I don't think I have any grading preference at the moment. When I first started the set, I wanted everything graded by PSA. Mainly for their Registry. But as time went on, I didn't care much. I had no problem buying raw or SGC cards. At times I would count how many raw and other TPG's I had, and then multiply them by $6 because at the time, that was PSA's bulk pricing. It was too much money and I couldn't justify it, and would rather use that same money for more T206's. Then I'd buy more cards and a year would pass, and I'd count them up again, and come to the same conclusion. Even now at $22, I wouldn't do it. Plus I have a bunch of PSA cards that need to be reholdered, so it would identify the card back, subject, and factory number. So that would be even more money.
My collection sits in BCW graded double rowed boxes. I don't get to enjoy the cards, like another member mentioned above. They are well secured but probably not to the extent as Ryan's collection. Honestly, the only time I get to enjoy the cards is when someone wants to see a scan or picture of a certain card. While I shuffle through the boxes to find the card, I see many other cards and I'm suprised to see I have them, even though I see my spreadsheet daily. So it's safe to say I don't enjoy them as much as I should. I keep them in alphabetical order. Once a year, I pull out all the boxes and set them up on a 8 foot folding table, and add in my past years purchases. I keep all the raw cards in one box, with each card in a card saver, so they are ready to grade maybe one day or if everything goes to auction. I might be open to a trade for a T206 Honus Wagner PSA 1. I might enjoy that more often.
Currenly my grading breakdown of cards is:
19 BVG
4 GAI
1 GMA
1 ISA
762 PSA
321 SGC
462 Ungraded
Currenly my card back breakdown is:
American Beauty No Frame 350 = 21
American Beauty With Frame 350 = 48
American Beauty 460 = 11
Cycle 350 = 81
Cycle 460 = 25
EPDG = 102
Hindu Brown = 4
Old Mill Black = 193
Old Mill Blue = 1
Old Mill Black SL = 48
Piedmont 150 = 19
Piedmont 350 = 69
Piedmont 350-460 Factory 25 = 3
Piedmont 350-460 Factory 42 = 11
Polar Bear = 248
Sovereign 150 = 102
Sovereign 350 = 177
Sovereign 460 = 51
Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 25 = 14
Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 30 = 10
Sweet Caporal 150 Factory 649 Over Print = 31
Sweet Caporal 350 Factory 25 = 75
Sweet Caporal 350 Factory 30 = 38
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 25 = 9
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 30 = 12
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 30 No Prints = 57
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 42 = 2
Sweet Caporal 350-460 Factory 42 Over Print = 6
Tolstoi = 99
The totals above include a few varieties and a small handful of duplicates.
So, 71 Percent Is Graded. I don't see my collecting strategy changing. I'd really like to see my collection displayed like how Powell's collection was displayed. Except I would need more depth for all the back runs of each card.
MY CURRENT DISPLAY (picture from a few years ago. boxes are currently much more full)
MY FUTURE DREAM GOALS (not my display. this is Powell's display)
