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davidcyclebackHere's the deal. The owners have been told that most serious collectors won't
purchase the card unless it is in a PSA, SGC or similar holder. They haven't been
able to find a buyer for several years because the card is not such a holder. The owners
also know that the card will sell easier and for more money if the card is
in one of these holders. As noted, GAI (a respectable grader) will grade the
card with the owners viewing. There is no legitimate reason why the owners haven't
had the card examined by one of these graders IF they believe the card to be original.
If they don't beleive the card to be original, that would be a legitimate reason
to not let a grader look at it.
Let's do some logic math.
T206 Wagner graded by PSA = (faster sale) + (more money) + (no legal liability).
T206 Wagner not graded by PSA or similar = (slower sale) + (less money) + (seller takes on more liability)
Now, why would the owner of a T206 Honus Wagner, especialy one who knows most collectors
won't buy the card unless it's in a reputable holder, pick the second equation. It
shouldn't take Issac Newton or Albert Eisnstein (both famous scientists) to figure out
that one. If you had every Nobel Prize Winner in science, every science department
chair at MIT, Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge look at those equations, they would say
they would have their authentic t206 Honus Wagner graded by PSA before sale. I am confident
even the owners' hired experts would pick the first equation. Even if the paper examiner
felt his examination is worthwhile and added to the knowledge about the card he would
chose to have his original T206 Honus Wagner be grade as it means more money.
If on Star Trek, Dr. Spock told the evil overlord supergenius computer robot
that someone who beleives his Wagner is original and wants to maximize his
profits has chosen the second equation, the robot would say "Does ... Not ...
Compute! .... Does ... Not ...Compute!" until it's head exploded, saving fair
(and sexy) inhabitants of the planet Herloniturion next week's episode.
If you told the same to the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, he would say,
"Makes perfect sense. The key to maximizing your profits, is to ensure it
sells for less.The key to selling things faster is to make things sells
slower. The key to lowering your liabiliy is to increase your liability.
As I said, it makes perfect sense."