[travrosty]

Eventually people will collect the holders, and the cards won't be inside.

It will be like gold, they will be in an off-site location, and the holders with the grade can be proudly and prominently displayed in people's homes, but with no cards in the holders.

It will be just a receipt of ownership per se that you own the card and the card is stored somewhere else for you, in a central repository. But the holder with the name of the card and grade on it will make one's chest swell with pride, because that's what matters.

People will say, "Did you see my latest acquisition? Isn't it a beaut? Cobb holder - bat off shoulder.