>>44942634You're wrong, but that's just because you don't know who you're talking to.
I have literally THE keenest, sharpest eye to detail anyone can have. I find flaws in anything be it jewelry, antiques or whatever. I can date antique pottery based on the small changes in texture that comes with age.
You don't need specialized training in Pokemon cards to find flaws in them if you have The Eye of the Autist to begin with.
Come here, show me a bunch of cards, I'll find microscopic scratches in them.
I've also done a lot of grading on bills, as in paper money. Give me 100 paper bills and I'll sort them in order based on their level of wear.
I have 10 years of experience in grading and pricing valuables, and I laugh at people who think you have to be a specialized Poke guy to grade Pokemon cards.
>& don't have the slightest idea what to look forIf the card looks near mint by first glance (it doesn't have obvious damage like whitening of the edges), you look for surface scratches by tilting the card under a strong light, natural light is preferred. This slight scratching is what most people don't realize even exists, and it makes the difference between a truly mint card and something that's near mint at best.
I realized this is the way to go just by browsing through a deck of cards. I have no idea if this is how they actually do it, but this is how I do it. If the surface of the card is sleek and perfect, there's literally no other kind of wear it could have. But, of course, the joke is that they get minute wear just from coming out of the press and being in the booster pack, rubbing against each other. There's no such thing as a 100% perfect card, I reckon.
The only thing you're right about, however, is that I'm not a world-famous company.
I should be. But I'm not.
