Restored high$$ cards in slabbed-holders, especially PSA, SGC and ...

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

...other companies recognized as "reputable", is an important issue. Koos brought it up by offering the PRO cards for sale - as expected, we responded. His arguments for defending himself are another issue that has already been beaten to death; however, if PSA is indeed slabbing high$$ restored cards, even if it's only 11/60 (I believe those were Koos' numbers), that's way too many. We have been jumping PRO for a long time, and rightly so, but have we been wrongly ignoring the majore slabbing companies?

I have some questions.

First: do we believe there is any truth to Koos' posts? Can they be validated?

Second: If so, where do we go from here? Certainly there is something we can do, since readers of this board constitute a large percentage of the buyers of high$$ slabbed cards. If true, then is it technically impossible to catch all restored cards before slabbing them? According to Koos' posts, it seems that PSA does a reasonable job...if tipped off in advance. But if not... And if PSA is guilty as accKoosed, then I would guess the other major grading companies might be as well.

Third, ignoring this is not an option.