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Is it just me, or does anyone else, upon seeing super-sharp 1950s or 1960s baseball cards listed by a relatively low-feedback seller on eBay, wonder why they weren't submitted for professional grading first? I've just noticed quite a few such cards (1950s Mantles, Clementes, etc.) currently listed, and the cards look like they'd warrant a PSA 7 or 8 at least. Common sense tells me that the cards, if genuine, would likely sell for a substantial premium if graded, because then there'd (presumably) be no question as to their authenticity. I myself feel a little nervous about bidding on unslabbed cards that look just "too good." I'm sure that's exactly what PSA had in mind when it went into business -- to "force" people into buying only graded cards. Still, I'd like to know what other collectors feel about this issue. Obviously people out there are bidding on these awesome-looking cards, but how often are they getting burned by ending up with all those unidentified reprints that are floating around out there?