Aaron-You are ignoring the possibility that some of us may be donating a portion of our collections to public institutions. In such cases they will not go into the box with you and they also will not be sold. If that is not the case and you have a valuable collection the auction house that is consigned it after your demise will no doubt agree to bear the cost of grading better unslabbed items so, if that is the way to maximize realizations, then it will probably happen anyway even if you don’t do it yourself. If the auction house decides not to grade some items they are making the decision that it doesn’t make economic sense to do so. If you have a ‘52 Topps Mantle it will get graded. If you have a collectors grade 1960 Bob Cerv it probably won’t.
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