Cards making the rounds

[Peter_Spaeth]

As an aside, does anyone think the current configuration of the hobby favors card doctors? We have no way to know who submits cards. We have no way to know who consigns cards. I wonder, if these two things were transparent, if we would buy all the cards we buy. Just a thought. Now, back to the thread.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

As an aside, does anyone think the current configuration of the hobby favors card doctors?

Has there ever been a configuration of the hobby that did not favor card doctors?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Has there ever been a configuration of the hobby that did not favor card doctors?

Before auction houses became so predominant one could at least exercise some discretion where one bought but you are probably right. The irony is that third party grading was a response to card doctors. Laugh out loud.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Before auction houses became so predominant one could at least exercise some discretion where one bought but you are probably right. The irony is that third party grading was a response to card doctors. Laugh out loud.

I will go against the general sentiment and say that I still trust the grading companies overall. I am confident that they catch most of the problems especially in the condition categories I collect. I am naive though...

[Peter_Spaeth]

That's a big limitation though, Leon. I continue to be influenced by something a very significant dealer of raw cards said to me years ago. He said that he just did not understand where all the high grade cards were coming from unless many of them had been doctored, because with all the shows he attended, and all the deals that were presented to him, and all the people he spoke to in his circle, he just was not seeing material in that grade in any significant amount.