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E, DanielWhat seems different to me between hawking baseball cards between grading companies and this jersey between the two named authenticators, are the players involved.
The equivalent in terms of hobby respect between Mears and Sampson is SGC versus Pro.
If a card turns up in a PRO holder, having been rejected by SGC, there is absolutlely every ethical requirement to mention its history. Too few people trust and believe in PRO's judgements and give great weight of trust to SGC's. Similarly with Mears and Sampson.
Of course If the card had failed PSA testing but passes SGC, we're more able to make a judgement that the opinion was probably borderline for both but fell on either side of the fence between the two respected companies.
It all comes down to the credibility of the players involved who are giving judgement. IMO, Mastro knows the competence and credibility perfectly well of the two authenticating agents who looked over the jersey, and chose the money-making avenue. The rest of the story is run-around.
Daniel