In terms of a collection I'd be happy collecting, I would rather spread $5K around on a combination of collector-grade post-war HOF RCs like Clemente, Koufax, Brooks and Frank Robinson, Maris, Rose, Ryan, Reggie, etc rather than get a single "high-grade" single non-RC that I'd be paying a ton for. Can you still get a Good 1951 Bowman Mays RC for $5K? If so, I'd buy that and throw the remainder at the other HOF RCs mentioned in my first sentence. If not, I'd focus on those.
What are you going to do with these cards? Put them in a safe or show your friends and family? Would you rather show them a smattering of all time greats or a single "condition rarity" that was probably bleached and trimmed to get in a holder? When you sell it, would you be complicit in fraud of selling it at the grade a TPG gave it?
These are the kinds of questions you have to ask yourself about where to put your money. I am not my brother's keeper.
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PWCC: The Fish Stinks From the Head
PSA: Regularly Get Cheated
BGS: Can't detect trimming on modern
SGC: Closed auto authentication business
JSA: Approved same T206 Autos before SGC
Oh, what a difference a year makes.
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