Oh boy

[vintagechris]

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...-card-slabbed/

[Matt]

As I recall, the theory is that PSA used the slabbing of a questionable T206 Wagner (McNall-Gretzky) to make a name for themselves. What works once...

[danmckee]

That is a joke, blatant fake and a garbage grading company. That won't hurt a thing in the hobby.

[terjung]

Originally Posted by danmckee

That is a joke, blatant fake and a garbage grading company. That won't hurt a thing in the hobby.

agreed.


Interesting follow-up question...
I presume that one of the reasons that they didn't want it slabbed outside of their presence was that they were worried about mishandling / damage to the card. Now that this $0.50 card is protected in a slab, I wonder if they would be more likely to wait in the lobby while a respected grading company evaluates it.

[Leon]

Lots of idiots in that scenario.

[Piratedogcardshows]

I was hoping to see a picture of this slabbed beauty but this is all they have on there "database" unfortunately.http://wwww.acagrading.com/en/grading/resultats3.php

[sports-rings]

"It is what we call an unreleased version of the card," said ACA Grading owner Martin Brouillard. "It is a controversial card, and people are scared of it."

Controversy resolved: who knew that the card was an unreleased version? What will these self proclaimed hobby experts think up next?

[vintagetoppsguy]

Here's the funniest part...

"ACA agreed to let the two owners be present during the evaluation. Cobb and Edwards claim they didn't want it to be encapsulated alone and, thus, steered clear of the hobby's mainstream authenticators."

The article states that the two owners stayed clear of the other mainstream TPGs. I think it was the other way around.

[Exhibitman]

Well, as was once said, you will never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the general public.

[e107collector]

This will probably end up as the "featured" lot in the next Coaches Corner auction

Tony