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Corey R. ShanusWhile perhaps in regard to post-war cards PSA's grading standards adequately address the concerns raised in this thread, it seems to me that these standards are woefully inadequate for "N" cards. There are simply too many instances where "buying the card not the holder" results in absurdities-collectors having strong preferences for PSA 2s or 3s over PSA 5s or 6s (or for that matter even 7s and 8s). That simply shouldn't be the case with a grading system which adequately takes into account collector preferences, which in the end is what I thought a grade is supposed to reflect. As many posters on this thread have remarked, many of us hope that the grading services will take these concerns into account and revamp its way of grading blank-backed photographic "N" cards. When and if that happens, whichever service does it first will in my view be the grading service of preference for 19th century card collectors.