All good points. Fact is no matter how many times we repeat the mantra "buy the card, not the holder", the number on that card means everything. And if you can get a T206 Cobb to bump from an 8 to an 8.5, you just made yourself a boatload of money.
I agree that at the top end the hobby has become way too dependent on the grading services. It's not going to change however. The only antidote is that the graders have to be ever so vigilant with high grade, high dollar cards. Mistakes made with 15K tobacco cards are really not acceptable.
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