Posted By:
JimCrandellPeter,
First they can stop buying from known card doctors.
Secondly, with guys like Derek Grady on staff(I realize he is no longer with Mastronet) you don't think he could detect many alterations?
Thirdly, consider hiring an independent expert(like Kevin) and inspect cards before they go to auction.
People will laugh at this last one but I would estimate that for the large high priced auctions that a significant number of graded cards that have been tampered with. Heck, we have learned recently that it can be the auction house doing the tampering. I would prefer in an ideal world none of these things but what many seem to forget is that the skills of the doctors have in many cases gotten to or surpassed the skills of graders and the average collecrtor buying something at auction has little idea whether the card he is dishing out $5,000 for has been tampered with or not other than the word of the authenticator who may or may not be right.
Jim