Now that the auction is over, I'll post a picture of a correctly graded card and ask:
Would you buy this, break it out, soak it, send it in for grading, and then sell it?
The card is graded a "1" due to the crud on the back. Watching Kurt's videos, I'm sure the crud could be easily removed.
The card has nice centering and could probably come back graded a 3.5 (or better). The price difference could be up to $1K (from the price for a "1").
Worst case, if it came back AUTH due to someone detected the soaking, you could still probably break even on the card because it has very nice visual appeal.
The final hammer (with BP, but no taxes or shipping added) was $900.
Any guesses if we'll see this card cracked, soaked, resubmitted and back to an AH? Probably better to just sell it without the AH this time around.
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