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BobI am hardly a whale or one of the "big boys" but I do have a substantial collection, I believe. That said, I can only reiterate what I stated in a different thread, that I was told several years ago by a major auction house that they needed to send my consignment in for grading themselves because they would get higher grades than I could. I believe the guy at the auction house was being honest with me and he knew exactly what he was saying.
Anyone who thinks grading is entirely objective still believes in old Saint Nick. That said, I do continue to use grading companies for some of my cards, far from all though. I like the way SGC displays the 1911 Zeenut set (in their holders) I am working on but their grades are all over the map.