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Old 01-21-2020, 10:12 PM
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Put bluntly, buy the card or buy the holder? The card in the 5 holder has better centering and is a nicer card IMO. However, its in the PSA 5 tomb. The other card you can pay 5X on because its in a PSA 8 tomb. Plus, there is a chance the card in the coveted PSA 8, has been worked on to achieve that grade. When I see prewar issues in high grade now, my first thought is to see if I can detect how it was worked on.
Expensive labels are all the rage. Why buy something you like when you can pay 10x the amount for a stupid number.
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