... I thought these two paragraphs particularly important:

>> The graded-card infatuation also is seen by many, this writer included,
>> as a bad thing for the hobby. It has priced the collecting of sports
>> cards out of reach for many. Complaints often are heard from collectors
>> who send a mint card to a grader only to have it come back undergraded
>> and not in the condition it was sent in.

>> Grading also differs among companies (a 10 from one company is an 8 from
>> another) and, worst of all, there is the supply-vs.-demand curve that is
>> now resulting in a lot of high-priced graded cards gathering dust in
>> dealer display cases.

NOT IN MY HOBBY. NOT ON MY WATCH. NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT!

----- jim o\-S