Two things...
/1/ It FULLY reflects the "PCGS Premium" (if you believe such animal exists)
/2/ It is FULL RETAIL - think soft music, comfy chairs, indirect lighting, sales people who call you sir or madam and offer espresso to their customers
Then there is retail - guy named Moe with an unlit cigar, two days of beard stubble in a little home in the wall shop in North Jersey. But at least his bowling shirt is clean.
Then there are the still lower dealer-to-dealer prices (grey sheet)
And then there is 'fell off the truck' pricing (counterfeit on
ebay)
-----Burton
50+ year / Life / Emeritus
ANA member (joined 12/1/1973)
Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA
Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club
Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983)
Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book,
https://www.sampleslabs.info/