What % of your collection is still raw?

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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.