What Percentage of Vintage Cards Have Been Graded?

[BearBailey]

I would say low single digits, 1-5% of the total. Of course some rarities of cards would be close to 100%, but vintage as a whole very low. I have bought many graded cards over the years but have graded 1 myself. In general all of the collectors I know well are the same and have graded little to none of their collection.

[trdcrdkid]

I have never sent in a card to be graded, and have only a vague idea how one would do that. I have a few dozen graded cards out of the thousands in my collection, but they were all that way when I got them. I've cracked a few out, but mostly I've kept them as is, knowing that I can crack them out later if I want to. None of my most valuable cards are graded.

[vintagerookies51]

Immediately I thought it's gotta be a pretty high percentage. But then I realized that people collect cards that tend to be graded- HOFs, high end sets etc. there are probably so many ungraded no name cards out there that the percentage is tiny

[OsFan]

I’m gonna speak to post war only because that’s all I’ve ever collected. But I sometimes wonder if the day will come when the large magority of cards ranging from say ex/mt up will be encapsulated. In truth I have no idea how many pw cards are out in the wild.
Or is it possible once the psa market becomes so saturated, grading will grind to a halt?

[Mark]

Maybe 10% of mine are graded.

[BruceinGa]

100% of my pw cards are graded. I don't have a massive collection, probably about 150.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by BearBailey

I would say low single digits, 1-5% of the total. Of course some rarities of cards would be close to 100%, but vintage as a whole very low. I have bought many graded cards over the years but have graded 1 myself. In general all of the collectors I know well are the same and have graded little to none of their collection.

+1

[Johnny630]

Less then 15%. It seems like all of the good stuff nowadays is going to the Major Autions Houses. Sets are the rarity, imo they will be the thing people will always pay up for.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by BearBailey

I would say low single digits, 1-5% of the total. Of course some rarities of cards would be close to 100%, but vintage as a whole very low. I have bought many graded cards over the years but have graded 1 myself. In general all of the collectors I know well are the same and have graded little to none of their collection.

I agree with your total, but disagree with your rarities. I would bet that even rarities have more ungraded than graded examples.

Doug