Posted By:
jamiepeter,
as far as buying vintage- i wouldnt touch anything ungraded because, youre right, there are just far too many forgeries out there. it used to be when you did get a counterfeit, it was at least passable until you did some major scrutiny. now folks are printing cards on cardboard off their computers. graded is the way to go.
there's something nice about rifling through an old cigar box with a bunch of beat up cards though. a hunk of plastic just feels a little removed to me although i guess youre right- before it was plastic sheets and binders (and on occassion frames) so maybe im just fighting the ineveitable