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Posted By: barrysloate

Corey- actually, the point where we agree to disagree I actually do agree (is that confusing enough?). If a photograph has mediocre contrast and it is described as having rich tones, or pictured in the catalog darker than it actually is, I think that is more an issue of misrepresentation and is critical. I consider puffery to be the use of words or phrases like "rare" or "where are you going to find another one"; that stuff is just meaningless blather.

And Jason- your point is well taken, and if a raw card is graded VG-EX, assessing it as good or very good when bidding is probably accurate. But there is one problem: you won't win the lot, because somebody out there will bid as if it were an actual VG-EX. You could never be competitive in that situation. Best remedy is to grade accurately. If you bill yourself as the biggest and best auction house, no detail is too small. And grading cards properly is far from a small detail.