[glynparson]

You must have never had any old relatives with extensive book collections. When my great aunt died there were books in her library that approached 80 years between openings. Im not saying it happened a lot but is plausible. It does not need to be many just a few ther are not a ton of unaltered PSA/SGC 8 T cards out there but pretending there are none is assinine sorry thats just the way it is. Im sure many who have bought large t card collections have had the occasional card or two that was indeed in rather nice condition. PSA 8 need not be perfect. Its just ignorant to think every card was handled extensively. The book was just an example by the way could have been a cigar box/ case ,glass case, dresser drawer or something else where they were not handled extensively for a long period. I've owned unaltered 8s from vintage collections, not many, but they do exist. I agree the number is small but it is not 0.