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@spinotron Flawless for the win 😂 but it’s a valid proposition not as a subset but a peer equivalent with distinct differentiation. Maybe one day we can accept that to be human is to also embrace the digital world because unknowingly we’ve been living this change organically.

Recently graded a card at $27k fee which I paid $9k in 2011. Grading charges 4%, so card has appreciated almost 3x/0.04 =75x. But still crazy to have to “buy” it 3 times more years later when you made a good ROI play. Read in full. People think group breaking is now a way to acquire big time card as the secondary cost is beyond reach for many. See @joshluber latest white paper mammoth treatise (which also bull humble-brag Ohtani 10+10 batting /5 as the single best card in the hobby period). The person who pulls a big product hit card, unless keeping raw, will not be able to afford grading (4% if wanting to unlock full value), which tends to push cards into sales. Deferred grading might not be best idea either, grading charge can go up, policy can change capped to uncapped 4% (the card would be capped at $8k two summers ago), and card value can go up (only within last 12 months, Kobe logoman auto starts to sell at $1-2M+ ball park), which means growing grading fee into higher still. So people who pull big hits and want to keep them without spending crazy have to keep it raw. It’s less protected, prone to damage if handled poorly, etc. Moreover, the optic might not be best in an industry where grading is not only mainstream but the inaction invites suspicion: people question raw might mean there is a reason. Grading, like or not, helps prove authenticity and unlock value, and increase its demand (many serious buyers are graded only and platform selling is graded only, or encased) and addressable market and helps analytics, pop or checking market value and cap. Also you don’t want to sell now but it’s handy right when it’s ready for sale, especially you leave it as family heirloom. So you are asking the new or less hardcore/committed hobbyists who pulled big cards a lot to keep cards organically. This can drive them to sell and in the end the experience could be a probability crunching betting event instead of hobby experience. Can this change at fundamental level? #PaniniBlockchain cards. No need to grade to verify authenticity. No need to grade to unlock value. No need to grade to verify pop, market value and marketcap. No need to grade to justify your card to fit in and optically wise to say your card is fine. Guys who pull big hits can keep them without sell pressure due to cost of grading (and cost of rip, because on chain, it’s cheaper to rip and with provenly better ROI). That’s indeed what we have seen. Many big pulls on PBC stay with first owners. Is this a good analysis for at least one upshot for blockchain collecting, which @CardsMax might approve? #BlockbyBlock #whodoyoucollect #sportscard [BC 225/1959]

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