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Posted By: barrysloate

George- interesting point. All resources are finite and baseball cards are too. I do think there is still a good deal of raw material out there, so there are still a number of years left before that happens.

But let me share a story from the coin grading business. The early submissions of coins resulted in somewhat inflated grades that were not widely accepted by collectors and dealers. The coin graders soon realized they would have to grade much more strictly. As a result, coins in old holders did poorly in the marketplace, and had to be resubmitted to get a current and more accurate grade. And voila, a whole new batch of coins needed to be reexamined. Wouldn't surprise me if that same thing happened with cards, given all the complaining we hear over misgraded material.