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Robert BI am new to the boards, but have been a collector
since the late '70's.
Although my experience with T206's is limited,
oddly enough in my early days most of what I saw
would grade out around PSA5-6 today.
That being said, I've been apart of two collections
that were "boxed" away. I picked up a box
that contained 1968 Topps (yuk) Baseball
that were put away shortly after being opened in '68.
And I saw first hand a box of '48 Leaf baseball
opened. Now with all that, it was still hard
to find a card that would grade out as a 8/9/10.
The 68 Topps were put away immediately after
they were opened, and even though they seem secure
in the box there were alot of dings, nicks on the cards.
Not all but on most of them. Enough to keep them from
a mint/gem mint grade.
Same with the 48 Leafs, the packs
were in excellent shape but the cards probably would
have graded out 7-8. In both cases the cards were
in the families who originally bought them so they
were moved around.
Now my point is, I see more
high grade cards than ever before. It amazes
me to see cards over 100 yrs
that are high grade. Sure it can happen
but I can't imagine the circumstances on how
a card that old can survive without anything
happening to it.
By the way, I enjoyed that book very much.
Robert B