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Gilbert MainesIn 1984 Beckett offered the following grades for baseball card assessment: Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good anf Fair.
More recent grades offered include: Pristine, Gem Mint, Mint, Near Mint-Mint, Excellent-Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair and Poor. Some add vg/ex and fine.
As card prices rise, the justification for increased grade breakdowns becomes more apparent. The potential for today's GAI 9 being tomorrows GAI 8.8 (or 9.2) exists.
If the course cited above continues, some think that it is better to implement all grading changes now rather than continue to build a population of cards which will eventually need to be reslabbed.
Do you think that fractional grades are a definate eventuality?