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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 1200269, member: 31286&quot;]I have a lot of experience with antique folding knives - they don&#039;t get &quot;slabbed&quot;, but highest value is usually associated with some combination of rarity and condition - cleaning is generally a negative.&nbsp; So, it&#039;s similar to coins - there are professionals who will evaluate and state their professional opinions about a piece for a fee - but generally the buyer has to learn the characteristics of the knives, how they wear and how the condition of one piece is relative to the pool that&#039;s available for a specific piece - why isn&#039;t that good enough for coins?&nbsp; I just don&#039;t see the value of professional grading for circulated coins - authentication, sure - but grading seems to me to be in the eye of the beholder since every coin is a little different - especially circulated coins.&nbsp; The grading/slabbing thing for lower priced coins (i dunno, under $300?) still seems like a racket to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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