This Probably Won't Go Anywhere, But...

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

For me, there's a simple way of looking at this particular issue...

Getting a card graded isn't about ME as a collector, it's about the NEXT PERSON who will eventually own it - whether it is me selling it in the future or my eventual heirs doing it after I’ve become nothing but the dust on someone’s coffee table.

Ninety nine times out of a hundred (yes, this a generalized stat, so keep your pants on, contrarians, and don't start doing a deep dive into the numbers to try to disprove it - just finding enough supporting data showing the same card being sold before and after grading will be an extremely tough hill to climb, but I digress), a graded card will sell for more than its ungraded counterpart, so it just makes moving cards on to the next owners (for me or said heirs) that much easier.

Yes, Elm, but think of what a fine learned piece you would be.

[Exhibitman]

short answer:

[Touch'EmAll]

One of the biggest things about slabs isn't necessarily the money. Foremost, buying slabbed cards gives more security that you are buying what you paid for - an authentic, unaltered and somewhat accurately graded card.

Absolutely yes, there are tampered with cards in slabs - I do not deny. But I honestly feel the chances of getting what you pay for is better with slabbed cards vs. raw (thru the mail sight unseen).

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Yes, Elm, but think of what a fine learned piece you would be.

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"You see, the beauty of my book is, if you don't have a coffee table, it turns into a coffee table."