Just my thoughts on graded cards

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Posted By: leon

You're right. This subject has been debated heavily on this board. The more we learn to buy the card and not the holder the more the grade plays less of a factor in the price. This is of course excluding the set registry guys when the # on the PSA slab actually means more than the card. No use debating it, as it is what it is....We've had that discussion over and over and over. Case in point about buying the card and not the slab. I bought 2 PSA graded cards as the National. Both are D304's...one was a common in a 4 holder but the holder had been tampered with...it was obvious. I liked the card so I still bought it. If it hadn't been trimmed it would have been a 30-40. It now resides in an AUT holder from SGC. The other D304 is Young and it was in a PSA1 holder that had not been tamperered with. I cracked it and got some paper remnants off of the back as I did with the other common. It also now resides in an AUT holder as it was obviously slightly trimmed and PSA missed it. The prices were decent and I knew that even in AUT holders they should be worth a little more than I paid for them...So, knowing they wouldn't grade I still bought them in the holders.....The cards are nice....and are on their way back from SGC now.... I bought the cards...not the plastic.....and now they are at least graded correctly....