Outed cards, now including a 130K gain on an Aaron rookie

[drcy]

That thousands of alterations have been identified, and are continuing to be identified, by collectors hundreds of miles away from the physical cards says a lot. They've identified ways to identify alterations that are not being used by grading companies. Their methods include looking at images, and provenance. These methods will continue to be used, whether or not grading cards use them and, no doubt, sometimes try to hide provenance.

Thus, grading is done not just by the grading companies but by the hobby. Hive mind, some might call it. If graders can't or won't identify alterations, others will be doing it for them publicly.

Of course, part of it is that buyers have to quit being dumbasses, and use some old fashioned common sense, which might be a far bridge to cross

[Johnny630]

To me we at this point I’m way beyond thinking PSA is this bad at determining wether a card is altered or not

All the technology in the world isn’t going to stop a insider from being influenced, bribed, and or paid off ect....

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

To me we at this point I’m way beyond thinking PSA is this bad at determining wether a card is altered or not

All the technology in the world isn’t going to stop a insider from being influenced, bribed, and or paid off ect....

true this! add to this point the apathy of most collectors and this is a recipe for no change!