I go to 10-12 shows a year and the amount of people bringing a suitcase full of their stuff has went up tenfold in the last two years.
Most ungraded sharp looking vintage have flaws that have kept them from a NM or better slab, and the few that are really good are already priced as if they were graded.
Personally, I prefer to buy centered cards that look like a 7 or 8 but are 4's due to a print dot or a small surface wrinkle.
Not saying you can't get lucky and find some NM-MT raw older stuff, but you are going to pay a fair price.
I have some blazers in slabs I really like, but I like the 4's that look like 8's just as much.
On a side note, Burrow mania has hit my house as my son collects Football (I am 95% baseball) . He has caused me to buy a lot of shiny #9 rookies and I just started into old football now as well.
First order of business a Bowman Paul Brown
Happy hunting!
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