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E, Danielthat is, the stickier you make it for someone to defraud, or lie, or whatever you want to call it, the more likely it is that they will foul up.
If you say that you disclose fully your own owned items being auctioned, and you don't, then someone, somewhere will ask the right question at a time most inconvenient to your memory, and the truth will out. Similarly with card doctoring.
Much the same with the current threads asking auction houses to tell us their stance on these issues.
Yes, they can lie.
But I absolutely guarantee that now the issue is out, and widely discussed, they (read their lawyers) will make changes going forward that meet the required collector expectations. While the question was never asked directly, they could feign belief that their actions were reasonable. Once disavowed of those pretences, to continue such practices and have NOBODY within or without their organizations 'out' them would be sheer gross living with the pixies and stupidity. They would be instantly out of business if found out, and probably have law suits lined up for retrospective justice that would take away their homes and lifestyles they so enjoy. Only a lunatic would go forward under those circumstances.
So, IMO, the process Jim has started is one of those magical bullets, which arrived from a source perhaps unexpected, at a time unforcast, but with enough billow to change the hobby.
Congrats Jim.
daniel