[BobC]

Originally Posted by Eric72

It makes sense to me. When grading was new, there wasn't an overwhelming percentage of mint cards coming to PSA. These days, there is a much larger percentage of cards going from pack to sleeve to slab, never touched by human hands.

As a result, grading companies may have adjusted their standards. These days, they want to differentiate between:

• Mint
• Gem Mint
• Pristine
• Black Label
• Gold Label
• Super Duper "mine's better than yours" Label

*sigh*

Grading companies are catering to collector demand. If people want to collect plastic with silly "weenie wagging contest" numbers, so be it.

The natural progression, of course, is the Spinal Tap Labels:

"These go to eleven!"

Thank you Eric, someone who gets what I was saying.