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Posted By: hankron

As far as experts go, I think all that matters is the quality/accuracy of the opinion, not whether or not they actively buy and sell. If you want to say that there should be disclosure that they have their financial hand in this or that, I'll go along with that, but it has never bothered me that an expert opnion comes from a dealer ... Lew Lipset's a dealer you know, and I'm sure he wouldn't have been able to write the Enclopedia of Baseball Cards without having bought and sold and traded a ton of cards.

You can find a few people with conflicts of interest who can give you an accurate answer, and several million with no conflicts of interest who can give you the wrong one. Your family reverend may be as pure as the driven snow, but that doesn't mean you want him judging the authenticity of your Babe Ruth autographed ball.