What % of your collection is still raw?

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Posted By: robert a

Just curious to know if there are still collections out there that are all/mostly raw?

With this board, it seems like just about everyone believes in grading.


Thanks for any info.

Rob

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Posted By: Mike Ernst

98% is raw. Most of my collection I collected pre-1975 when I was in my early 20-s and E and T cards were 30 cents to a buck.

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Posted By: Turner Engle

Out of about 200+ cards, only 5-10 are graded.

Turner

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Posted By: Dave

75% graded, but thats with very few pre-war cards, always taking donations.

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Posted By: Cobby33

Probably 90% graded.

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Posted By: steve yawitz

About 85 percent of my collection is raw - in some cases "still" raw; in many other, "again" raw. When it comes to major cards, I do tend to look for graded stuff, but for most of my collection, I prefer the look and feel of unslabbed cards.

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Posted By: Brett

3 out of my 60-ish pre war cards are graded, although i never got them graded, they already came that way.

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Posted By: Al C.risafulli

About 80% of what's in my "active" collection is graded. About 1/4 of my collection falls into this category.

About 98% of the rest is raw.

-Al

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Posted By: JimB

80% raw but the more valuable cards are graded.
JimB

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Posted By: Joann

About 75-80% raw by number of cards. About 55-60% graded, by contribution to total value - ie, the more valuable ones tend to be graded.

Joann

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Posted By: bob

I've 2 graded Goudeys out of about 350

I've 2 graded T/W/E cards out of 500

0 graded Playball, Diamond Stars out of 200+

0 graded Bowman/Topps out of 1000+

I guess about 99.99% is ungraded

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Posted By: tdc

95% graded.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

Numbers of cards or dollar value?

Numbers of cards--50,000 ungraded, 24,000 graded but in dollar value 98% graded.

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Posted By: Joe Drouillard

I only have one card graded in my entire collection--a T-206 Griffen, PSA-3. Everything else is ungraded. I only have 100 or so prewar cards--T's, Goudeys, Cracker Jacks. 95% of my collection is 1945 to 1961 cards, again all raw. I try to buy only cards without creases.

I have a lot of cards I should get graded, but I guess at this time I would rather have my collection increase in numbers than have them graded. When I decide to sell I will probably grade the best before I sell them.

Problem is I love the little buggers to much to sell them. I also agree with some of the members who like to handle the raw cards.

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Posted By: Griffin's

70% of my collection is raw, but the graded 30% accounts for 80% of the value.

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Posted By: Jeff Prizner

95% graded

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Posted By: Ricky Y

Majority is raw... my complete Topps Baseball (1970 -1980), Football (1971 - 1973), and Basketball(1972/3) sets are raw (in binders) and will stay that way.

on the other hand...90% of my vintage cards are slabbed. Just my preference and I can stack them neatly.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Nothing I own is graded, but a lot of my autographs and memorabilia have LOAs which is the equivalent of 'AUTH'

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I'm guessing 80% is not graded.

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Posted By: Richard

100% graded.

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

100% GRADED. I don't trust myself around a raw card. I feel like I'm going to crumble it up in my hand at any moment. Plus I love the way they look in an SGC holder. It just feels right.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

From my N162 Goodwin Champions.....to currently, TWO T206 sets (500+ cards).....
to E-cards, Diamond Stars, Goudeys, PlayBalls, Leafs, multiple Bowman sets, Topps,
and to 1959 - '63 Fleer
all the cards in my sets I can "Touch....Caress....Smell"....and I wouldn't have it any
other way.

T-Rex TED

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

All raw. Many I have freed.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Unbelievable, but I should have suspected it.

The question, "What % of your collection is still raw?" And most on this board are incapable of answering it. The question was not "what % of your collection is graded?" But then what am I to expect with mindless, lemminglike following of the grading lunacy. Tulipmania can't be far away... about half of those posting above me answered the question. And I want to buy cycleback and Ted Z a beer, should I ever meet them, they sound like my kinda guys.

To answer Rob's question, instead of following the lead of non-responsive postings...

Rob, my collection is about 99.99 per cent raw. I have one card, a T206 Elberfeld Washington portrait that I've yet to break out, but will some day soon. I have a 1982 Topps Seaver that I bought on eBay so I could give it to a kid, I'll leave it slabbed for him. And I have a 1989 Upper Deck Griffey Jr card, that I bought for $28, at a moment when I had money and opportunity, mindful of the days the card easily brought 3 times that amount, so I figured why not by it... I'm guessing I have about 30,000 cards. With 3 slabbed, that is about 99.99% raw, to answer the question asked.

I confess to having just started the process ofo getting 4 cards graded, 3 T210s and a T206, all in great shape, so that I can sell them. The guys with big bucks want cards like that. I want their bucks. So if the guy wants a blue suit, I gotta shine a blue light on it, as that old story goes.

Frank W.

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Posted By: Andrew

20% raw for pre-war baseball

95% raw for pre-war non-sport

Hey Rob, what % of your collection is still raw?

Andrew

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Posted By: joe brennan

Pre war 95% graded
60's on 5% graded
total 85% raw

People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.

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Posted By: robert a

What's up Andrew?

About 80% raw. It's hard to buy cards raw these days....even if you want to.

You know how much I like breakin' em' out!

The small sets of 20-30 I would like to have graded though.

Rob

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Posted By: J Levine

Prewar: 99.87 % Raw 3 graded out of a little over 2200 cards.
Postwar: 99.999 % Raw 2 graded out of a little over 250000 cards.

Joshua

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Posted By: Dave Williams

Pre War - Approx 100 cards - 100 % raw

I've got about 10 graded cards that I got on Ebay already graded - Lou Brock items.

So 99.9% is ungraded and probably will never be graded while I own it.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Here in Pennsylvania....we prefer Yuenglings, after all, it's Brewery in Pottsville, PA
is the oldest in the entire USA.

I like it ice cold.....and you and I can "sip the suds".....while we delight in cracking
open those dreadful "plastic tombs" that these so-called professional graders have
encapsulated our favorite colorful little square pieces of cardboard.

Even though I have an aversion for graded cards in my collection, just like you, I'll
"play this silly game" and have cards graded for purposes of selling.
You go with the flow....if you want to convert HOF BB players into Jackson's, Grant's,
and Franklin's.

T-Rex TED

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Posted By: Anonymous

99% raw. I have never paid to have anything graded. Auction houses have had my sale items graded. I have bought graded cards, but prefer them like girls and oysters.

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Posted By: Judd Hamlin

Out of 2000 prewar cards, only about 15-20 are graded (all purchased that way). I've never submitted my own cards, although I've had an SGC form on my desk for the last 6 months-- would rather spend $$ on cards than on coffins.
Post war- 0 graded

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Posted By: MVSNYC

100% graded...

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Posted By: mike mullins

99.5%

I've never sent a card in for grading, only bought a few that were already encased.

mm

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Posted By: cn

I would say about 90% are raw. The only graded set I am working on is T-206.

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Posted By: leon

I would guess about 50% total are graded with about 98.5% of the value graded.

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Posted By: jay behrens

About 90% raw but I've only bought 3 slabbed cards. The cards I get slabbed are my more valuable cards that need to be protected from me.

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Joe_G.

A little backwards from most . . .

About 75% graded, but <50% value.

This due to cabinets and similar that are not graded.

Joe G.

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Posted By: Anonymous

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Posted By: Mike Ernst

PC--
I'm not at all worried--I got all my cards back in the early 70's--they had very little value, and no one was faking them.

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Posted By: Paul

I have two graded cards out of many thousands.

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Posted By: Joe D.

I have grown to love the slabs.

not for the value... or even for the grades themselves....

but I can pass the slabbed cards to my kids or anyone else and not worry how the cards are being handled.

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Posted By: PC

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Posted By: Anonymous

PC, I don't believe that any of my cards are fake. I have 2 that I suspect have had minor alterations.

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Posted By: Zach Rice

99 percent raw, and more than half put away in binders.

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Posted By: Dave

I have about 600 T206, about 500 are raw.

Also about 20 each T205 and T210, all raw.

Overall, about 85% raw.

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Posted By: James Feagin

I only have about 100 pre-war cards and I would say 10% raw. I love grading for protective purposes, decoration, and I don't have to write a "war and peace" manuscript for purposes of trading or selling. I do think it's amusing that many who collect "raw" cards wear it as a badge of honor and esteem only themselves as "true collectors".

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Posted By: Josh K.

Pre-war - 0% raw

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Posted By: Craig H

To contribute, I probably have a little over 100 pre-war cards and only 4 are graded. I prefer non graded cards, but they are becoming harder to find and some graded cards can be bought for reasonable prices. Some star cards are getting harder to find raw like 1938 goudey. If I'm trying to build a set, I may be persuaded to purchase a graded one if it's a good price.

Craig

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Posted By: Steve M.

Permanent (untouchable) collection.......8% raw. Permanent collection represents approximately 95% of the value of my entire collection. Permanent collection represents approximately 15% of my entire collection.