I put 21 - 30 percent. That may be kinda high considering the sheer number of stuff that they authenticate for CC, but hey even if they guess they should be able to get 25 percent I would think. Also, I imagine that there are lots of people that come across Dad's or Grandpa's collection and check out a paper like the SCD and see several pages of ads by CC (not anymore, but in the past) and call them up to sell the collection. This would put at least some authentic stuff in the auction. Also, I've seen a few CC auctions were they had several Ruth and Gehrig cuts and most went for 100 - 200 dollars and a couple went for more like 800 - 1100 dollars. I'd have to believe that at least some knowledgeable collectors were in on driving the price of those up.
Bottom line is, be your own authenticator first. If you like it and believe it to be good, then it doesn't matter who else authenticated it. You can always send it in to someone else latter for a second opinion...just don't mention Stat or Morales.
