Vintage Collector Trimmed Article And Thoughts

[mferronibc]

I can totally appreciates that Scott but it does sound a little nebulous. I’m not looking for shortcuts but where does one even start? Yes I’m willing to put in the time and effort but feel like there really aren’t a lot of resources out there to help. No specific books, threads, etc devoted to help recognize fraud in the hobby - isn’t this exactly what we need right now? And no matter how trusted a specific dealer or auction house is, do they really stand by the authenticity of everything they sell or simply just fallback on the PSA grade of the card as their stamp of approval (“if it was good enough for them..”). if they get their hands on a card they inspect and deem altered do they really eat it and not resell the card? Really wish that was true but have to imagine that’s about 5% of sellers.