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Originally Posted by oldjudge
So let me get this straight, after Ken purchased the card and the trimming history came out in the Mastro trial David Hall called Ken and offered to refund to him the $2.8 million he paid because PSA had failed to notice that the card was trimmed. But, in a recent podcast David Hall says that the card was agreed by him and his graders to have not been trimmed. What am I missing?
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Hall saying it's "not trimmed" is about as trustworthy as Bill Clinton discussing the definition of "is" while under oath.
Hall may believe in his heart of hearts that the card was not trimmed per se, but he definitely knew it was not factory cut. I don't buy that he didn't; he was the world's foremost expert on the T206 set, and at one point in time had what I believe was the most complete master set with nearly all known back variations. This is one of the things that perpetually leaves me in SMH status about PSA. "We are the experts, send your valuable vintage cards to us." But yet what is that expertise when Hall is asked directly? Oh, it "doesn't look trimmed" to him. Huh? That's the "expert" opinion? Any pawn broker with a cigarette in his other hand can tell me that.
The whole genesis of PSA mixed with this story to me feels shady as hell...