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Originally Posted by Karl Mattson
Yes, those of us who have collected baseball cards for 40+ years and still prefer to have cards graded are pretty silly - maybe even stupid, eh? It's a good thing REAL collectors like you are around to remind us of our foolishness on pretty much a daily basis. Maybe we'll eventually get the message.
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I never claimed that I was a "real" collector and those who grade cards are not. In fact, I never actually referenced collectors on any level, what I referred to was the act of grading.
What I said was (this would be my opinion, similar to the opinion that somebody might pay for from a grading company) I think that grading cards (specifically paying somebody for their opinion on cards) is silly.
An opinion. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Mine is free. Take it or leave it.
While my wife and insurance company are worrying about what to do with my collection when I am dead, I will be dead. I won't be putting a whole lot of thought into it. If her health and happiness at that point are based on the value of my collection, than I failed as a husband.
Just an opinion,
Doug
PS - On a practical level, if somebody were to explain to me a logic for spending money and time on grading instead of the same money and time on new "stuff" then my problem would become the issue of space. My Topps collection takes up the entire closet in my room. If it were graded, I think the volume would increase by at least 10 times, and I don't have 9 more closets.