Cleaning up the "Hobby"

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Posted By: Joe P.

PASJD:

"Joe P.
I am not sure it is that simple. Mr. Rosen for years has portrayed himself as an expert (presumably with good reason, given his vast experience) and for years ridiculed grading companies for adding nothing of value (I wished I had saved some of his polemics), so why would he need to take a card to SGC at all, much less one that from all I am reading was an obvious tamper job? It isn't adding up to me."
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PASJD:
"I am not sure it is that simple."

Maybe not for you, it all depends on when you started in this hobby/speculators game.
I can recall Mr. Rosen before he gave himself the Mr. Mint moniker.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he came over from the numismatic world.

PASJD:
"Mr. Rosen for years has portrayed himself as an expert"

Bingo PASJD Bingo!

PORTRAYED.

You said the magic word and that makes you a winner.
Alan created Mr Mint, he portrayed the part and made it larger than life.
Alan is a huckster, a showman, a carnival barker, a performer, in the lower eastside of Manhattan he would have been called a puller, .... Alan is one hell of an expert salesman.
As a former professional actor for over twenty years, I have enjoyed watching his work at various shows.
Believe it or not, Mr. Mint helped put the hobby on the map back in the 1980's.

Let's list the Portrayers in the Doyle Caper.

Alan as Mr. Mint.
Joe Merkel as the Chief Authenticator.
SGC as an Authenticator.

And we can list several other portrayers in the slab Authentication world.