T206 graded by ACU Card Inc.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Care to elaborate?

Sure. So as you may recall, Alan's claim to fame was inventing the "arrowhead" holder. I believe he patented it and licensed the rights to PSA. At one point he was selling holders separately and while they were meant to be sealed, they snapped together really well and were great for moderately priced raw cards. I bought a bunch. When I ran out, I called and tried to order some more. Alan went insane, screamed at me that I couldn't buy them without purchasing a license to his patent, insisted that I was lying when I said I had previously bought some, demanded to know who I had spoken to about my prior order, etc. etc. He was truly livid and of course I got calmer and calmer which just seemed to incite him more. It was really weird.

[Jay Wolt]

Good stuff


Didn't he invent the 1 to 10 grading scale & the newer grading companies (like PSA) had to pay for use of that scale?

[matt2002]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Sure. So as you may recall, Alan's claim to fame was inventing the "arrowhead" holder. I believe he patented it and licensed the rights to PSA. At one point he was selling holders separately and while they were meant to be sealed, they snapped together really well and were great for moderately priced raw cards. I bought a bunch. When I ran out, I called and tried to order some more. Alan went insane, screamed at me that I couldn't buy them without purchasing a license to his patent, insisted that I was lying when I said I had previously bought some, demanded to know who I had spoken to about my prior order, etc. etc. He was truly livid and of course I got calmer and calmer which just seemed to incite him more. It was really weird.

Wow! Quite comical to hear. I've met some people like that. SMH.

I ran across this in my search for more info about Alan. Don't know if this is his site. https://macablege.com/

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Sure. So as you may recall, Alan's claim to fame was inventing the "arrowhead" holder. I believe he patented it and licensed the rights to PSA. At one point he was selling holders separately and while they were meant to be sealed, they snapped together really well and were great for moderately priced raw cards. I bought a bunch. When I ran out, I called and tried to order some more. Alan went insane, screamed at me that I couldn't buy them without purchasing a license to his patent, insisted that I was lying when I said I had previously bought some, demanded to know who I had spoken to about my prior order, etc. etc. He was truly livid and of course I got calmer and calmer which just seemed to incite him more. It was really weird.

I guess Hager forgot he placed an ad selling those holders. He placed the ad in his own book, though.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Eric yeah I recall that very ad. I’m sure that’s how I knew about them.