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Posted By: B Kasel

It's somewhat ignorant to assume that just becuase someone prefers graded cards means that they have never handled them. At least half of my purchases are raw, typically from trusted collectors on BST. Buying raw initially gave me the ability to learn how to spot a fake, trim, colored, etc. It also gave me a sense of the variations in color, texture, thickness etc across the different series. Later on after I've accumulated 10 - 15 cards I send them in for grading. The numerical grade while somewhat important doesn't have any influence on my decision to send something in.

IMO neither side is in the right or wrong. One isn't better than the other. It comes down to personal preferences. We should be judged on the content of our collection not on the color of our slabs!

Bill

My personal collection - http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f176/fkm_bky/