About 10 years ago, I too got back into collecting after a 20-year break. At first, I was discouraged by the prices, but soon I came to the realization that graded cards are often way overpriced and I started collecting ungraded cards that simply looked good. Before long, I was doing ebay searches for "trimmed," "authentic," "back damage," "tape stain," etc. Now I have an extensive collection of perfectly flawed "low budget" cards, many of which I picked up at just a fraction of their slabbed value ...
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