Is It Utterly Insane...

[steve B]

I think it can also depend on the card.

I've sent in a few, it's fun and if my daughters don't go for collecting the cards will sell for more than if they weren't graded.

But I don't see much reason to slab a common T206 with a few big creases. It's a beater, and will always be one.

But I also don't see a lot of point in cracking out cards. Maybe if my collection was all ungraded already.

I get the arguments about the dollar and grade obsession, but that's the collectors, not the holders. I could blame the toploaders just as much, or the plastic sleeves, or the old pages, or rubber bands......Every era has had its storage styles, and each new thing has been taken a bit poorly by older collectors.

Steve B