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Posted By: E, Daniel

I accept all you have said.
But don't speak to what you yourself don't know.

In my study of graphic design / electronic design, I completed a full year of credits with focus to the printing process and all things related to applying images to paper. I did so in a full printing room with 6 color commercial heidelberg printer (30 feet long, 15 foot high, many many tonnes), and all requisite current industry standard machinery.
I worked with more presses, cutting machines, plate making, image setting, color testing, and most importantly, paper of every hue and fabrication and age - than I believe most - who at least equally have worked in this industry.
Makes me fairly expert on paper, and ink, and recognizing modern ink transfer on modern paper, and older lithographic processes.
I don't blurt this out as justification for my words, but just to have you know that in the thousands and thousands of vintage cards you have personally handled, there may just be expertise you will never gain that I have through my own life experiences.

So, always be careful of what you assume others to know, or not know.
It speaks exactly to my point in my post.

And whilst I absolutely agree that the heaviest proportion of vintage knowledge may be wrapped up in members who occasion this site, that does not mean that said knowledge is uniform, or agreed upon, or always accurate, even between Net54 members.
It is for that very reason that I find it comical for so many to constantly complain of grading, when I am absolutely positive that If we were to place 100 vintage cards before 30 different 'expert' Net54 members, there would be no less of a spread in grading opinions than what routinely comes out of the big 3 grading companies.

And, I both enjoy, respect, and think carefully on what your write, even when it is just fun-filled.



Sincerely
Daniel



Ps. I busted out an E94 Cy Young Green background out of an SGC holder recently........it was ok, I guess, not exactly up to some of the great drugs I've taken in my life, and will be going back into an SGC plastic black holder at the first opportunity. I would say that I've purchased and had in my possession at least 40-50% of my collection raw, and only graded them some time down the line. I like them graded, just as I like my catfish blackened.