At the international stamp show in 2006 they had a "roadshow" sort of thing. Not so much roadshow as an expert there who would give an opinion about one or two stamps.
I brought a couple, One I was pretty sure was a good one, and one I thought was great when I bought it but eventually had serious doubts but wasn't sure.
Total time for the expert to do the off the cuff opinion? Under 2 minutes total. Probably under 1 minute, but I wasn't timing it. The explaining took longer.
The good/bad news was that I was right on both, a big confidence boost.
Better still, the one that was good was very good, and now has a nearly required certificate(done much later) and the one I had doubts about was bought at about retail for what it really is.
So aside from as others have said, being showy, a card likely doesn't get extra scrutiny even though it should.
I've often thought the grades given Wagners in general are very generous. Look at most of them and think if it was a common would it have the same grade.
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