Thanks Leon. An accurate insight. I am slowly getting to that conclusion. The unfortunate part is that, unlike autos, where there are lots of suppliers, thegreat majority honest, a few less than honest, the card relic is limited to a few, purely for profit, companies who (not very accurately) advertise their integrity and commitment to the hobby, and then, perhaps not with full intent, but with lack of diligence and poor quality control, corrupt it even more than the small time auto peddlers.
That brings me to a crossover question on cut autos made into cards. Again, coming from the card manufacturers, these signed autos would give a collector a (false?) sense of security about an auto. I would not expect a high rate of innacuracy (definitely not as much, nor as systemic as the relics element) but, where there is smoke, there is bound to be fire. Any thoughts, history, experiences on this area?
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