[glynparson]

but if you cant tell if a fatima is real or not you may want to stick to buying sgc graded cards. Fatimas are probably the easiest cards out there to identify a real vs a fake. You would also be safe with PSA since you seem to want cheaper material. The fake holders and reslabbed PSA card are on the more expensive items. Also a lot of times the lower grade PSA or SGC cards wont cost you any more than they do raw, contrary to popular belief. Once you get a feel of what the real things look like than I would start dabbling in raw. Ive seen way more people burnt by buying raw then by buying either PSA or SGC cards.