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Posted By: masimm

Well, here is the confusing part of all of this. I arrived at the auction an hour early to see the card. There was a guy nervously asking a million questions about it while holding the card at the front desk. This card was being watched closely by the auction workers. Once I looked at it and put it down, the card disappeared to the back until the auction began. Which I thought was VERY strange. I tried to look at it the second time and was told it was in the back with some lady and it would be back. It didn't come back until the auction began. No one could tell me anything about the card other than it came from consignment. That was it. I tried to get the auctioneer to give me the name and phone number of the buyer the next day but he wouldn't do it. He told me that the buyer was a close friend of his and a big time collector. The auctioneer told me I was wasting my time because the buyer/buddy wouldn't dare sell this card. I thought to myself, "How does he know he wouldn't sell it?" Unless of course, this auction was rigged and they knew it was legit and made it where they - the auctioneer and buddy - was guaranteed to get the card. I don't know? The entire situation was fishy from the beginning.