Posted By:
robert aBob,
In my opinion, slabbing is not a good idea if you're doing it to inform yourself on whether or not the piece(s) is authentic or not. This is a problem in our hobby. Too many collectors are too lazy to take the time to familiarize themselves with vintage material and then they're upset when they realize the grading company has made a mistake.
This is the reason why slabbed cards bring more money which is sad. Nobody really wants to depend on their own knowledge when spending hard-earned money on cards, so they depend on some other guy's knowledge who really doesn't know what he's doing in many cases. It seems silly to me.
If you enjoy the way that your cards look in the slabs and also enjoy the fact that they are better protected, then slabbing is a good idea.
I usually don't post in a grading thread, but everyone needs a yearly rant I guess.
Robert