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Posted By: warshawlaw

I agree. I have almost nothing in my collection that slab graded better than near mint, and the ones that I have were fortuitous raw cards that I sent in and got back with high grades. If I was fleeing the country and trying to travel light, I guess I'd rather have a single Cobb graded 8 than 20 hall of famers graded 3 and 4, but for my collection, give me the midgrades. About the only place I'm being picky is in a few of my newer (1948, 1951, 1954) sets, but even there, a nice ex card at a realistically low price will always win me over.

Now, if you are going to sell high grade stuff, grading is a must. Not only do you get a hell of a lot more money, if you try to sell the cards raw over ebay, a lot of people are going to assume that you are fudging the grades or that there must be something wrong with the card.