If You Started A Grading/Authentication service today...

[drcy]

Make sure it is never a publically traded company, so stock prices et al are never a part of the grading and authenticating and information process.

It should be a non-profit group (Which does not mean graders and workers don't get paid a fair salary and that money can't be invested back into the system).

It should have an outside board of directors who are concerned with the authentication and grading accuracy and process and how to disseminate that information to the public, not stock prices.

It should be treated as an academic endeavor. It should not be an "investment insurance" company.

I think it should stick to authentication (including alteration detection), and provide quality high-grade images for provenance, quality control and so people can grade fo themselves.

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I am not against a current board of experts being made to give opinions on the state of grading in the hobby. The hobby should start one right now, maybe something through SABR which is a well-known and respect non-profit academic group.

[JollyElm]

I would make every inch of the slab pitch black, 100% opaque, except for the label. Then the card itself wouldn't matter at all, just the number put on the holder...as it should be.

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[bnorth]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I would make every inch of the slab pitch black, 100% opaque, except for the label. Then the card itself wouldn't matter at all, just the number put on the holder...as it should be.

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This would work great till the first person wanted to crack and resubmit. The slabs are all empty and the company(LLC) closed its doors. Everyone is living the life of luxury in country without a extradition treaty with the US.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by bnorth

This would work great till the first person wanted to crack and resubmit. The slabs are all empty and the company(LLC) closed its doors. Everyone is living the life of luxury in country without a extradition treaty with the US.

Oh, did I forget to mention, the labels are actually in pencil. There is no cracking and resubmitting. You just erase the number and add whatever you want it to say there. No examination of the card is ever necessary. It's the perfect grading solution.

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by drcy

Make sure it is never a publically traded company, so stock prices et al are never a part of the grading and authenticating and information process.

It should be a non-profit group (Which does not mean graders and workers don't get paid a fair salary and that money can't be invested back into the system).

It should have an outside board of directors who are concerned with the authentication and grading accuracy and process and how to disseminate that information to the public, not stock prices.

It should be treated as an academic endeavor. It should not be an "investment insurance" company.

I think it should stick to authentication (including alteration detection), and provide quality high-grade images for provenance, quality control and so people can grade fo themselves.

* * * *

I am not against a current board of experts being made to give opinions on the state of grading in the hobby. The hobby should start one right now, maybe something through SABR which is a well-known and respect non-profit academic group.

This is most in-line with my thoughts.