Posted By:
bruce Dorskind
From a buyer's perspective, graded cards, despite the plethora
of potential "issues" with the grading companies. provide a level
of security and comfort one could not enjoy with "raw cards."
That said, there are still tens of thousands of raw, Old Judges, T206's, 1933
Goudeys and sprinklings from a cadre of other sets - i.e T201 Mecca
that remain in attics and basements and family collections.
Accordingly, if one were to be able to look at the entire population
of baseball cards issued between 1870 and 1941 which still exist
today ( an impossible task if there ever was one), it would be difficult
to argue that more than one in four or one in five cards has been
graded. Our best guess is less than 15% of the total vintage card
population has been graded.
Best wishes for a terrific 2007. May it be packed with great finds
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List