Bob wrote.......

"If assurance is made by the grading company that a slabbed chip is in fact authentic, I'm sure there are those among us who may opt for this service."

All you would be doing is wasting your money. That "assurance" would not be worth the paper it was written on. I'm sure that Dave Whalen could send in ten chips with only ONE of the ten having not been repaired & ALL ten would get that "assurance" stamp from the slabbing company. Andy - Las Vegas