Posted By:
ty_cobbThe value of T206s in Topps holders
seems to be at a premium , I'd cash
in now before the phenomena disappears.
I'd liberate your low grade PSA's, there's little
difference in value.
My take on grading is: it is unneccesary hip capitalism.
Grading services need cards, cards don't inherently
need grading services. Cards did just fine before
grading services came along.
I quote from the infamous Alan Hagars's 1996 ASA
card grading licensing ad: "the old-boys dealer
network of doctored, repaired and counterfeit cards
will eventually become obsolete as it did in the coin
business. Literally tens of millions of dollars will
be made by those dealers selling certified cards."
Grading remains a Faustian bargain, the unscrupulous
use it as a marketing tool to foist the very offal
it was intended to eliminate, on those comforted
by illusory expertise.
Nowadays for every goodguy grader like SGC or PSA,
there is a PRO or AAA...