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08-28-2012, 09:46 AM
volleydan
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True enough, but I personally believe that the rarer an item is, the less benefit there is to having it graded.
Someone who collects MOC GI Joe toys may be really picky about condition and willing to pay a premium price for a really high grade example. There are hundreds if not thousands of those out there, so there's almost always a chance of finding a nicer one. That's AFAs target market right there. They want to find people who are willing to pay inflated prices for really nice examples of common items.
However, if someone wants a PDD but only 20-30 of them exist in ANY condition, how likely is it that this same buyer will care to pay a premium price (on top of the already high price tag for the item) to get a graded example? Very unlikely - the challenge for those ultra-rare pieces is in simply getting one. For these pieces, AFA grading makes a really nice display, but I don't think it adds that much to the value of the item itself.
Here's a perfect example: I bought an AFA 80 Cobra Mortal a couple years ago. I believe at the time it was the highest graded example out there. It's also the only AFA piece in my collection. So why did I buy it? Because I actually paid less for it than I had seen ungraded Mortals sell for in the months leading up to that time.
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