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Tom Boblitta little incendiary around here huh?
Leon's got a Four Base Hits Kelly in a SGC40 or so holder--right? One card, probably worth 100K (give or take 30) but it's not PRISTINE condition--right? I just wonder if some of these POP people even know what a Four Base Hits card is?
Granted a PSA10 1952 Topps Mantle is a BEAUTIFUL card worth probably 300K or more (last one sold at around 275K--right?) but the possibility (not probability) that there's more of them out there is WAY more than there being ANOTHER Four Base Hits Kelly in ANY condition.
There are people who've posted in this thread who probably have well more than $5 Million in ungraded cards. There are regular contributors to this board who DEFINITELY have more than that. Neither Olberman nor Frisch contribute but I have no doubt that they have MANY millions of dollars worth of cards. They just have different methods of collecting than do some of the afforementioned collectors who are very open with their collections on the set registry.
The PSA (and SGC) registry has done just what it was supposed to do....get people to invest more and more in grading cards, so they can display their collections in a great tool that makes some of these collections very visible for all to see.
There are still tons of people out there who have MANY cards that aren't graded, aren't in the POP reports (which are inaccurate at best) that, as Jay said, will never be graded nor disclosed until their death (if then). Some of these folks do not need to advertise their collections, don't want the attached notoriety nor do they want their collections to be wide open for inspection/theft/etc.
Doesn't make EITHER group of people any less important or collections less valuable......
Just my opinion.....
p.s. there's even probably people who have new, shiny refractor card collections that are worth millions.......