As someone who collected modern cards for 20 years:
1) I think in 99% of cases the autographs are legit.
2) Often the cards have slightly different versions that are numbered to different numbers. It's artificial scarcity, but people have accepted it for the most part. Though since so many sets are made, and many have a large number of parallels, the value of low-numbered cards is usually pretty low unless there is something significant about the set or card. (One example is the Bowman Chrome Rookie Autographs and parallels.)
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