The Value of the 8.5 Grade--One of My Largest Trades Ever

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02-07-2011, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by glynparson

are not the problem. If it were simply a case of trimming the card to make it an 8 they wouldn't be low pop.

It is not necessarily an easy thing to trim a card and get it past a grading service, so I am not sure this assumption is correct. Certainly there is similar incentive to get a low pop common into an 8 holder as to get a HOF card into one, given the prices they can command.

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