1969 Topps Alcindor PSA 10

[sushihotwings]

Joe Orlando has it good at PSA. I am sure it is fun to be surrounded by the best memoriablia in existence day in and day out and I am sure he gets paid mega bucks for it. He is not going to do something illegal or unethical for any small amount of payoff and I suspect he runs a tight ship for his own job security. He would be foolish to risk what he has going for a few extra bucks to upgrade certain customers cards.
Dave Lamont

[BeanTown]

Originally Posted by sushihotwings

Joe Orlando has it good at PSA. I am sure it is fun to be surrounded by the best memoriablia in existence day in and day out and I am sure he gets paid mega bucks for it. He is not going to do something illegal or unethical for any small amount of payoff and I suspect he runs a tight ship for his own job security. He would be foolish to risk what he has going for a few extra bucks to upgrade certain customers cards.
Dave Lamont

Maybe he has a foundation!

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by sushihotwings

Joe Orlando has it good at PSA. I am sure it is fun to be surrounded by the best memoriablia in existence day in and day out and I am sure he gets paid mega bucks for it. He is not going to do something illegal or unethical for any small amount of payoff and I suspect he runs a tight ship for his own job security. He would be foolish to risk what he has going for a few extra bucks to upgrade certain customers cards.
Dave Lamont

Is this a tongue in cheek post?
I am not accusing Orlando of anything but multi millionaires steal money from their own companies.
Many people are capable of doing anything for lots of money or even a few bucks. And as this discussed auction shows it is not just a few extra bucks.

[sushihotwings]

It is not actually tongue in cheek. I am sure Joe gets paid very very well and he is surrounded by the coolest sports cards on earth traveling through his shop every day. If you have ever talked with him you can tell he really enjoys the hobby. Nobody is immune from temptation and scandals can and will happen at private and public companies. Having an independent board of directors is an extra layer I find somewhat comforting. They already had one big controversy with the Wagner and I am sure they put extra measures in place to prevent more. I am not naive, but I also won't lose sleep over endless possibilities of corruption. I also don't blame those who prefer to remain skeptics to the end, but that makes it hard to enjoy the hobby when you constantly feel the system is rigged.

Dave Lamont

[itjclarke]

I both love/enjoy the hobby, but also think there's plenty of potential for temptation to take hold of one or more people at a TPG who are regularly holding the key between a card being worth $10K or a $100K. I don't obsess over this at all, but think the circumstances are more prime now than ever given the growing gap in incremental value between 8 to 9 or 9 to 10. Again, I am not singling any person or company out, and do not know enough to think anything is happening. I just think that it very well could happen, and depending on their grading SOP, it may be pretty easy to do (hope it's not).

[Jdoggs]

Alcindor PSA 10 rookie currently at $382k heritage auctions with couple of days to go in auction. Currently the highest bid in heritage auctions is $717k for Ruth sporting news PSA 7 rookie!