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Thread: MEARS vs PSA LOA for Bats
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08-05-2016, 01:49 AM #11
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08-05-2016, 06:23 AM #12
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Re: MEARS vs PSA LOA for Bats
the reason is because there will always be a need for items to be sold to less educated people. not everyone enters the hobby an expert. a lot of people may like a certain player or certain team and only buy a few items. someone like that would be clueless as to figuring out whether an item is authentic unless there is some sort of documentation accompanying the item. i think everyone is right that you should do as much research as you can on an item before you purchase it, but it is simply not possible for the amateur to have the ability to do so. an LOA from an expert is not the end-all-be-all, but as you said, it is a start (and a good one at that). i also think LOAs from experts are necessary for auction houses - it is a bit self-serving for an auction house to authenticate their own items. having a 3rd party come in should add some legitimacy to the process.
there are great resources around. asking for an opinion here or there, asking for a screenshot, small favors are not a big deal. i have provided screenshots to people looking to photo match items without them even asking. its when you become inundated with requests, which would inevitably happen with any advertised free service, that it becomes to be too much.
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08-05-2016, 09:04 AM #13
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08-05-2016, 05:45 PM #14
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Re: MEARS vs PSA LOA for Bats
This sums it up here: "the reason is because there will always be a need for items to be sold to less educated people".
Until people stop paying a premium for authenticated/graded bats, auction houses will continue to try and maximize their returns and limit their responsibility of authenticating items by using authenticators.
One of the main problems I see happening is, a lot of collectors venture over to bat collecting from the card collecting world and put an extreme emphasis/value on "10"s. High end cards are becoming insanely expensive so guys are getting priced out of high end collecting or are looking to diversify their collection. These people need to know that a "10" in bat collecting does not hold anywhere near the value of a "10" in card collecting, or shouldn't at least. Non "bat guys" are too lazy to do their own research or have a lack of experience and will default to only collecting the highest quality items as stated by third party authenticators, it tilts the market on certain items or players.
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08-05-2016, 07:39 PM #15
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Re: MEARS vs PSA LOA for Bats
[QUOTE=Nnunnari;398164]This sums it up here: "the reason is because there will always be a need for items to be sold to less educated people".
Until people stop paying a premium for authenticated/graded bats, auction houses will continue to try and maximize their returns and limit their responsibility of authenticating items by using authenticators.
One of the main problems I see happening is, a lot of collectors venture over to bat collecting from the card collecting world and put an extreme emphasis/value on "10"s. High end cards are becoming insanely expensive so guys are getting priced out of high end collecting or are looking to diversify their collection. These people need to know that a "10" in bat collecting does not hold anywhere near the value of a "10" in card collecting, or shouldn't at least. Non "bat guys" are too lazy to do their own research or have a lack of experience and will default to only collecting the highest quality items as stated by third party authenticators, it tilts the market on certain items or players.[/QUOTE
Well said!
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08-18-2016, 09:12 PM #16
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