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PASJDOf course they get the point. They choose not to act on it, because the same people doing the authenticating apparently also own what may well be a signficant percentage of the memorabilia in the marketplace. Perhaps that is inevitable, as there may not be enough money in "just" authenticating to earn a living (as there is in cards due to volume). So what you will see are some incremental, fine print disclosures, and perhaps that is the best one can hope for. It's better than one can hope for on the card front; I SERIOUSLY doubt (although I hope I am wrong) that Mastro is going to fully disclose from now on the extent to which each card in his auctions has "received services from" (I am loathe to use the loaded "restored" word) his "outside conservator."