I'm with Jay on this one...I collect lower-mid grade...and am super happy...I am very suspicious of most high grade cards that are over 100 years old.
If one were to create a short film documenting the life of a T206 card from the time it was pulled from a pack of cigs back in 1909...how boring would the film be if the instant the card was pulled it weas placed in between the pages of book where it stayed for 100 years...B-O-R-I-N-G!!!! I like my cards with a story!!!!
On a different note...I think it's a lot easier to be consistent when it comes to grading T206's as there are so many of them out there to compare to. Granted there are size differences...but not nearly as high a % as some other types of cards...which exist in much smaller #'s and may be printed on different types of stock more prone to deterioration.
It drives me crazy to open the SCD and look for prices of vintage cards only to find NRMT, EX, VG as options..when most cards available are in lesser grades...and practically none exist in these higher grades.
Last edited by ullmandds; 11-17-2011 at 05:14 PM.
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