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Dr.Richard Koos....to warn me off of the Pro graded '8' 1952 Topps Mantle when the auction was pulled from Ebay. I WAS the leading bidder at $12,200 or so and when I contacted the seller, was told that the auction had to be terminated due to Ebay listing policy. I had NO knowledge of the Vintage Talkboard, and no inkling of what it meant to be purchasing a card graded by Pro. I met with the seller and purchased it for $12,500 and repeated my mistake on an E90-1 Jax in Pro '7' for $8900.00 . I received no warnings, no heads up, not a red flag from ANYONE. I had just started collecting and I learned the hard way on "in-house" Pro graded cards. I fault no one but myself for walking willingly headlong staright into the wallet shredding buzz-saw.