How long will it be

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

As much as a lot of people here like to complain about the grading companies and the whole concept of graded cards, it will never happen, at least not with any type of success.

Around 1999-2001 I asked a long time dealer what "PSA" was because I had seen the term was on ebay but didn't know what it meant. He tried to explain the grading to me and pretty much told me that it was just a fad to get more money out of people that wasn't going to last very long.

Now he uses PSA to grade his cards and sell them. So you never know what people will pay to have done that right now just doesn't seem to make sense.

I am not for grading slabs. I just thought it was an interesting thought trying to think of what could happen to the hobby in the future that I can't fathom now.

Speaking of which I thought I once saw one of the newer topps buyback (new era card sized encasing a t206 between clear plastic in the middle) graded high (8-10) yet the original t206 was no higher than a 4. That would have been the first I had thought of the holder of a card being graded instead of the original card. I have not seen one in a long time so I don't know if it was a third tier grading party like PRO.