Why is SGC getting all the prewar bus now...

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Posted By: Marc S.

any increased scrutiny by the grading companies would only come at the expense of the grading fee. People often seem to not rememeber that we, as collectors, paid more for grading of cards in 1998 than we do today. I don't think either major grading company is going to step forth and say "We are increasing grading fees by 30% in order to institute additional alteration detection processes". In fact, if anything, I think PSA has largely gone the route of removing graders from the process, with most modern cards being graded by a single grader and being checked (after it is already in the holder) by a QC rep.

I fail to see any scenario by which there will be a fundamental change in this aspect, as much as it is needed.

~ms