Posted By:
Frank WakefieldSeems to me that folks who collect graded T206s, who like graded T206s, think a high percentage of near mint T206 cards must be graded. Why wouldn't they be?
However, lots of folks have nice cards who just collect cards, many of whom have been collecting for years. I've gotten cards graded to sell. I've yet to get a card graded to keep. I'm not alone in that thinking. I'm not the only person who breaks out a graded card to put it in the collection. So believe it or not, there are lots of seasoned collectors who collect the white border tobacco cards (call them T206s if you like), who have some nice cards that are not graded. They have no motivation to have them slabbed. Do you reckon Lionel Carter got his cards graded when grading caught on (if it has caught on...)?? No sir, his cards were graded only when the time came to sell them. So ask this question again when you give time for a generation of collectors to cycle through. I'd say about 25 years or so. Then, maybe most of the really nice white border tobacco cards will be graded.