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Frank WakefieldI doubt that 80% of old collectors with T206 sets have heard of PSA...
Well that might be a stretch. But not much of one.
Again, some folks who collect graded T206s seem unable to understand that there are old collectors out there with 520+ sets who could care less about PSA, SGC, and the bunch. Just like Ted says.
I do think a significant number of graded T206s with high grades are soaked, trimmed, and a few stretched. And these are more prevalent among the graded cards than the ungraded cards. And I think the grader guys are doing a better job now, so more of the more recently graded cards are closer to being accurately graded than in the early days. I don't know much about those numbers on the slabs, but I figure you guys can look at them and figure out about when a card was graded. I'd think that in the first few years that soaked, stretched and trimmed cards got past the scrutiny easier.