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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
When the scandal first broke, Steve Sloan, PSA President, issued a statement telling people who thought they had altered cards to go back to their sellers. Of course the other problem with the guarantee is that it's like the Outer Limits -- we control the horizontal, we control the vertical. If they say your card is good, even if it isn't, you're out of luck.
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If I recall correctly, PSA also reviewed some modern serial numbered cards where there were clear before and after pics showing trimming and simply reslabbed them with a new number.
Which comes back directly to the question of who is an expert, and who decides.
I think I'm pretty good, but wouldn't call myself an expert in many situations. I doubt saying "I've studied papers and printing for decades in multiple fields where it matters financially" would qualify me.
(My recent excursion into paper varieties of the various stamps issued by the allies occupying Germany..... sooo humbling! even with excellent catalog descriptions)
I have little doubt that the FBI has people who study those things in detail and who absolutely would qualify as experts.
PSA? nope. Maybe a few, but they basically abandon grading cards that aren't easy.