Since Beckett has some of these listed on their submission platform, I assumed they knew enough about these to grade them. I sent 13 of them in to have slabbed only to have them returned as "Questionable Authenticity". After receiving my submissions back and asking to as why the issue, their response was that, "since so few exists, not enough has been known about this set to be able to authenticate". After seeing a couple of Wagners and a few other commons graded, I assumed they knew enough about them to be able to grade and slab them. They did not appear that they were even taken out of the holders that I sent and had sandwiched them in and taped together to allow easy removal. They also stated in their response that they are not officially classifying them as "fake" but that they still have not seen enough examples to accurately authenticate. Meanwhile, I am out over $600 for the submissions and an explanation that they do not issue refunds. Had I known their lack of knowledge of these items, I would have only sent one or two for submission, so I would have only shelled out $100 or so.
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