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Posted By: Steve

I have been away all weekend and this is the first I have seen of this. My understanding with Leon was that this was going to be locked as there is not much more to say about this and this thread was degenerating (as many of the board have pointed out).

It is also a matter of public record now that I am willing to put the money in escrow with the winning bidder's lawyer. Mr Wonka, the first to post on this thread, hints at the salient point. The winning bidder likely never wanted the card after he probably could not sell it right away. His real objection to testing the card is that if it is proven real, he then has to keep the card. Why else oppose a fully independent paid for test? We also know he was extremely manipulative (at a minimum) with his first post on this blog. It troubles me deeply that he gets a pass on this.

THE SGC ISSUE. As I told Leon, the first I heard that this was submitted to SGC was from the President of PSA last December. Since many of you are so tight with SGC, why not ask them if I submitted the card for grading? I will be happy to waive any potential confidentiality issue with SGC. I have not submitted a single card to SGC in four years and this would not have been first one. Further, if I was going to submit the card it would have gone to PSA as we do with many of our best cards. I did not submit this to PSA as I did not think they would slab it as a one-of-a-kind card. Had the winning bidder (or anyone) asked me if I thought this would get graded, I would say it is possible but far from certain.

It appears that the winning bidder the first time submitted this to SGC and never told me about this. I discussed with this consignor only this month and did not get a firm response.

Look, we are working to get a fully independent third party to resolve this as soon as possible; even Leon posted on this blog that this was "more than fair." The winning bidder is not (and was never) going to be left out to dry. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, he was offered this same testing proposal before going on this blog.

Steve