Posted By:
Al SimeonePeter,
I like paul did aquire most of my collection before grading was a real issue. I myself also tend to think because I have bought many large (raw) collections I find myself a very good judge of what Im looking at. I wrote many articles for Baseball card update back in the early mid 80s. Also did some articles for SCD. As I said I find grading such a subjective subject. I will let you ponder one thought, If and I do mean if grading is the standard for all cards why would someone crack a lets say psa 7 card send it back in the hopes that they get an 8 the next time around. Maybe because they felt the (card gods) made a mistake!! So that would mean to me that even the grader is subject to scrutiny. The bottom line is grading has a place for buyers and sellers but for the true collector (old school) grading really doesnt come into play until you are ready to sell it. A good case in point the carter collection did you see anything graded in his collection before he decided to sell it!