I don't know. A question is when they reject real autographs do the PSAs say "We can't verify this because we don't know or aren't sure" or do they say "This is fake." There's a difference.
No one is omniscient nor should be expected to be, and, in art authentication, it's perfectly acceptable to say "I don't know." If fact, you're taught to say you don't know when you don't know-- and obviously you shouldn't be issuing an LOA when you don't know. However, proclaiming a real item a forgery or a fake is considered about par with calling a forgery real.
Last edited by drcy; 11-20-2015 at 11:34 AM.
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