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jay behrensaltered cards are already being legitimized by the grading services. The only difference right now is that people are unknowingly buying altered cards becuase they are not labeled as such.
If the majority of the collectors out there want altered cards, then why not let them have them. Taking that logic further, that would me a reduction in the number of unaltered cards, thus driving up the price of any card that is not altered beucase collectors like you and me won't touch altered cards.
Bruce, as I said before, no one should force their collecting style on someone else, which is what you want to do. If there is a demand for graded altered cards, then let that market flurish. I'd rather see altered cards slabbed so that unsuppecting newbies can't get suckered, then see then scams and cons that go on now. Not this would end it, but the situation would be better.
Jay