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Kevin Saucier<"If it is slabbed then the card must be real, unaltered, not trimmed nor bleached or soaked.">
ah...but now soaking and laying down a corner is acceptable. Doug Allen said so and PSA is going along with it, despite their own grading standards.
Aside from the top well-known graders, I have very little faith in their ability to catch altered cards. Forget about the advanced alterations, those are a given. It's when they are intentionally made to look doctored and still pass, that's a problem.
I'm curious what experience the very basic graders have. My guess is most are middle school students working on a parental waiver. LOL.
Kevin