Holy plastic, Batman! The power of the PSA registry in full display!

[brewing]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Either way, it looks like the PSA registry can drive a 7x price on the identical card!
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Couldn't agree more. I believe the new SGC Registry will go live in a week or 2. While it will be an improvement, it may be too late. PSA has a huge lead in this portion of the market.

[bosoxfan]

ridiculous

[KCRfan1]

LOL, over a grand for a PSA 10 common?

[xcgrammer]

Just brainless to me. I will never understand why someone would pay that much for a card like that.

[brob28]

Wow! Now I know why I see some guys regularly at shows pouring through dealers stacks of commons hoping to find a card they think will bag a 9 or 10. Not for me, but I can see the obvious allure.

[sox1903wschamp]

Originally Posted by brob28

Wow! Now I know why I see some guys regularly at shows pouring through dealers stacks of commons hoping to find a card they think will bag a 9 or 10. Not for me, but I can see the obvious allure.

I do that but I am not looking for 9's and 10's. Just nice cards. Nice pickup Scott.

[Zach Wheat]

I am not particularly a fan of PSA but I have to agree. I have been tracking Desert Shields Chipper Jones cards for a while. It seems as if a PSA 10 grade brings a premium over other grading companies as well. This card just sold:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Topps-D...-/380691360300

For $4,839, while the BVG counterpart in Gem Mint goes for about $2,100. I am thinking of converting mine to PSA and I am not a registry participant.

Z Wheat

[D. Bergin]

I find it hard to believe you can remove a 10 from any holder, without doing something to it in the process, that will knock it down to at least a 9.

Then again, maybe someday PSA will come up with a 10.5 or an 11. Call it "Super Gem Minty Mint" or something.