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Posted By: Gilbert Porter

I happened to be speaking with a variety of people during the recent Sportsfest on this very topic (exploring an idea of my own for a better pricing/valuation model for sportscards). One theory that was espoused to me was that the SMR purposely understates prices - particularly for the vintage material - so that PSA can demonstrate that their graded cards sell at "better than market" prices. I will leave for you guys to determine whether you think there is any validity to this theory - I am decidedly undecided, and merely concur with you all that there is no decent pricing/valuation model currently available. As to my efforts in this area - if I succeed in what I am doing you will hear more about it at the end of the year.