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Judge Dred (Fred)Buyer (Mark) and Seller (Steve) - would you two be willing to put the card into the hands of an agreed upon third party after establishing:
1) What will be the outcome of the testing and validations by hobby experts: complete refund?
2) What type of testing would be completed? Ink and paper?
3) Who's responsible for paying for the testing? If proved not authentic then Steve, otherwise, Mark.
Where does it go from here? Another thread? It's come this far, lets get it resolved and over with that way the both of you can move on. Mark, your original post should have included that Steve offered to have the card tested. The part where you didn't want to send it back to him is understandable. That last statement is not meant to say Steve can't be trusted, it's just to say Mark's feelings were understandable.
Test it, get opinions and post the findings.... my guess is that if one party doesn't abide by the agreement then it'll get posted here anyway...