Although you're going to hand the set down to your kids, I would still look at it as an investment sort of thing, because at some point down the line, somebody is going to sell the cards. Having the big names graded is perfect. I suggest you grab a bunch of the other cards in your set at random, decide what grade you think they will get (and subtract a point or two, because we are always wrong) and then see what similar grades have sold for on ebay and elsewhere. If there's a large enough disparity between the cost of grading said cards and what you could reasonably get for them if you decided to sell, then it might be worth it to go ahead and send them off. If there isn't a big enough difference, then it might be a waste of money with no real added future value.
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