[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by travrosty

it doesnt have anything to do with that. younger people are welcome in the hobby, its just a fact that authenticating a wide range of athletes, etc requires years if not decades of intense study, something that people right out of college would be very unlikely to have. theses companies claim world class authenticators. it takes years and years and decades to become competent in authentication. it's just an experience thing. airline pilots, brain surgeons, many other lifetime accumulation skilled professions are similar to this. you have to build on the knowledge you acquire over many, many years. I did not feel comfortable at all giving my opinion on signatures until i had at least 7-10 years of hard study and around 32 years of age and to look back i still didnt know that much at age 32 compared to what i know now. its an intense thing to do that takes thousands of hours of study. that's the bottom line. you can't substitute a computer exemplar file for the knowledge you pick up over time. Nobody said a young person has nothing to offer. they have a lot to offer.

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