I see your point, but I would never do this because it is deceptive. If the
"slabbers" can sell the hobby on their idea, so be it.
But I doubt they will do much convincing of long time collectors. They
likely will get a bunch of comic book and baseball card people involved.
people who have a love of "investing" rather than a love of lobby cards, and
that's their right.
By the way, is it not painfully obvious that my two main questions have been
completely avoided? Maybe I wrote too many words in asking the questions, so
I will shorten them!
1) Exactly who is doing the grading, and what is their prior experience
grading lobby cards?
2) Exactly who owns the grading company (percentages, if it is owned by
several people)?
Bruce
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 11:28 PM, The Principal Archivist <
archiv...@swanarchives.org> wrote:
> The strategy for the anti-slabbers is obvious: Starting NOW, before
> slabbing gets a foothold, you need to advertise your lobby cards as “NEVER
> SLABBED!,” implying that that’s a good thing, and that never having been
> slabbed is a virtue. Like “original miles” on a classic car meaning it
> hasn’t been rebuilt, or “unrestored” implying “never been screwed up by
> someone who didn’t know what they were doing.” If enough reputable
> dealers start crowing NOW that their lobbies have NEVER BEEN SLABBED, then,
> even without your saying exactly WHY that’s a good thing, you’ll sow
> suspicion in the minds of consumers (especially those new to the hobby)
> about the practice of slabbing. And by saying “Never slabbed” rather than
> “not slabbed,” you’d be suggesting that any lobby that has EVER been
> slabbed has been permanently sullied, thereby actually REDUCING the value
> of slabbed lobies. Marketing 101.
>
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