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Originally Posted by MattyC
If someone uses an auction house or consignment service to create a fake sale, and they complete the transaction so as to get the data point in the sales record, who is at fault— the person consigning and buying their card, or the company that lists the card and processes the transaction?
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The problem with this theory is that one data point, especially when it's an outlier, doesn't really change the market prices. People will just discard it or ignore it. Everyone in this hobby knows that not all prior transactions are valid for one reason or another. You can't just fake "sell" a 10k card for 20k, then relist it and expect to get 20k for it, or even 11k. It takes numerous independent valid sales to move the market.