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Steve KAnyone who doesn't understand the value of graded cards should visit the baseball card shops in Cooperstown, NY. I visited the Hall three summers ago and afterwards stopped into most of the town's card shops which are within easy walking distance. It was like going back in time to a town's card shops of "yesteryear" - I don't remember seeing a single graded card in any shop - but there were plenty of cards...overgraded, trimmed, retouched, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
Slightly OT but one store had a signed picture poster about 2' x 3' of Mantle and Maris with autographs so phony looking it was highly laughable, and he was asking $1,500! You want to go back to the days of buying non-graded cards from dealers?...you go right ahead and buy their garbage...I'm sticking with cards graded by PSA and SGC - it's well worth it.
Steve