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MW The following is text from an eBay Listing by Libertyforall:
<< A couple of the "Big" grading companies say these types of items (cut outs) should not be graded due to the nature of these items. But due to popular demand and the undeniable popularity of these ORIGINAL items a growing number of grading companies (I've even seen a "mainstream" company grading a few) are now recognizing that these items do have value to certain collectors and are grading these type of items anyway. Despite not being listed in price guides, being nonstard, and being given the cold sholder by the biggies these ORIGINAL graded items have been selling upwards of $500 or more a piece and are gaining in popularity. In my opinion these are rediculously LOW PRICED UNTAPPED GEMS and represent great collectors items! I CAN TELL THESE ARE GAINING IN POPULARITY NOT ONLY BY THE RISING PRICES BUT ALSO BY THE AMOUNT OF NASTY EMAILS I GET FROM "STANDARD DEALERS" DEMANDING I STOP SELLING THESE "NONSTANDARD" ITEMS! I guess they're afraid of the competition! Get these now while there still reasonably priced! IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS IS OR ARE UNCLEAR PLEASE EXCERSIZE SOME COMMON SENSE AND DO NOT BID! If you are not worried about this item not being listed in the price guides, being nonstandard, and not being a "true card" but being a cut out, but still love the picture, the player, the untapped potential, and the history this ORIGINAL COLLECTIBLE HAS then this item is for you. If you are looking only for a "regular card" with a listed book then please don't bid and don't waste my time with stupid emails. >>
Comments:
First, it's most than just a couple of the "big" grading companies. It's every single one and even most of the "smaller" grading companies. Also included in this group are all sane and rational collectors of vintage cards. Rumor has it, there are even some bravely intelligent primates that can distinguish between a gratuitously worthless piece of 1920s magazine scrap that ends up in a NASA/AAA holder and a REAL vintage baseball card.
Gaining in popularity? Where? Among those vintage buyers that libertyforall has taken advantage of? Weren't beanie babies once popular? And let's not forget about pet rocks. The bottom line is if it weren't for the ignorance of beginning collectors of vintage nostalgia, libertyforall would be stuck in his basement doing two things. Taking a pick and hammer to his valuable moon rocks and ripping pages out of old maps and Bibles. Pathetic.
Afraid of the competition? No. I'm afraid that this blockheaded buffoon is driving away who knows how many "newbies" from this hobby with his sideshow chicanery. In fact, we have already received numerous emails from new collectors asking us about some of the values for the worthless piece of magazine scraps that they've just won on eBay. What's next from libertyforall? Alchemy and spontaneous generation?
But the most telling clue of all should be the very one this seller hedges on -- the exclusion of these items from price guides. Why are they not there? It is really a malevolently sinister plot by the hobby's powerbrokers? No. It's much, much simpler than that. Baseball card price guides only list prices for BASEBALL CARDS and related baseball memorabilia. They don't list values for road kill, toilet seats, or unclean hankies. And they certainly don't have any index for scrap cut from decrepit magazines.
There's only one place where libertyforall can find values for what he sells. It's in the eagerly awaited 1st Annual "2002 Crap Sellers Guide to smack and other scalawag scrap and rubble." Look for it in a trash heap or city dump near you.