Thankfully I have 91 cards in for dual auto grading, I'll do beckett from now on. I'm close, I mean REALLY close, just 002% from the #1 signed 52 set, but at $100 a card it is financial suicide. Many of the easier names struggle to get back the grading fee plus the cost of the raw card. At some point any prestige is just thrown out the window!
Also, I have a hard time believing they will upcharge me $100 per card as was mentioned somewhere.
As soon as the backlog is completed, prices will come back down.
It's like a popular nightclub, keep raising the cover until nobody comes, then roll it back to get a happy medium. Pulling psa 10s from packs and getting a 1000% return could only last so long. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. Make it all about the money, and money it will cost. Now having the comfort of a grade and protection of a slab for something worthwhile at $100 really isnt so terrible.
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