I have heard several times over the years of comics that were slabbed being broken open and discovering coupons cut out or missing pages. Of course the grading company quietly buys the item at full price, and then "retires" it.
But how many items are* NEVER* unslabbed? If you break open the Action #1, does not its value go down by hundreds of thousands? So it will never be unslabbed, and if there are any hidden defects, they will never be seen. But of course, no one *EVER* cheats anyone at a grading service. But on the other hand, some of the guys who work there surely work for fairly low wages, and could they not be tempted to cheat for some serious coin? Bruce On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Kenwick Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > If we're still talking about the Action Comics sale, a forged comic > wouldn't get past the CGC, and that particular grading / authentication > service is what's holding the value, and allowed such a high realized-price. > As much as you want to complain about Professional Grading, it does have > that benefit. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
