Would a database for PSA flips be beneficial to the hobby?

[vintagetoppsguy]

You may get more responses if you pose this question on the CU boards. Maybe even Joe O. himself will even chime in.

[CardTarget]

I think your problem will be that it's not Numbers X to X...

The numbers flip around a lot based on time period, card type being graded, etc.

It's not like they started at 0000001 and are now at 6364846. It moves around quite a bit.

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

You may get more responses if you pose this question on the CU boards. Maybe even Joe O. himself will even chime in.

The only thing that will happen on the CU boards if this was posted there is a very quick and swift death to that thread. There is no way they would let a thread such as this survive on their boards. It would probably also result in a CU board vacation for the OP as well.

[the 'stache]

That thread is helpful, though some of the pictures have disappeared (maybe they were linked in a photobucket account, and deleted?). I do know there has been at least one discussion on the CU boards about the PSA flips that was not deleted or closed. I refer to it from time to time:

http://forums.collectors.com/message...hreadid=846031

Doug,

Respectfully, I did not miss your point. I wouldn't be asking a third party to compile this information. This is something I'd take up on my own. I spend a lot of time looking at cards in auction catalogs, on Ebay, comc.com, private collections, etc. Once I've confirmed the number of flips that have been used, it should just be a process of creating a list of serial numbers, and documenting which graded cards were issues with which flip.

If I see a PSA graded card with a serial number of 6122122, and another with serial number 7122122 (both employing the same flip style), then I can reasonably assume all cards within those numbers use the same flip. It would just take some time and patience on my part.