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Originally Posted by 1963Topps Set
If you are supposed to "buy the card, not the grade" then why is the card graded?
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1) To ensure its actual authenticity, 2) To protect it from damage, 3) To add it to a set registry, 4) To baseline it against other versions from the opinion of a TPG. However, since no two cards are exactly the same, buy the card and not the grade.