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Gilbert MainesThere certainly is not always much difference in quality between a low graded card and one graded much higher. Although not much difference in quality, sometimes there is significant difference in price.
While I can understand the philosophy that only the best quality card is good enough; I wonder if occasionally too much emphasis is placed on a card's grade. Certainly a PSA8 Goudey common is just that - a common card.
This is what I do not get. If only the best will do, then why settle for a PSA8? The only answer which I have is that the PSA8 is a budgetary comprimize, much like the collector who buys a lower graded card - in order to allow sufficient budget to get more cards.
Or maybe it is a comprimize based on the potential wisdom that grade rarity is not accurately defined by population reports, and may never be. So, to purchase a PSA10 Goudey common you may still be buying a common card. Or paying a substantial premium which may eventually prove to be unwarranted based on the actual grade rarity.