Posted By:
Frank WakefieldScott...
All of what you said is why you'd not crack a "highest graded" slabbed card. For me, I have no reverence for slabbed cards, much less 'highest graded' cards, and it would be no big deal for me to bust one out if I had one. Most of the graded cards I've bought I've busted out. A few aren't out yet...
I knew a kid, now an adult. He asked to see my cards years ago. I showed him old cards. His oldest card was from the 1970s... I gave him a couple of T206s. And as years went by, I'd send him an old card or two on his birthday, high school graduation, and the like. One card I recall giving him was a Reulbach with glove, I recall it because I find Ed Reulbach's history interesting, and I have a bunch of that card. Anyway, a few years ago he and his family lost their home in one of those southern California fires. All the cards burned. My point, floods, hurricanes and the like have wiped out some cards. The reports don't accurately reflect what is currently out there, but may well reflect what they've graded. It isn't just semantics, it is reality. If you don't want to accept that you were mistaken, that's ok, but doesn't change reality.
After a couple of years of busting cards I started saving the slips. I haven't kept them all, but most. I like them, they're proof to me that the reports are off.