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11-24-2021, 11:06 AM #11
One of the biggest benefits is the extra protection of the car over the long-term I think!
For a card that someone wants to keep for 50 or more years, the risk from damage to a graded card is far less than a raw card. Accidents happen so at least the casing helps to stop random damage from happening to a PC card!
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11-24-2021, 04:42 PM #12
Not exactly risk free. The logic I am a bit surprised by recently when I see a 2019 Topps Chrome Tatis #203 with a raw BV of $200, selling a PSA 8 for $50, PSA 9 for $85 and PSA 10 for $400.
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11-30-2021, 08:58 AM #13
The only reason why grading cards has blown up like it has during the pandemic is b/c collectors want to get rich quick and that makes total sense b/c if a card gets a good grade the value can grow exponentially. Perhaps in earlier times grading cards was used for things such as protection, but personally I have never had a card graded b/c the process even before Covid took too long and right now it is just too expensive for me to bother with it. 100s of dollars to wait around for a big money card going through the shipping process is just too much for me.
Another result of the influx of cards getting graded is the arrival of more grading companies most of which do not stand up to the big boys such as BGS and PSA and that is putting it nicely. My advice is that if you consider getting cards graded, do you research and do not fall for all the bells and whistles out there that some of these new companies offer, That and use your common sense.
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