My personal opinion is to not spend money on authentication, from any company until right before you, or your loved ones, are ready to sell. All of these authentication companies rely on their reputation to maintain the value of the opinions everyone pays for. Because of the nature of this part of their business they are all one scandal away from having their slabs and certs being worthless. It happened to GAI in the early 2000s and it could hapoen again. I am not saying it will, but it could.
Imo, it's better to take all the money spent on certs and buy more autographs from reputable dealers. Once you, or your family, get to the point that you want to sell, send it to an auction house and let them do it. IMO, having autos, photos, etc preslabbed only helps your family if they intend to sell the items piece meal on their own. If they are going to send it to auction anyway, it turns out to be basically the same, but you spent money that could have been used to buy more items. (My example...yes i know its over the top, but it still works.Lol..its better to own 21 Ruth autos[21*$3k=$63k] unslabbed than 20 slabbed[20*$3k+$3k cert cost=$63k])
As far as which auction house to choose for autographs, that is hard to say really. There are many very good ones. What i would suggest you do is what i did. Call a couple up and speak to them about what you would like to do and what the process would be. Get a feel for how they treat you and how they might treat your family. You should then have enough information to decide what you think fits best. You can negotiate fees, etc and get something in writing from them to give to your family to reference when the time comes.
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