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Posted By: steve yawitz

Tough call. I generally like grading and am an unashamed set registry dork - mainly because it's an easy way for someone with zero web design skills to show images of his favorite cards or sets. And I guess I like the look of slabbed cards - even most condomized PSA ones.

I think that grading your cards might make them somewhat easier to sell in this age of online transactions, but I'm not sure that slabbing them would necessarily add to the value of vg-ex through ex-mt '50s cards - with the possible exception of Beliveau, Plante, Blake and Imlach.

If I were in your position, I'd probably sell the dupe set raw or maybe raw with those four cards graded. Then, depending on what that sale fetched, I'd consider grading cards from the keeper set. It probably wouldn't make economic sense but if you like the aesthetics of a graded set and can afford the luxury, why not?