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Originally Posted by Runscott
If a TPA has no idea whether it's real or not, and obviously if they reject it and it IS real, then they should just state that they can't render an opinion on that particular example.
They get paid to give opinions, so they give them, regardless of whether or not they have the expertise to do so. And we support this practice, as can easily be seen by at least one of the responses in this thread by someone who probably has the perfect expertise to work for either JSA or PSA.
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this is unfortunately true and there should be more no opinions in my opinion.
i give no opinions if they warrant it when i issue certs for boxing, more than others but the collectors respect authenticators that are honest rather than guess. Not every autograph can be authenticated or is a good enough example, even if it is real, to fall within the parameters of authenticity that an authenticator can detect. It's the way of the world. And once deemed authentic if it is not, it's that way forever because you can't get rid of the cert. error on the side of 'no opinion' if it truly cant be discerned one way or another.