[Archive]

Posted By: Judge Dred

I like the idea of the grading services placing an "authentic or aut" assignment to cards that may be trimmed or otherwise altered. This will allow collectors to purchase an item and know that it's at least real (unless the grading service blew it).

I just wonder what this is going to do to the price of trimmed cards that are "authentic" or "aut" that look much nicer than their graded "2" or "3" cards. It will be pretty interesting to see people actually bidding on items they otherwise wouldn't.

The market will dictate acceptance and price structure for these cards.