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Re: First Ozzy now Hulk

@lahmejoon said:
It's a weird thing when your childhood heroes start passing away. In my mind, these guys are invincible. I was 8 when Wrestlemania III happened - the Hulkster was like Superman to me.

This!
I told my wife today that between Ozzy and the Hulkster I feel like my childhood has been decimated this week.

LEHR73

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Re: Will Giancarlo Stanton be a HOFer?

@perkdog said:
Forgot about Carlos Delgado

Regarding the HOF just put everyone in who ends up with a career BA of .280 and 300 HR's, might as well at this point

Stanton has 400 + HR's but has a . 260 career BA which I'm sure will plummet a bit if he does the typical. hang around thing like alot of these guys do past their prime

I am thinking his case is going to rest heavily on him getting 500 HR.

1948_Swell_Robinson

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Re: Sacagawea 2025 Golden Dollar 24K One Half-Ounce Gold Proof Coin

@messydesk said:

@tincup said:
I see the info on the US mint web site for the upcoming release of this coin. BUT... I'm surprised that the coin will not have markings on it to signify the gold content or fineness. And.... the face value is $1. In other words, looks exactly like a regular Sac dollar, including the diameter.

Could this present a problem in the aftermarket?

Guessing that a huge number will be slabbed right away and the rest kept in original packaging. As for the people who think their circulating Sacs are gold, I don't think this issue will exacerbate that problem, nor would marking it .9999 alleviate it. I am surprised there's no such marking though. They even could have put it on the edge, now that they put the date back where it belongs.

Oh, it'll exacerbate it. Because now, when they go in the internet, they will find an actual GOLD Sac as a comp.

jmlanzaf

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Re: Random picture thread for Friday

JWP

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Re: Comic Art 24-Karat Gold Proof Coin – Superman™ Unofficial order thread

Superman came out in 1938 at which point Clark Kent was a young adult. That means Kal El landed on earth around 1915. BUT THIS IS NOT HISTORY. The Clark Kent in the new Superman movie should have been 110 years old.

Superman has been rebooted constantly. The comic and movie Superman is always the same age but simply placed in contemporary times. This coin is an artistic ode to his timelessness NOT RECORDED HISTORY.

There is not a single "error" with the coin/medal.

Jeepers...

jmlanzaf

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Re: huh oh SGC president quits...

https://www.cllct.com/sports-collectibles/sports-cards/sgc-to-transition-to-boutique-grading-brand-as-president-resigns

Its very concerning to me. I saw an interview with the Collector's CEO where he outright said we were having some staff issues so we just worked to recruit their best guys to improve the PSA product with a clear lack of concern that it would hurt the SGC brand. Heard that the SGC guys did not want to move to join PSA so PSA built a building right next to the Boca Raton SGC office so they could get them.

They are clearly saying they want to shrink SGC here which does feel like a read between the lines statement of we wont put any resources into them and are not very concerned about the welfare and success of the company. Its a shame because I saw SGC as the better grading company by a large margin. The only thing I felt there was to appreciate about PSA is that you could sell stuff in their holders at a higher price than cards in other holders. The overall grading experience though felt like a yelp 2 stars out of 10 while SGC felt like a 10 out of 10. In time think that imbalance between values of cards in PSA holders and SGC holders could have evened out a little and was seeing it start to. Think people appreciating the SGC experience was going to continue that shift.

Doubt this will help SGC card values though and I may start to liquidate a lot of what I hold if the prices start to dip. I feel like this makes it more clear that Collector's never appreciated the idea of SGC as a successful grading company their prospects to grow and make money. Think the acquisition was just to eliminate a serious threat and poach talent. Not sure I have ever heard someone say we acquired this company and our intention is to shrink them.