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Originally Posted by raulus
If you’ve got time to waste and wanted to check out my higher grade more valuable stuff, a lot of it is here with my Mays set:
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregist...timeset/290520
A little more here with my McCovey set:
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregist...timeset/333139
Most of the items have pics attached, so you can dig down into the details if you’re so inclined.
Most of it was acquired in the last 10 years. Hundreds of different sellers online with eBay, including lots of other more traditional AHs, and a handful of reputable dealers offline. Certainly no single source, but lots of different places, including some AHs that I later learned are less loved around here, although it seems like most of the AHs have their fair share of detractors around here.
Your approach seems like a big step. But if you believe in it enough, then it makes sense. |
I have not looked at the collection and even if I did I am not sure what can be deduced from scans of cards in holders. Card altering is pervasive in the hobby. If you really want to get a perspective on it, as I did at one point, read the numerous threads on blowout. If you are mainly into high grade I would say that is an area more prone to altering but as has been demonstrated altered material is making its way into all grades. It seems to be simply about the economics of it. If a card can be improved and the bump in grade justifies the cost of grading, time and effort, then that card will likely be altered by someone. Some collectors don't care because the holder cleanses the alteration and those collectors seem (right or wrong) to conclude the holder validates the card.
You can go to all kinds of steps to avoid altered stuff but unless you know for sure who submitted it and you know for sure that person is not someone who alters cards, you simply have to take another leap of faith.