I don’t think the prices have risen for that reason, not yet anyways, I’m sure they will.
Keep in mind, there are still a lot of cards sitting in various stages of the grading process that were submitted under quarterly grading specials in Q2/Q3 of last year at ~$8-9 for bulk submissions. The owners of those cards could afford to sell theirs cheaper if they chose to do so, but going forward, selling low grade graded commons just won’t make sense unless the floor $ of the cards increase.
Soon the prices will rise. I doubt that set collecting will die off, but the average GPA of sets will increase. Some commons cards can justify a $30 grading fee if they’re in good enough condition. If you want to complete a set you’ll either have to find old slabs at inflated prices or have a card good enough to justify the “exorbitant” fee. Building a “cheap” set of GD-VG cards probably won’t be a simple process. Less set volume but higher quality is my guess.
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