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Posted By: Corey R. Shanus

Imagine this. Somebody out there sets up the ultimate alteration-detection grading company possible. Every conceivable gadget (black lights, halogen lights, etc.) is employed, along with evaluators who possess the highest degree of certification/expertise possible. All cards submitted to this company are holdered with their trademarked "passes alteration examination" seal. These cards then hit the market. My guess is they (especially those coming from issues with a suspected high degree of alteration (e.g., T206's)) would sell for a not insignificant premium over such cards in "conventional" slabs. Should this happen then market forces will probably over time result in (1) "the crap that has already been holdered" and (2) not known/suspected by their owners to be altered to be re-examined.