REA Auction T206 Plank Grades (?)

[T206Collector]

...for subjective things like "eye appeal" entirely misses the point.

Grading is only designed to objectively point out hidden flaws in a card. Indeed, grading was invented to add objectivity to an otherwise entirely subjective grading standard.

Again, all 1s will look different -- some will be great looking cards and some will be real beaters. All 10s will look the same.

Edited to add: Grading is MOST important for the nicer SGC 30. The fact that people bid so highly on it shows that eye appeal was important, but, in my opinion, also shows that some people were willing to ignore the technical grade and the flaws that were not apparent in the scans or catalog images.