Graded or raw?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by RL

raw....awhile ago I sold off all my graded cards.

+1 I also prefer ungraded and sold 99% of my graded cards about a year ago. The 10 or so graded cards I have left the slabs/cards are special/oddball in some way.

[Casey2296]

Graded, especially for pre-war. I don’t care necessarily about the grade as much as I do protection for the card. Doesn’t take much to put a crease in a raw paper thin Cracker Jack. Also easier to store for me.

[butchie_t]

While I have bought slabbed cards for my set completions, I release them from their tomb and add them to the set. I much prefer raw over slabbed. I want all the cards in the binder together where they belong.

Cheers,

B. T.

[Seven]

[hawaiian bam bam]

I agree guys! If you hold a vintage raw card and you hold a vintage graded card, raw seems so much more right for the time period. For modern cards I totally get graded is best but for vintage, I’ll go for raw cards in an old cigar box all day long!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by hawaiian bam bam

I agree guys! If you hold a vintage raw card and you hold a vintage graded card, raw seems so much more right for the time period. For modern cards I totally get graded is best but for vintage, I’ll go for raw cards in an old cigar box all day long!

I like both. I can learn from raw but for most of my more expensive cards a holder is fine. It protects them.

This doesn't need to be graded, imo. Nor do I need to cleanly erase the designation on the back. It adds character LOL


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[homerunhitter]

Raw cards only!