Growing appeal of...eye appeal?

[MattyC]

Good point and I personally would really, really hope so. I don't shop in the high technical grade range myself, so can't really attest to that. Unfortunately what little I do see in the 8-9-10 space seems to indicate that there are enough collectors (or perhaps flippers and Registry players) to essentially "bail out" high numerical stickers even when the card inside doesn't match-- let alone exceed-- the technical grade. Over on the psa boards I couldn't resist flagging what really strikes the eye as a low end psa 9 card, and on its merits as a card it should sell for 8 money. Instead it's already on its way to the 9 area.