I have a slew of personal collection cards that would be a financial loss to grade them at $10, much less $30, but besides that none of them are post-1996.
I have a PSA collection of HOF/stars from 50s-2001 and another PSA collection of Cubs rookies/notables.
It's not "worth it" to grade a Kevin Tapani non-rookie in a Cubs uniform even at the oldschool bulk rate sub-$10, and it's far from that now. Nonetheless, I'm out there looking one.
There a lot of people like me out there with similar and totally different PSA collections that now have holes which are not easily filled. It has me wondering about the future of "rare" slabs which are not rare cards, but cards which haven't been graded much. I've seen unusual bidding for niche desired cards which haven't been graded much, but as set builders with holes in their collection start to compete for limited slabs, things could get silly.
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