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Posted By: hankron

I think an interesting service would be an authentication service for esoteric material-- unique proofs, photos, prints, premiums, etc. The authenticating company would apply a hologram to the back or encapsulate it. The ownership would be registered and transferable (when sold, owner John Jones would switch the ownership to Bill Smith). This means that stolen scans or questions of ownership would be of no issue, as its current owner is listed.

I also think that the authenticating company would have people send scans of the items before shipping it out. There's no need to receive an obvious reprint of a T206 Wagner, as it wastes the graders and the owners time.