This is in relation to a recent thread on the Collectors forum on the same topic
http://forums.collectors.com/message...hreadid=773234
and the recent thread on the Pete Rose RC.
When you submit a card in for grading, do the graders from SGC or PSA see the declared value of the card, or is that already implied because of the grading tier that the card is submitted under? The posters in the Collectors thread believe that it does have some effect on the grade. One of the reasons in that thread was that you need to let the graders "share in some of the profit" if you want the higher grade or to that effect. However, I was also thinking due to the Pete Rose RC thread and the Ty Cobb trimmed thread, that the graders are also in a way insuring the value of the card at that grade, so if you are declaring a $5K card at only $495, the graders will only want to guarantee a grade at that same declared value so will give the card a lower grade? What do you think?