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Originally Posted by Fred
Scott,
I think that the card graders didn't want to lose out on business so they began providing the AUTH labels so people would submit those cards. I know that SGCs been doing it for a few years now. I'd call them about grades and if they said they saw evidence of trim I'd ask them to just put it in an AUTH holder. Now you don't have to ask them to do it, they just do it.
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That makes sense - I'd rather see 'AUTH' on the slab than 'NM'. What surprises me more is all the 'trimmed' raw cards being sold by large auction houses. Did they used to cull these out and just tell the consignors they wouldn't auction them? It used to be a real no-no to find trimmed cards in your winnings.