Provenance with most mainstream cards is slightly appealing to me. As a historian...I love to research things...and owning cards once owned/collected by the founding fathers of this great hobby certainly has appeal to me. Similarly...I love seeing and holding cards that are fresh to the hobby. With autographs this is of paramount importance...but I don't pay for autographs!
I may pay a premium for cards slabbed w/Buck Barker or others' names...certainly not Mr. X though! I much prefer raw cards to slabs anyway...and without the slab...the provenance disappears!
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