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Old 09-06-2017, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by T206Collector View Post
It's probably more technically correct than "cardboard" but it is such a distraction in the text. Like a wise-ass winking at you after a dry joke or something. Amateurish, and suggests the author doesn't really take his job all that seriously. An unwanted reminder -- ironically from an auction house -- that you're spending too much money on baseball cards!
I think you're being too harsh on Brian. He's just having fun with it is my guess, who gives a damn about the description anyway? At least he isn't telling people a PSA 8 Koufax is on the verge of being a 200K card.
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