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Posted By: John

Thanks for the answers jim. I can understand wanting someone to look over your cards- slabbed or not. However, I am not sure how many people would be willing to pay Kevin as I’m not sure what makes Kevin an ‘expert’ any more than grading companies or other ‘highly esteemed’ individuals in the hobby. I’m also a bit concerned that people would theoretically pay Kevin to ‘sign off’ on a card and if Kevin deems such a card to be ‘altered’, that the person would just not buy the card yet allow it to fall into the hands of someone else. When do we stop questioning a card’s authenticity? After bvg, psa, sgc, gai, and random ‘experts’ okay the cards?

If people want to really clean up the hobby, shouldn’t the focus be on-

a. getting bad cards OUT of circulation- out of holders, out of auctions, out of collections

b. ensuring bad cards are NOT holdered in the future

while I understand an individual not wanting bad cards in THEIR collection, if someone KNOWS a certain card is bad, wouldn’t it benefit the HOBBY to make that information known?

Lastly, maybe someone can clue me in- what are kevin’s qualifications to examine cards? I can play around w/pressing corners, bleach, erasers, adding paper, etc., but I’m not so sure that makes me an ‘expert’.