We don't need no stinkin' slabs!!!

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Volod

To each his own, but the thread did not seem to me to be so much about the pros and cons of grading vs non-grading, as about the olfactory aesthetics of old cards. And, it just happens that slabbed cards cannot, by their nature, be in any way appreciated by the nose. Doesn't make sense that slab collectors would take offense at that, i would think.

Exactly!! But you forgot how many whiners populate this site. Always getting on their dumb soapboxes instead of just having some fun in a thread.

[ALR-bishop]

I confess

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Exactly!! But you forgot how many whiners populate this site. Always getting on their dumb soapboxes instead of just having some fun in a thread.

Why hello Mr. Pot, you can call me Kettle.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Shoebox

Why hello Mr. Pot, you can call me Kettle.

You're obviously just a dick, Mrs. Kettle. Get a freaking life.

[ALR-bishop]

What do you collect by way of Nebraskans Dustin, and what does the 154 represent ?

I have another collecting friend, who recently sold off most of his collection to someone here at a good price, and who hates graded cards even more than Darren. Where are you Doug ?

[Shoebox]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

You're obviously just a dick, Mrs. Kettle. Get a freaking life.

If that was how it appeared then sorry. Just intended ad a good natured jab acknowledging I may have whined a bit but I figured you could admit that the original post is a soapbox. I am still relatively new to posting here and still trying to find my way. Not looking for some sort of pissing match so will do what I should have done before just move along.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Shoebox

If that was how it appeared then sorry. Just intended ad a good natured jab acknowledging I may have whined a bit but I figured you could admit that the original post is a soapbox. I am still relatively new to posting here and still trying to find my way. Not looking for some sort of pissing match so will do what I should have done before just move along.

Awww... Don't worry Dustin, I think most of us took that as it was intended. A bit of back and forth can be fun, but we all have different tolerances for it.

As far as the whole graded/not graded thing goes, I'm somewhat ambivalent about it. The bulk of my collection isn't graded, and at least in the pre 1980 category really shouldn't be. P-F through G-vg is a pretty easy call for nearly everyone I have had a few of my prewar cards graded. I don't know if my daughters will be interested, and even if they are having the nicer ones done is pretty reasonable. It's nice having a few T cards I can let them look at without worrying that the card will get totally destroyed. And if they're not interested, selling them will be easier and probably get them a better return.

I do enjoy sometimes just going through a stack of old cards for the feel of it. My sense of smell isn't all that good, and it takes a LOT of old cardboard to make it register. (More than I own.) Then I'm torn between nostalgia and wondering about what's breaking down to cause the smell.

I know some of it is a feeling that slabs make the condition more important than the card, and that the difference in price bugs some people. All in all it's just a different version of being grumpy about rising prices of any kind. I'd love to be able to buy stuff for what It cost when I started, but higher prices have probably made a lot of great stuff available or saved it from being tossed out altogether.

I think there's room in the hobby for all of it. There's so many different ways people collect I really don't see it as more than just another different way.

I'll put away my soapbox for now......

Steve B

[pawpawdiv9]

For me..i went the graded route....so my family knows what they are and easy to look up.
They have no clue value wise, just knows if its in a display case or the safe, its worth something.
The new stuff, i just place back in their original boxes or some acrylic boxes or albulms.

[39special]

Most of my cards are not graded,but if I find a card that I want or need,that is in my price range that is graded,I buy it.The number grade means nothing to me.If the card looks good,
that's enough for me.