Thought I would start off with just one inquiry.
1) I've noticed a lot of lower grade cards with perfectly rounded corners as if someone trimmed them to create a more symmetrical silhouette. TPGs don't single these out and downgrade them to Authentic, instead assigning a numerical grade. Why is that?
Being a collector of lower grade vintage cards for an incredibly long time I can tell you many lower condition cards quite often develop corners that look uniformly rounded. Of the non-authentic cards that are roughed up to look authentic, the well-worn rounded corner seems to be tough to duplicate, and often I can pick out a these non-original cards just by how the 'damaged' corners appear.
Brian
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