Does anyone collect raw cards exclusively in this age of TPG???

[4815162342]

This might have something to do with it: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=168612

[bobbyw8469]

I collect raw when I am set building.

[7nohitter]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I collect raw when I am set building.

Me too...I HAVE purchased many '57's for my set that are graded, but as soon as I receive them I crack them out.

[Jayworld]

I have and always will collect "raw" cards. Been collecting now for 38 years and counting. All my cards are in Ultra Pro pages in albums, with a handful of "odd" sized cards (T201, Topps 1955 Doubleheaders) in rigid card holders. I don't worry about buying raw, as I buy from 2-3 very reputable dealers on eBay, Deans Cards, and here on the boards. I consider anyone who lists in the B/S/T forum to be reputable. This forum is a very safe place to buy, sell, and just talk cards. Love it!

[sandmountainslim]

I only collect low-mid grade T206 and only raw unslabbed.

[npa589]

For Cubs team subsets that I'm building, if I don't buy raw --- they will be freed, but this isn't to say that some TBG examples are saved from my little flat-head and hammer. Sometimes after I buy a card, it's hard for me to follow through with cracking open a PSA 5 T206 Pfeister when, whether it's sold raw in a couple years or less, or if I send it back to get graded (which probably makes less sense), I know I am decreasing its market value. This is true regardless of what the % increase/decrease is in T206s from now to the time of resale.

I surmise this is why many collectors have resolved to only buy raw. I haven't been able to do that yet, it's hard enough trying to put together a T206 Cubs master set while not purchasing any graded cards!

[Exhibitman]

I am replacing my slabbed cards with raw cards stored in albums because I find I enjoy them more that way. Most of what I still have slabbed are sets or partial sets that I will probably finish or sell that way, or delicate items that need the protection of a slab. That said, when my pusher, er, slabber of choice runs a sufficiently tasty special I will send in raw T or E sets to get them slabbed for potential future resale. Business is business after all...