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davidcyclebackMy feeling has long been that all that matters with an LOA is the accuracy of the opinion. There are people with conflicts of interest who give good judgements, and there are people with no conflicts of interst who have no idea what they are talking about.
If collectors worry about these things, they should collect things they can, or are learning how to, make their own solid judgements about. Subjects they can get a handle on, even if they aren't the world's expert ... Even if he regularly uses PSA or SGC, a longtime 1971 Topps collector doesn't depend on a grader to tell him if a 1971 Topps is original. ... If a fan goes up to Natalie Portman and gets her autograph, the fan doesn't need PSA/DNA to tell her the autograph is real ... It doesn't matter that I have no clue how to authenticate 14th century Chinese vases, because I collect 20th century photographs.