N173, Pinkerton Holder Question

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Posted By: Hankron

Anticipating that angle of answer, I said 'legitimate graders.' It wasn't neccesary for me to ask in seriousness if people on this board would send their T5 Joe Jacksons or N173 Hoss Radbournes to AAA or PRO (though PRO does have a cost effective way of fitting a N173 into a standard holder). I was mostly asking if collectors of these types of items would find it desirable to have them holdered (by legitimate grader) or better if they were left au natural.

I assume the big graders don't do this (yet), for cost reasons. Likely they would have to get a custom holder and order 10 gross minimum, and they feel there isn't enough material/demand to justify the cost. I'm sure PSA and GAI would grade cabinets and photos and scorecards of all shapes and sizes if they thought it was feasable.