by no means are they infallible. They have been wrong in the grading of a number of T206's in the past 12 years.

TED Z