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david Posesi agree with a previous post regarding authenticating without the need to affix a numerical grade to a card. i crack cards out of slabs as soon as i get them, so all i care about is how the card looks, not how someone i don't know thought it looked when he looked at it.
when the grade someone else assigned to a card matters more than the collector's own opinion, we have a problem. all i care about is whether the card is real and unaltered, beyond that, if a collector can't ascertain whether the card he is holding looks good or bad, well, that's just sad.
how about if the grading companies authenticate the cards and ensure that they are pure. then put all of them in "A" slabs and let the people decide. maybe if a card is a truly exemplary example, given the known total population of any given card, it can get a gold star on the slab.