Is it the return of PSA's Prodigal Sons?

dude · June 6, 2004 11:32AM

What's this? Sixteen different PSA 9's with no negative commentary to be found.

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Before we slaughter the fattened calf and have a feast and celebrate that our lost boys have finally come home, perhaps their PR Man, Ranch, can shed some light on what's going on here?

rw2win · June 6, 2004 12:49PM

I saw that too...I love the 65 Santo!

goodriddance189 · June 6, 2004 12:52PM

i would assume that since they're in older slabs, it's just excess inventory.

i agree on the Santo, that card is sweet

Griffins · June 6, 2004 12:59PM

"Reid", any comments on this

qualitycards · June 6, 2004 1:05PM

Wheres the SGC cards? I just did a 30 day search, and only PSA cards came up. Are they back on board? ...jay

Griffins · June 6, 2004 1:07PM

Wasn't it about 30 days ago that Forman took over SGC? Nah, just a coincidence.

purelyPSA · June 6, 2004 1:57PM

Wow. That would be a hell of a lot of crow to swallow.

BugOnTheRug · June 6, 2004 2:12PM

All of those cert numbers correlate to PSA's now-defunct 3-D experimental holder. If the slab is held at a slightly different angle, the card appears in a SGC holder. As it's rotated further, the card disappears and a Mr. Mint bobblehead is viewed in a GAI holder.

BOTR

Scumbi · June 6, 2004 7:48PM

GRADE RUNNER adapted by Scumbi from the Ridley Scott film based on a Phillip K. Dick novel

Mike enters Joe's office-

Mike: We need to talk grades.
Joe: Yes. Grades. Well, I'm afraid that's a little out of my jurisdiction, you...
Mike: I want higher grades, butthead.
Joe: The facts of life. To make an alteration in the PSA grading system is fatal. A grade sequence cannot be revised once it's been established.
Mike: Why not?
Joe: Because by the second day of reslabbing, any print marks that have undergone reversion mutations give rise to revertant colonies like rats leaving a sinking ship. Then the ship sinks.
Mike: What about GAI recombination.
Joe: We've already tried it. Ethyl methane sulfonate as an alkylating agent and potent mutagen. It created a virus so lethal the card was melted before it left the grading table.
Mike: Then a repressive protein that blocks the inaccurate grading.
Joe: Wouldn't obstruct re-examination, but it does give rise to an error in encasment so that the newly formed slab carries the mutation and you've got a virus again. But, uh, this... all of this is academic. Our grade decisions were made as well as we could make them.
Mike: But not to be corrected.
Joe: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, Mike. Look at you. You're the prodigal son. You're quite a prize!
Mike: I've done questionable things.
Joe: Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time.

Vargha · June 6, 2004 9:06PM

Sacrilege! How dare you parody one of the best films ever made by inserting Reid in the place of Roy Batty.

GlennGaryGlennRoss · June 6, 2004 9:51PM

"Reid", any comments on this

Reid/Mike says "My hypocrisy knows no bounds"

gemint · June 6, 2004 11:01PM

<< <i>Wheres the SGC cards? I just did a 30 day search, and only PSA cards came up. Are they back on board? ...jay >>

No posts on the SGC forums lately either.

RonD · June 7, 2004 10:54AM

<< <i>"Reid", any comments on this >>

I am sure that once BMW is back from Dick Towle's office he will be able to comment.

GlennGaryGlennRoss · June 14, 2004 4:22AM

has anyone heard the rumor that a prominent SGC dealer got into a spat with the SGC graders and now is refusing to sell SGC cards and switched back to PSA? Juicy rumors..........

uniship · June 14, 2004 4:27AM

Hey Glengaryglenn.. what exactly is that report you have in your signature line?

goodriddance189 · June 14, 2004 4:28AM

the infamous police report, which violates CU's sig line size by a country mile

Tempura · June 14, 2004 4:29AM

if it is true i am sure psa is going to look more closely at his submissions knowing he has admitted to using card restoration services. makes you wonder about his current auctions. did ya see that robinson rookie in the 5?

schr1st · June 14, 2004 4:34AM

If that is true, I'll be laughing all the way to Cleveland. After all of the nasty things he has said about PSA on both the SGC and the Yahoo CLCT stock messageboards, I don't know why they'd allow him to submit to PSA again.

<< <i>has anyone heard the rumor that a prominent SGC dealer got into a spat with the SGC graders and now is refusing to sell SGC cards and switched back to PSA? Juicy rumors.......... >>

Basilone · June 14, 2004 4:35AM

it was only a matter of time....

dude · June 14, 2004 4:37AM

<<the infamous police report, which violates CU's sig line size by a country mile>>

I agree that it should not be posted. Several people are making money off this on eBay and elsewhere, and posting this for everyone to see is clearly cutting into their livelyhood.

GlennGaryGlennRoss · June 14, 2004 4:37AM

Hey Glengaryglenn.. what exactly is that report you have in your signature line?

It must be a fictional report since the "offender" has said that it did not exist and we all know he is the self-proclaimed "Babe Ruth of Baseball Cards Dealers".

koby · June 14, 2004 5:16AM

<< <i>MW
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Reply April 22 2004, 7:50 PM

Greg,

I freely admit that I have purchased cards from Dick Towle ("Gone with the Stain") and sent cards to him for restoration.
>>

Is it a good idea for PSA to be affiliated with this guy????

Is it the return of PSA's Prodigal Sons?

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