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Posted By: Judge Dred

There are a lot of dealers that have LIFETIME guarantees of authenticity on autographs and other game used equipment. What would happen if a "new" king of game used authentication was throned and (5 years after the fact) deemed that $1M Ruth bat as authentic but not the one used for the first HR in Yankee stadium?

Interesting can of worms...

Oh yes, was it fair? You would have to figure that (possibly) the seller was honest enough to say it was the card and that it hadn't been altered since that time. Personally, I think 2 years is a lot of time, perhaps even too much unless the dealer guaranteed it for life. The next question is if a dealer has a high ticket item for sale, wouldn't it be a good idea to slab it and be rid of the potential for this type of situation. A less than $100 investment in a slab would bring a lot of peace of mind to a $19,000 card sale.

I would also hope, that in this day and age, a seller of high $$$ items would make a hi-res scan of the high $$$ cards that are sold.