Thread: 1952 Rosen Mantle SGC 9.5 Final Price – Too high, too low, just right?
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Old 08-30-2022, 06:42 PM
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Not sure if you were joking or not, but Derek Grady works for Heritage, and he is the one who had to decide where to send the Mantle for grading (on the seller's behalf). He used to be the head grader at SGC for some number of years. He also knew PSA wouldn't give it a 10, and he didn't want it in a PSA 9 holder because he thought it was nicer than all the PSA 9s and two of the 10s.
Yes, that's why I used the smiley. But thank you for spelling it out, probably not as widely known as I assumed.
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