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Posted By: Larry

How does Mears have anything to say about cards since they do not slab them, maybe they should grade cards ?

Are they going to police auction houses that sell branded slabbed cards that are trimmed with no disclosure?

Will collectors have Mears examine his their collections to designate how many currently slabbed cards they possess are trimmed and what do they do with the cards that are found to be trimmed if they decide to sell them?

Mears cannot easily police consigned slabbed cards, and the collector should get two or three opinions from the major grading services(one opinion means very little anymore from any of the major ones)if they are concerned, .....I am curious about one thing, if a moral person like Jim Crandall finds out that a percentage of his PSA cards were slabbed trimmed, would he have to disclose that if he wants to sell them and eat the expense? Since odds are that some of his 28,000 cards are older branded labels and could be more prone to this problem, pre war or post war included, how can this be really be rectified as it is just an opinion...?

Hypothetically, If REA gets part of Jim's collection lets say to auction, is it up to REA, Jim Crandall or Mears to decide that these cards are NOT able to be sold in the current holder?.... seems like very big shoes to wear.