So, you can watch this video posted by Beckett on youtube. It showcases the re-sale of the Strasburg that was graded 9.5 - though the 9.5 grading isn't mentioned in this video. Guess they thought throwing gas on the fire wasn't a good idea. Oh well. Doesn't matter though since Beckett has disabled all comments on their videos since the 9.5 grading debacle. And it was a debacle. How often do you get to use that word and mean it.
So the original buyer of the Strasburg superfractor bought the card for $16000. And he just resold the card for $21000. Made himself $5000 and took down BGS's credibility. Busy month for that guy.
And do you know who bought the card for 21K? Brian Gray from Razor.
So Brian Gray is going to repackage the damn card - BGS 9.5 and all - and is going to put it in a retrospective set full of RC's that he's collecting from the last 40 years. So the Stephen Strasburg with the 9.5 grade can still be yours. Hooray! Buy the card and get the BGS slab of plastic for free. I wonder how much it costs to take that thing off?
So we'll have to wait for a while until the next guy pulls the card and throws it up on ebay. Such a damn shame that a perfectly good card is mired in such controversy. But they kind of brought it on themselves. Freaking 9.5 grade.
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