>>>What I took away from the slab site is that the chips are PERMANENTLY put into the "slab".

What is permanent and does simply putting a chip into a "permanent" container make one a slabber? What if that container was a toilet seat, paper weight, or key chain? Why did the club establish grading standards if grading is so bad for the hobby? Maybe, just maybe.. its something about putting the two together....?

All rhetorical... no need to reply.. just something to think about.

>>>a painting was not created with a primary purpose of being driven.

Let's put this a different way...

Do you really think that a classic car is restored with pain staking precision and attention to every detail, thousands of dollars and loving care.. to just drive it to the grocery store?