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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Most of my favorites have already been covered but there are two that just annoy the hell out of me:

"Extreme rarity"
"Extremely rare"

Rare already covers it. Qualifying it is like putting the Deltas on double secret probation.

I generally dislike the verbal diarrhea that most AH writers seem to develop. I imagine they have a menu of random adjectives they can slap them together to create a description. Like:

"This impressive specimen from an ultra rare issue is the highest condition exemplar extant in the PSA database, with radiant color on the obverse and virtually unimprovable color on the back."

You can attach that verbiage to nearly any card. Or anything else.

Part of the problem is that the writers try to sound as erudite as possible on what I imagine is a second-rate education, which leads to some really funny sentences like this gem from Goodwin's recent auction:

"If you are contemplating adding one museum quality card to your collection, this jewel certainly qualifies as a grandeur selection."

WTF is a "grandeur selection"? Grandeur is a noun, as is selection. They might as well write that it qualifies as a card card.

Totally Agree.