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Posted By: Larry

I still fail to see how MEARS can hold an auction house accountable for GRADED cards when EVERY auction house could be guilty (conciously or not) of selling slabbed cards that may have been trimmed, that means no one will be on MEARS list for 2008, EVERY auction house has sold and will receive previously holdered cards that have some questionable history. How can a reliable auction house like REA know the provenence of a graded card that was slabbed in 2002?

This could include the great t206 Wagner PSA 8....if that card came up again, and a reliable auction house chose to sell it, and MEARS now knows the history of that card is questionable, does that mean NO ONE can now sell this card again?, If REA gets the Wagner reconsigned to them in the PSA 8 holder, could MEARS pull REA's ability to use MEARS' credentials now knowing the possibility of the taint, even with REA's top reputation? That means REA can NEVER accept this card for auction again or they will violate MEARS' statement.....I really cannot believe they can have that kind of leverage in graded cards nor should they dabble in that direction unless they are willing to set up a MEARS grading service.