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Originally Posted by benjulmag
If and when the time comes that somebody does a nationally distributed expose on the tremendous number of graded altered cards, perhaps things might change. It would not be too hard to show the alterations -- simple comparison blowups of edges and corners of alerted versus unaltered cards is all that would be needed in most cases.
I recognize I might be old school, but it still blows my mind to see blatantly altered high grade condition rarities sell for crazy prices.
Is it possible that this new generation of collectors/investors might care if they really understood what is going on?
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People seem far more interested in excess shipping charges than card alteration.
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