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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5444423, member: 110504"][USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] effectively nailed it. Lately, with the added worries of international shipping, I've been going back to US ebay for medievals. ...And seeing a Lot of Complete Crap that's slabbed --often misattributed-- and moronically overpriced. As [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] said in reference to current practice by NGC, slabbing --as, call it what it is, an industry-- is utterly worthless for purposes of authentication. You're much better off documenting the source, and its attribution, by other means.</p><p>...There are exceptions, but that they run to being exactly that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 5444423, member: 110504"][USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] effectively nailed it. Lately, with the added worries of international shipping, I've been going back to US ebay for medievals. ...And seeing a Lot of Complete Crap that's slabbed --often misattributed-- and moronically overpriced. As [USER=39084]@IdesOfMarch01[/USER] said in reference to current practice by NGC, slabbing --as, call it what it is, an industry-- is utterly worthless for purposes of authentication. You're much better off documenting the source, and its attribution, by other means. ...There are exceptions, but that they run to being exactly that.[/QUOTE]
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