To me, the grading companies are there to determine the condition of cards...i.e- "is it an 8 or a 9? Is that a ding on the corner?" I think that's mostly what the graders are trained to do. I don't see the graders as card gurus who have knowledge above the collectors themselves.
If for example I found an uncatalogued n173, I'd want to hear what the other OJ collectors thought about it, and it would make no difference to me what any of the grading companies opinions were. Rob
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