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Joann...a pileup at the bottom.
I buy lower graded cards. When higher grades are used to distinguish small subtleties, there is not much room in the lower grades to distinguish among genuine differences.
There is huge variation, obviously, in what ends up as a 1 because it is the bottom number. At the top end are the cards that are a 1 for substantial creases, some paper loss even on the back, etc. but present reasonably. Also in 1 holders are the cards that look like they've literally been used in the bike spokes. Very often I'll look at a card that's a 1 and think that the only reason it's a 1 is because there is no lower grade to give. Anyone for starting to include negative numbers? hee. Goes directly to what you read here all the time - buy the card not the holder.
Well that's the view from the bottom, anyway. 
J