[kingtopps]

I have two newbie questions from someone who would like to have his modern cards authenticated and protected although not graded:

1. Which company's slab looks best in your opinion? Sorry if this has been brought up ad nauseum, but maybe someone could point out a slab I haven't seen before.

2. I would prefer a slab that doesn't have the 'pane' on top of the slab that tells what the card is, I would rather have an abbreviated/smaller version of that on the SIDE of the slab - does such a thing even exist? I just want the slab to take up as little space as possible and have the focus be on the card and not the slab.

It seems that the cost of authenticating is the same as authenticating plus grading and this drives me nuts.