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T206Collector[For my money, i just like to see big white borders, that's all.]
That means you buy the card, not the holder, even though you collect 8's. Obviously a lot of people bidding on the Johnson are going a different direction -- one that troubles us because the accuracy of the grade is questionable.
With respect to the 3-party grading concept, it seems to me that a lot of fuss is made about the sharp cornered PSA 8's you collect -- the suspicion being that a 100 year old piece of cardboard could not have survived in that condition without a little help. Indeed, your hesitancy about this Johnson, even though you collect PSA 8's, reflects your lack of blind trust. Let me pose it as a hypothetical -- would you be more inclined to bid on this PSA 8 Johnson if it was slabbed by PSA, but SGC and GAI both put holographic serial-numbered non-removable stickers on the slab certifying that in their professional opinion this card had not been trimmed and warrants an 8 grade?