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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Barry Sloate has more experience than almost anyone here and has complete integrity. Read what he wrote about the extent and duration of this problem. Please Dave you are spinning in a contrafactual manner. I have been collecting since the outset of TPG and I absolutely agree with Barry this is a massive, pervasive problem. All the major industry participants know it too. I have had countless conversations confirming this over the years. Countless. With dealers, major auction houses, knowledgeable collectors, people who know the card doctors. There is nothing at all new about this, just a few items where some guys adept at searching were able to find before photos. It's a speck compared to what's out there.
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Agreed. It's been going on for quite a long time by a significant number of dealers. It's a very lucrative business turning $5 raw cards in to $200 graded cards for the Set Registry. Here's one example that should have rocked the collecting world when it was revealed but it just seemed to just fade into obscurity perhaps by being overshadowed by the issue of rampant shill bidding.
http://www.net54baseball.com/showpos...19&postcount=1