the game goes like this, first ask someone online for free,
if their opinion is not what you wanted, then send it to psa, if it doesnt pass, then send it to jsa, if it doesnt pass then send it to global, if it doesnt pass then find someone else to give it a cert. But get that cert, darn it!
meanwhile all the old time hobbyists and collectors needed is to see the item for themselves to make up their own mind, and if an opinion from jim stinson or if other well established dealers or hobbyists opinion came with it, fine, but a psa or jsa opinion when you dont even know who looked at it?
it could have been a 19 year old college intern for all we know. what kind of weight is that?
I was talking to someone last night, and told him that I knew many of the boxing collectors and dealers and people in the hobby whose opinion I trust on boxing, but never in those years and years, have I ever heard the name Grad or Spence? Now their supposed secret opinion on some letterhead is suppose to convince someone that a boxing item is good, or bad? I say boxing because it is my hobby, not baseball so much, but it applies across the board.
jim, you need to start charging $$$. so then only the people who want to really know if it is good or not will pay, no fishing expeditions.
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