Are the autograph auth. folks absolute idiots?

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Originally Posted by T206Collector

B. PSA and SGC grade cards -- their job is to protect the card. JSA authenticates and grades autographs -- their job is to authenticate the autograph. Their job functions and business requests are really very different. JSA is not in the business of preserving autographs -- unless you want them to have BVG do it, which they are happy to do. They give an opinion as to the authenticity of a signature and then they need to tie that opinion to the autograph, which could be on an infinitely vast type of media. To not have a sticker service in such a business model would be hazardous to their success. And to limit those stickers to a universe regardless of customer taste seems a bit strange to me.

Paul, you must be bored today --you're really splitting hairs. With your argument PSA and SGC should then only be responsible for offering opinions on the condition of the card. Why not put a sticker on the backs of the cards with that grade on it? The fact is whether you're authenticating autographs or offering a grade for the card's condition, of paramount importance should be the desire to protect the item. There's simply no good reason why JSA or PSA can't just slab the autographed card with a number at the top. As for larger, non-slabbable items, then a discreet sticker on the back or an accompanying letter should do the trick just fine. This isn't rocket science they're undertaking.

If JSA can authenticate Sal Bando's just signed autograph even though he was 3000 miles away at the time the autograph was signed, then I suspect JSA can figure out this problem as well.