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Originally Posted by conor912
Understood. I wasn’t implying that. My comment was more macro. The card still existing, slabbed or otherwise, is a net negative for the hobby, IMO. Obviously there’s no good answer.
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It's not necessarily a net negative.
Look at how other hobbies handle their altered/restored stuff.
Most of the experts organizations have their own reference collections of fakes and alterations that are used for education and training, an sometimes for comparison.
At least one collector organization maintains it's own collection of fake and altered items.
And there's a lot more honesty about alterations that have been found. (Obviously not 100%, but the dishonest dealers are either far fewer, or have learned to hide better)