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Posted By: Marc S.

Though this forum often talks about vintage baseball cards. Though we often talk about the differences/pros/cons/aggravations with grading companies, we do it in the context of pre-war baseball cards. Please let us restrict our discussions to that. Otherwise, you can talk on other boards with other focuses.

As to your point:
"1. Beckett doesn't have many graded "VINTAGE" because, for the most part, most vintage that are "gradable" have already been graded. Most of the premium cards have already been graded by psa or sgc. "

That is simply not true. PSA, SGC and GAI are constantly grading vintage specimens. Were it not true -- where the heck did GAI find so many vintage cards to grade in the last 18 months? But there is a ton of high-quality raw vintage material out there. The bottom line is that it seems that most vintage, pre-war collectors are more savvy than modern collectors and better able to judge authenticity/grade without the help of a third-party grading company. Most pre-WWI cards have a "value" in any grade greater than 2 or 3 -- and there is much of that material to be found on Ebay and a variety of other auctions and venues, available raw.