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Eric BrehmYes Jeff and Barry, and to compound the problem, it is undoubtedly the more valuable cards that get cracked out and re-submitted the most, because of the higher economic stakes involved.
I think the pop reports are still useful, though, to get a feeling for the relative scarcity of various cards within a set. But it is certainly dangerous, say if the report says there are 5 examples in a certain grade, to take that figure literally.
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