If card grading did not exist.

BLUEJAYWAY

What effect would this have on unopened product? Prices be higher or lower?

coinspacks

Lower. The "10" cards are the chase.

Griffins

much lower. Raw is fine when most transactions were in person at shows, but grading is necessary once online (ebay) came into being. Without it you'd have much less activity overall.

waxman2745

Lower, and quite possibly much much lower for the earlier issues (Example: 1970 Topps)

If we went by Beckett value of the 1970 set, than the cards inside a wax box (approximately 240 cards) would be worth a few hundred bucks. The 2017 stratospheric price of a 1970 box is mainly due to 2 things: scarcity, and the possibility of pulling that high-value “10”. Take those “10’s” out of the equation and you have a 1970 Topps 7th series box for $500 or so.

Of course, at those prices, maybe more people would rip (personally I would), so this would make these boxes so scarce that maybe people would still pay $10k or more for one of these boxes.

Sdub

Remove the "if" and look back 20 years ago. Dealers selling EX cards as Mint and altered/trimed cards as legit. Without PSA, it was better for dealers and way worse for buyers who didn't know better.

originalisbest

@Sdub said:
Remove the "if" and look back 20 years ago. Dealers selling EX cards as Mint and altered/trimed cards as legit. Without PSA, it was better for dealers and way worse for buyers who didn't know better.

I remember that era very well indeed.

OddRodz

I would actually like to have 'words' with a few of the

ThoseBackPages

i know i wouldnt be collecting cards

travis t

We would have missed out on watching myriad numbers of performers getting kicked off this stage.