Besides the card doctoring, 2019 also revealed the artificial pumping that occurs. A certain company or companies was/were allegedly reporting sales for market appearances.
It/they would report that card X sold for Y price. However, the “winning” bidder would not actually pay. Thus, the final sale price was not legit and actually realized.
This makes the market/demand appear stronger than reality and creates artificial prices. Possibly also related to shill bidding.
We are seeing just the iceberg’s tip. I hope the FBI is building it’s cases.
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