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New "Preserved Grade" Designation: At CAS, preservation is of paramount importance. For that reason, we are thrilled to announce our new "Preserved Grade" designation, which we hope will reduce the incentive for collectors to uncirculated grade ("U-grade") cut card and "beater" MOCs (that is...

http://collectorarchive.com/latest/rossbarrannounce/ Some of you may have seen this on the 12 back Facebook group, but if you haven't, I recently joined the ownership team at Collector Archive Services (CAS). Like AFA and UKG, we are a preservation, display and documentation company. My role...

Just wanted to send some public appreciation for a random act of kindness performed by forum member Michael Sith. A week or so back I made a post about how I am on a buying freeze right now due to family move and asking for advice from others about other things to do to pass the time and stay...

Similar to the thread that was started a few days ago about losing one's mojo, what have you guys done when you are in a place where your finances don't support purchasing ANYTHING, even if it's just a $5 figure? I recently moved my family and the expenses of a new home are such that I can't in...

If you get a second, check out my recent post on the SWCA blog. It's a review of four collecting podcasts, including the lads at the Vintage Rebellion, which shows I highly suggest you check out. A humorous, as always, intro from Ron Salvatore as well: http://blog.theswca.com/

Having just read three different threads that quickly got off track here because of the same old, tired, unimaginative "Forums v. Facebook" debate and digs, I was wondering if we could try to have an intelligent discussion without attacking any other forum, Facebook group, etc. about where you...

Steve's post says it all. If you want to join the 12 back Facebook group, here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StarWarsANH/

Over the past few months, a collector driven movement against repros and U-grades has made positive strides in the hobby, most importantly including educating folks about the harms of these two items, and specifically by resulting in a ban of the sale of repros and U-graded items in many...