Beckett and PSA's credibility are being destroyed

I'm only posting this because they are the largest third party authenticators.

Their credibility in the sports card world is quickly burning in flames. All this started with some collectors breaking open several card trimming rings who were getting thousands of altered cards graded by PSA. 

Now it's been discovered that a former employee at Beckett Grading has been receiving a statically impossible number of Perfect grades from Beckett. 

It appears, as many of us have always suspected, that if you're a big customer or have an "in".. you get whatever you want. 

I've never put much faith in third party autograph authentication. But I am now quite certain that Beckett and PSA are either competently incompetent or downright corrupt (more likely the latter)

It's a sad state of affairs. 

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297069

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Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on June 22, 2019 at 1:38pm

Yes. The forgeries outsell the real thing because the forgers deep discount them, thus offering a "better deal" for the frugal buyers!

Permalink Reply by Ryan on June 22, 2019 at 5:08pm

Love the better deal comment! Yeah but it’s not real!?

Permalink Reply by Woody2Shoes on June 23, 2019 at 1:53am

The real is too easy (because it exists and due to that, you can buy and own it). Collectors have always craved the unreal, so there have always been enterprising artisans skillful enough to manufacture the unreal for them, and usually at a bargain price, considering it's a unicorn.

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