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Posted By: 1880nonsports

in that the grading companies one relies on - won't grade a standard issue known to the hobby. Most notably it implies they are either unable to confirm what are real original examples upon which to apply OBJECTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCILES and subsequently compare to a submitted card or that they are unable to determine for whatever reason what is original and what isn't. Maybe it's worse than that - and a grading service is offering more of a subjective grade than an object one when they grade our cards. The whole thing scares me. I like the second look if I'm spending big money - prefer they knew more than me and used TOOLS. Otherwise I do fine by myself most of the time. I REALLY like this series and the fro-joys. I would ABSOLUTELY chase both sets if there weren't so many questions. Lew helped me once with a Fro-Joy question years ago after I bought one from an auction out of PA in SCD that I think might have evolved into CC. It wasn't real - I hadn't paid much - but it left a bad tatste in my mouth......