[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by cdn_collector

Matthew -- you could very easily be reading my brain with this post. There's a balance of a pile of variables -- set size, availability of already graded cards (but not so many that the set is too easily completed in targeted grade), the right set (I agree with all of those sets -- 1991 Studio is very intriguing), etc., etc.

This is exactly why I haven't landed anywhere myself, and often find myself waffling between some kind of "graded" challenge and funneling that same amount of money into an even larger raw challenge. Oddly, I find poking around population reports, looking at people's collections and researching different sets for such an endeavour interesting and not frustrating (possibly because I have other active collections), so maybe that's also why I haven't jumped yet.

Anyway, whatever you decide, I hope you let us know. I'll be curious where you land.

Cheers,

Richard.

I find it fun getting psa 9s from the 70s or 8s.....for less than the price of grading in most cases...you let the person give you the failed 10s I guess or just hobbyists that didn't mind losing 50%+ of their money getting psa 8s for the 70s....you get a nice holder and costs less than having it graded..more and more showing up ....there are complete sets you can buy psa 8s or better in the 70s for an average of 7-10 bucks a card..