Darren's Rovell take on PWCC, etc.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I was actually approached about joining a grading start up about two weeks before this scandal broke. I turned it down due to the conflict of interest and concern about the company having enough money for the initial huge marketing push that would be necessary.

I had to rethink my initial response long and hard after the scandal broke, but if I changed careers again my wife would kill me, and I don't see how you can run an auction and be a party involved with a grading company.

Scott, someone with the integrity to even see the conflict of interest is exactly who is needed to head up such an effort. I'll bet you could come up with an ethical policy that could firewall your existing business and your efforts with a new grading service. For starters, never grade your own cards, never auction cards your new grading service has graded, and etc.

Eventually, being in on the ground floor of a grading service that is committed to catching alterations using the best, most current technologies, and constantly improving detection methods, would be more profitable than your current business (and probably more rewarding, being part of a solution to this huge problem.)

Look, if wealthy politicians can put their assets in a blind trust and continue to make policy decisions that have huge impact on their portfolios, you could do it much simpler by separating your inventory and auction material from the stuff you grade.

Any successful new TPG will need experienced card dealers, and the fact you are even concerned about the conflict tells me you have the ethical makeup necessary.