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Posted By: Eric Brehm

I haven't read this whole thread so forgive me if this has already been said. Obviously there is more economic incentive to alter a high grade card than a low grade one. But high grade cards that are now in holders at least have been inspected by a professional grader and given the stamp of approval. So the percentage of graded cards that have been altered is probably low. The percentage of raw cards that have been altered is probably low also, especially in the lower grades. The ones I would be worried about are the ones that appear to be high grade but haven't been holdered yet -- the question is why aren't they in a holder? It is either because they haven't been sent in yet, or because they have been altered, or appear to be so, and have been rejected as such.