Posted By:
MikeI think the graders could take a few precautions to make it more difficult and lesson the fraud.
1) Each set should have it's own designed holder engraved in the plastic. Therefore, a T206 could not be placed in a 1975 Topps holder. Only T206 could be replaced or flipped into another T206 holder. If a "1" was listed as a "6" it should be very apparent to the buyer. Also this would be great for the collector of a specific set ( all cards with a specific holder unique to that set)!!
This wouldn't stop the criminals from making their own holders but it would help.
2) Can opened slabs be detected by a black light ? Could someone check this out? I have a black light, hopefully I have no previously opened slabs.