The inner sleeve is to stop the thin silk from slipping around inside the holder.
Especially true for those without backs.
Strange thread for mine, all the TPG's have bumped their grading prices.
It's not hard to understand, these collectables are now bringing significant returns and the TPG's want a slightly bigger piece of the pie.
When a slabbed and graded card brings the premium that it does over raw, this seems a fair and reasoned thought process.
If you don't like, just don't use the service.
If you're just as happy handling these silks with your oiled finger tips, go ahead.
But moaning over a $20 charge over the life of your ownership of this memorabilia is dumb to me.
Now if you were bitching about wait times - THERE'S A POST I"D THUMBS UP.
Pic added coz these silks get so damned little love.
Oh, and I know we get older and constantly want to pay the prices of our youth for things......but that aint a thing.