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Posted By: leon

Fair enough. I think I have handled thousands of pre-war cards at this point. My guess is maybe about 20,000. Maybe a few more maybe a few less. Even with that many I still can not always see the minute details the graders find (or overlook them). Very recently I sent in an E card that looked good to me..I looked at it under a 6x too. I sent it to SGC and it came back colored. I just missed it. So the extra sets of eyes are good for me. Also, as many Fro-Joys and '28 Ruth Candy company cards as I have handled, and it is still sometimes difficult to tell a fake. I get better at it everyday though. Maybe when I catch up with you (about 20 more years) I will feel the same way. Actually, I am pretty sure I will. Already I see some stupid mistakes being made and it bums me out.....but collecting is still a lot of fun. Another thing I don't like about grading is when one of the top companies grades an obvious fake.....kind regards