Starting a T205 PSA mid-grade journey

[anchorednw]

Recently, I've decided to dip my toes into the T205 world. Instead of all SGC like my T206 runs, I've decided on mid grade (4-5) PSA. Here's my recent start. Safe to say I'm addicted. PS, looking for mid grade (or a little lower for SPs) if anyone has any PSA slabbed available.

[nebboy]

Nice start - big T205 fan here - show them as you get them - good hunting

[anchorednw]

Originally Posted by nebboy

Nice start - big T205 fan here - show them as you get them - good hunting

Thank you, appreciate that!

[jsfriedm]

Great job! That Probstein auction was amazing - seems like those cards were all submitted in 2021 or so. I wonder who had them raw and why they suddenly got graded. I picked up 5 cards in that auction, including the PSA 6 Speaker, which is gorgeous.

[KCRfan1]

T205...Great looking cards and better value ( for now ) than the t206.

I'm working on a lower grade 205 collection.

[Golfcollector]

Yes fabulous cards!

I am thinking about starting into a T205 set too...but would not likely be quite this high of grade (more like 2-3 range)

The T206's - 520 set have gone out of my stratosphere to jump in and try that one.

[Yoda]

Great start, and the Walsh is definitely a toughie.

[Eggoman]

EXCELLENT start!

I LOVE T205s and HATED the fact that I completed my mid-Grade Master Set (minus a couple of oddball ones, like Collins - Yellow Elephant) - if you can imagine!

I will upgrade 'em FOR-E-VER!

One of my FAVES is Mr. Baker!

[TigerMike]

Fantastic start to my favorite set. Best of luck through your journey!!!

[prestigecollectibles]

I recently completed the 208 card set plus a few a few of the variations, but in lower grade. Good luck on your journey. It sure is a beautiful set.

[Rhotchkiss]

Great set/project, good luck.

A word of advice, if I may- buy the HOFers in higher grade than the commons, and the better the HOFer, the higher the grade; if that means taking it slower, so be it. So often you see sets with an average grade of X, and all the commons are higher graded and offset the lower graded HOFers to get to the average grade. To me, this makes little sense. The value is in the HOFers. So spend the money where the value lies.

[tkd]

Great start! That's an awesome set!

[anchorednw]

Originally Posted by jsfriedm

I picked up 5 cards in that auction, including the PSA 6 Speaker, which is gorgeous.

That Speaker was a beauty! Jumped a bit much for me dipping my toes in.

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great set/project, good luck.

A word of advice, if I may- buy the HOFers in higher grade than the commons, and the better the HOFer, the higher the grade; if that means taking it slower, so be it. So often you see sets with an average grade of X, and all the commons are higher graded and offset the lower graded HOFers to get to the average grade. To me, this makes little sense. The value is in the HOFers. So spend the money where the value lies.

Great advice. Appreciate that and yes, makes more sense. Such beautiful cards!

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great set/project, good luck.

A word of advice, if I may- buy the HOFers in higher grade than the commons, and the better the HOFer, the higher the grade; if that means taking it slower, so be it. So often you see sets with an average grade of X, and all the commons are higher graded and offset the lower graded HOFers to get to the average grade. To me, this makes little sense. The value is in the HOFers. So spend the money where the value lies.

Great advice, Ryan!

[T205 GB]

Good luck on your journey. Learn about alterations and cuts before you get to deep and buy altered T205's in those pretty clear slabs.

[Zach Wheat]

Nice start! Agree with Rich, above.

[Leon]

Nice start to a T205 set. I dabbled in putting a lower grade set together, 3-4 yrs back and it was fun. I focused more on aesthetics (and centering and border chipping) than the technical grade. Great looking cards will always sell, if that time comes.
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[jbsports33]

Good luck! T205s are great and I almost like them more than T206s - they have stats and info about players! also there are different backs too

Make sure you have a mix of backs or collect just one back type, it gets hard when looking around for them and will make it easy to pick them out.

Thanks for the post!

Jimmy