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Old 04-23-2019, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by doug.goodman View Post
My point is that many people read the pop reports as if they were listing all cards that exist, and auction houses tend to word their descriptions in a direction that leans that way, when in fact they do not.
I don't know a single knowledgeable collector who views the pop reports as absolute certainty. Auction houses will of course use the pop reports as a certainty because they are in the business of selling and puffery is the norm. There have been plenty of times I've seen auctions of cards described as one of a kind -- with another example sitting in my collection, slabbed by the same company.

Case in point:

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