What is it, exactly, about grading?

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Posted By: leon

I do like raw cards and I like graded ones. Most of the relatively expensive ones I have I get graded for various reasons. Making sure (as sure as SGC is) that they are untainted is the biggest concern. Keeping them protected is #2. I have handled a few cards in the last 10 years but I still like to have a 3rd party opinion. It's saved me numerous times. I don't care if you have been doing this for 75 years a 3rd party opinion still isn't bad. So in a nutshell....I like raw cards and graded ones. The one thing I don't like about grading is that the cards are in fact "entombed". I don't think I am too weird but do like to get the "feel" of the old cardboard sometimes. I think I was the very first one that admitted, on this board, that I like to smell them too. Now that's sort of creepy.....Nothing like the smell of old cardboard in the morning !! Or was that the smell of "napuam in the morning?".......good question...