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Posted By: MikeU

From a true legal standpoint, the restoration discussion has no merit. From a business and integrity standpoint, it has a great deal of merit. Everyone in the world has a certain percentage of evil within them. However, I can not fathom real legitimacy to the restoration claim. Sean and Dave (& others) have worked way too hard to jeopardize the trust they have built.

SGC has never graded a Mint 52T Mantle. I know if I owned SGC, I would be chomping at the bit to get one in an SGC holder. From the above article and CU post, Holy Grail Jr. potential and dire financial need seemed to cross paths. I can only guess the agreement included contingencies of an evaluation of the card i.e. potential grade bump up. This makes some sense if it was a tweener between a PSA 9 and a GAI 10. Sounds like a combination of sour grapes with deformation of character due to financial ruin, as the card was not able to be bumped up and the loan may not have been able to be paid to this point.

Very interested to hear the true details. Will hold my tar and feathers at bay, until full disclosure is known.