BGS Black Labels, Joe Clemons (eBay ID: wjc75056), and Illegitimate Grading

sammyjankis · 06-05-2019, 04:26 PM

I don't have a problem with someone getting a great deal on pricing. The problem is that it appears that he is either the Babe Trout of grading or the cards he grades are getting preferential treatment.

I looked at another one of the Black Label cards listed from Dan's data dump.

11334006 Baseball 2010 Bowman Prospects Anthony Rizzo

There have been 2,525 cards graded from the 2010 Bowman Prospects set. Only 2 cards have achieved a black label 10.

The other black label 10 is a Nolan Arenado that was graded on October 15, 2018 (https://www.beckett.com/grading/card...0887892&flag=1).

The title sure looks familiar - all caps player name, exact same way that Joe writes all of his other titles.

Out of 2,525 cards from this set, only Joe has the eye to get a black label. Is that what you guys are really saying? That he is literally that much better than everyone else? He's the only person that has the will to go through thousands of Nolan Arenado and Anthony Rizzo Bowman cards to find the perfect card?

Again, circumstantial. We won't get better than stuff like this. How many "coincidences" do the naysayers need?

06-05-2019, 04:26 PM	#11
sammyjankis Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,906	I don't have a problem with someone getting a great deal on pricing. The problem is that it appears that he is either the Babe Trout of grading or the cards he grades are getting preferential treatment. I looked at another one of the Black Label cards listed from Dan's data dump. 11334006 Baseball 2010 Bowman Prospects Anthony Rizzo There have been 2,525 cards graded from the 2010 Bowman Prospects set. Only 2 cards have achieved a black label 10. The other black label 10 is a Nolan Arenado that was graded on October 15, 2018 (https://www.beckett.com/grading/card...0887892&flag=1). The title sure looks familiar - all caps player name, exact same way that Joe writes all of his other titles. Out of 2,525 cards from this set, only Joe has the eye to get a black label. Is that what you guys are really saying? That he is literally that much better than everyone else? He's the only person that has the will to go through thousands of Nolan Arenado and Anthony Rizzo Bowman cards to find the perfect card? Again, circumstantial. We won't get better than stuff like this. How many "coincidences" do the naysayers need?