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E, DanielBecause of the high prices achieved or just demanded for graded examples of this card, I had been looking expressly over perhaps 18 months for a raw one. What became obvious was the relative dearth of nice unslabbed 54' Bowman Teds, and what seemed like an epidemic of trimmed examples. And obviously trimmed at that. Raw examples seemingly also suffer from serious over-grading and over-pricing by sellers looking to cash in on its celebrity, so in the end I found I could buy a really nice slabbed 4 I felt had a chance of grading a little better on review, for no more than a naked one.
It was all a little wierd to be frank (hi Frank 
), but when the card arrived I was just super pleased to be adding a card to my collection whose condition I really enjoy!
Daniel