[ASF123]

Thanks guys!

John - I've been following your progress over on the 52T thread. Very cool that you're so close.

Darren - do you also sell on eBay? For some reason I think I might have seen your name on a receipt or something.

Anyway, to answer your questions:

1. Do the edges under magnification look as they should?

I don't have enough experience to know, unfortunately. They look smoother than a few other 71s and 72s I looked at under magnification, but the other cards were in lesser grades overall. I don't notice any difference between the L/R edges and the T/B edges of the cards, so that would seem to weigh against trimming.

1a. Is there a way to take pics of your 10X magnification and post them here for some of the guys to look at? -- I don't think so.

2. How do the prices paid stack up?

Pretty well, I'd say - they are among the best (and possibly the best?) raw examples of those particular cards I've seen on eBay (granted, only in the last month), and I paid an average of about a PSA 4 price for them.

3. Do you plan on getting the cards graded?

Almost certainly not. I think about as much of PSA as you seem to, and these are for my collection, which I don't want to lock away in slabs. It's more that as someone who is just learning about the hobby in 2020 after being gone for a long time, I want to make sure I don't get suckered. Also would not like the cards to be worthless if I do decide to sell them at some point, of course.