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Old 06-08-2019, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by nolemmings View Post
Back to the Musial, this is why I am really suspicious of PSA's involvement. It seems to me incredibly unlikely that someone would take a PSA 9 of a vintage superstar and doctor it in "hopes" of a 10, thereby risking discovery of the alteration by the TPG and a tanking in value. And who knows if you get the 10 even if you're not caught, that grade being so subjective. IMO, the only way you take that chance is if you are cock-sure you are going to beat the grader or if you somehow know that you will.
Risk reward. When you are making that much money you can take risks here and there for huge upside. If it goes south, a few K down the drain, so what.
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