Michael I agree with you totally.
I do not get my stuff slabbed my PSA or JSA . If I buy a piece that is slabbed by one of them it is because it came that way and I was satisified myself it was real, not because they LOAed it. I can imagine that if the time came to sell some of my items that they would have to slabbed and certed by one of them in order for them to be sold. It is a depressing trend nonetheless that it is becoming a necessity to get something slabbed by JSA or PSA in order to sell it even considering the glaring mistakes they make and lack of experience they have overall in the autograph market.
I think it also reflects a lot of times the lack of experience the collectors have today in buying autos, and that they would rather trust someone else's instincts rather than their own and developing their knowledge...this way they have a fall guy if later on there is a question about a piece.
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