In a solid 40 years of collecting I have NEVER purchased a graded card. As someone who has just embarked on cataloging my collection for resale This topic has a great deal of relevance to me. I took a very nice 47 Jackie Robinson Bond Bread to a show to sell and offers were a fraction of the cards worth and everyone said they would have to have it graded to sell. (large show here in NY area) a 1947 Bond bread Jackie Robinson fielding no ball. No reasonable offers got it graded a 6 and now very easy to sell at market or above. Would I prefer if using current pricing models like Vintage card Prices I could sell my collection Raw to knowledgeable folks like here on Net 54 Of course it would save me and everyone bucks. But reality is that if I have cards graded Prices are better and there is no complaints about I didn't notice corner on the scan etc. On markets like Ebay or at auction houses or even if I set up a table at a major show like National or Philly Grading seems to make economic sense. I do not like it But..
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