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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 659458, member: 7638&quot;]Thanks for the comments, folks. Knowing what I do now, it was obvious that something was &quot;off&quot; with the &#039;luster,&#039; and looking carefully under good light I could see the hairlines. I hope others can benefit from my mistakes. I think that the sellers in question know exactly what they are offering, pay next to nothing for it, and then sell it to the uneducated (and trusting) collector, as I was. The really choice goods go to their &#039;want list&#039; customers, or off to the TPG&#039;s for grading and sale at auction. The dreck goes into the glossy ads or eBAy. Just my outsider&#039;s opinion, of course. While I prefer not to name the seller directly, the letters of the name may be re-arranged to spell &quot;slum pisa.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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