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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>there's a bender 'trees in background' 206 on ebay graded by<br />Champs.<br />what's Champs?<br />is it like that AAA thing that graded those spalding newspaper<br />cutouts? <br />nice looking Bender, so am wondering with interest---but Champs?!<br /><br />all the best<br /><br />Barry

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Posted By: <b>Sean Coe</b><p>They are based out of Philadelphia. I believe there website is champsgrading.com.

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Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p>Champs is a legit grading company but im not sure how knowledgable they are about t206 cards.A local card store once had them in for on site grading and i asked the guy if they did t206s and he didnt know but he said just bring them in and if they cant they cant, which turned me off.Like i want to carry around expensive cards just for the heck of it.<br /><br />Value of cards in their holders dont hold up well as they dont have a reputation.I wouldnt expect their 6.0 to actually grade that by anyone else reputable.Their holder obviously wasnt made for use with t206s and theres no telling whether the card isnt trimmed or not without seeing in person<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/CHIEF-BENDER-1911-T206-Graded-CHAMPS-6-0-Ex-NrMt_W0QQitemZ8700678868QQcategoryZ86837QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/CHIEF-BENDER-1911-T206-Graded-CHAMPS-6-0-Ex-NrMt_W0QQitemZ8700678868QQcategoryZ86837QQssPageNa meZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>thanks much.<br /><br />experience is still the best teacher.<br /><br />the card does look good, though--but you're right about the<br />possibility of trimming.<br />Worries me--but it is enticing and real cheap, right now.<br />Talk me out of it. Please. <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Barry

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Based on the one Champ's graded card I made the mistake of buying (a long time ago) I wouldn't go near them. Adam B.<br><br>Adam B

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Posted By: <b>Julie Vognar</b><p>.........

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Posted By: <b>barry arnold</b><p>no bids from me.<br /><br />many thanks for all the help.<br /><br />Barry