I'm not there this year, but from my vintage friends who are walking around the floor at the national, they're seeing a TON of raw vintage cards. More raw than slabbed. Even the high-end stuff is raw. If you think buying PSA slabs are risky, you should try buying some of these high-grade, high-end vintage raw cards. How many of them do you think were rejected by PSA and SGC for alterations?
Clearly, the grading companies aren't perfect. But like them or not, they're still a necessary evil in this hobby.
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