Ron,
I actually like the fact that these are graded because the grading is so awful. I ignore it completely and let silks like the one you showed be bought by the slab collectors. It works the other way as well--they often undergrade nice examples. I even thought about contacting a seller and asking if he would bust a silk out of its Beckett tomb/fortress for me if I bought it (I've slowly learned to avoid unnecessary injury).
Because these silks are really not subject to wear or accidental damage they are better suited to stay in their natural state, imo, and look nicer that way. BTW, the same grading problems are found with Px7 discs, which I collect a little-- PSA is often clueless and is woefully inconsistent on these as well (Colgan's too, to a lesser extent).
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