New Project - 1983 Topps Baseball PSA 10

[jtradingcards]

Originally Posted by Matthew80

+1 on this

Do such cards exist? Seems like that'll be quite a challenge. What's the budget to complete the set? $5k? 10k? I have no idea what this would cost to get the cards on the secondary market, or produce them yourself by buying raw and submitting. If you do the latter, you could probably complete an '83 set in 9/Mint, too

I thought about doing this for '87 Topps, the year I really got into it. What do you think that would cost, if you don't mind my asking?

To more traction on the post-80 board!

It's 792 cards. The 3 big hitters are the Sandberg, Gwynn, and Boggs rookie cards (About $1000-$1200). Lots of commons sell for under $10 but there are so many cards. I'm thinking in the long run it's gonna cost me about $10,000. There are some SUPER low POP commons so might need to spend money grading it. I have a lot of time (really and endless supply) to complete the set so will take them as they come.

So far I grabbed 19 commons and a Rickey Henderson so I didnt have ONLY commons.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by jtradingcards

I'm thinking in the long run it's gonna cost me about $10,000.

I'm certainly not trying to discourage you and I believe collectors are free to collect however they want, but if it were me and I had $10K to drop on a 1983 Topps set, I think I would buy a mint raw set and put the other $9900 in a mutual fund.

In 30 years from now, I guarantee you the mutual fund will be worth several times what a PSA 10 1983 Topps set is worth. Again, I’m no one to tell other people how or what to collect, but I think in 30 years from now you would be more happy with $100K (or more) sitting in a mutual fund with a nice raw ’83 set than you would be with just a PSA 10 ’83 set.

Good luck!

[jtradingcards]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

I'm certainly not trying to discourage you and I believe collectors are free to collect however they want, but if it were me and I had $10K to drop on a 1983 Topps set, I think I would buy a mint raw set and put the other $9900 in a mutual fund.

In 30 years from now, I guarantee you the mutual fund will be worth several times what a PSA 10 1983 Topps set is worth. Again, I’m no one to tell other people how or what to collect, but I think in 30 years from now you would be more happy with $100K (or more) sitting in a mutual fund with a nice raw ’83 set than you would be with just a PSA 10 ’83 set.

Good luck!

Thanks but I dont see myself getting 792 cards including the 3 big guys for $100.

If you think that 9900 in a "mutual fund" will guarantee that I will have $100k in 30 years you don't know the stock market too well.

This is a personal project because I think it will be awesome to have and to pass down to my kids (when I have them). When I do have them I will put together the full topps series 1,2,update sets in psa 10 for them as well and it will be something cool to have. If $10,000 made a huge life difference to me then I totally would not be spending it on baseball cards. Sorry if that sounded snotty it's just the truth.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Good luck with your quest.

[Matthew80]

Originally Posted by jtradingcards

If $10,000 made a huge life difference to me then I totally would not be spending it on baseball cards. Sorry if that sounded snotty it's just the truth.

To success! Big bucks don't come easy, so more power to you if you've earned yourself the luxury of indulging in an awesome project like this. If I may be so bold as to speak for everybody, you'll have nothing but well wishes from all of us. That and envy, anyway

You plan to give updates about your project anywhere? Might make for a cool Facebook page, blog series, or Net54 thread. I'd certainly be interested to see how you would go about this in case I ever decide to put 100% of my fun budget towards an '87 TOpps set. Really curious to learn of your sources and learn from your experiences if you don't mind sharing.

And +1 for sticking around Net54

[jtradingcards]

Originally Posted by Matthew80

To success! Big bucks don't come easy, so more power to you if you've earned yourself the luxury of indulging in an awesome project like this. If I may be so bold as to speak for everybody, you'll have nothing but well wishes from all of us. That and envy, anyway

You plan to give updates about your project anywhere? Might make for a cool Facebook page, blog series, or Net54 thread. I'd certainly be interested to see how you would go about this in case I ever decide to put 100% of my fun budget towards an '87 TOpps set. Really curious to learn of your sources and learn from your experiences if you don't mind sharing.

And +1 for sticking around Net54

Will definitely post updates as they come in.

Thanks for the kind words.

[vthobby]

Some great input on here so far.

Here are some glaring problems as I see it:


#1 80,000 cards graded so far and ZERO PSA 10s of #692 Walling.
#2 There are 5 cards with only 1 PSA 10.
#3 There are more than 10 folks building a PSA 10 set on the registry.
#4 These numbers add up to a VERY frustrating and at this point IMPOSSIBLE venture.
#5 There are also a bunch of cards with a very low PSA 10 count.
#6 A lot of the current (low count) PSA 10s are in registry sets already.
#7 See #1 thru #6 above.

Good luck either way.

peace, mike

[jtradingcards]

Originally Posted by vtgmsc

Some great input on here so far.

Here are some glaring problems as I see it:


#1 80,000 cards graded so far and ZERO PSA 10s of #692 Walling.
#2 There are 5 cards with only 1 PSA 10.
#3 There are more than 10 folks building a PSA 10 set on the registry.
#4 These numbers add up to a VERY frustrating and at this point IMPOSSIBLE venture.
#5 There are also a bunch of cards with a very low PSA 10 count.
#6 A lot of the current (low count) PSA 10s are in registry sets already.
#7 See #1 thru #6 above.

Good luck either way.

peace, mike

Thanks man. Im literally in no rush for it...If I get stuck on a few it is what it is and I will figure it out.

If I need to start with 9's for some that is totally ok with me

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by jtradingcards

Thanks but I dont see myself getting 792 cards including the 3 big guys for $100.

You're right - it will only cost you $48.99 + $9.59 shipping.

Originally Posted by jtradingcards

If you think that 9900 in a "mutual fund" will guarantee that I will have $100k in 30 years you don't know the stock market too well.

The remaining $9,941.42 invested at 8% will be $100,037.15 in 30 years.

Originally Posted by jtradingcards

This is a personal project because I think it will be awesome to have and to pass down to my kids (when I have them). When I do have them I will put together the full topps series 1,2,update sets in psa 10 for them as well and it will be something cool to have. If $10,000 made a huge life difference to me then I totally would not be spending it on baseball cards. Sorry if that sounded snotty it's just the truth.

Don't worry about giving your 1983 topps set to your kids. They'll call it a "baby's toy" and take off on their hoverboards.

[jtradingcards]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

You're right - it will only cost you $48.99 + $9.59 shipping.



The remaining $9,941.42 invested at 8% will be $100,037.15 in 30 years.



Don't worry about giving your 1983 topps set to your kids. They'll call it a "baby's toy" and take off on their hoverboards.

Find someone that will guarantee me 8% per year on a consistent basis and I'll show you a thief. Sure that may be the average but when it gets cut in half a few times that won't matter.

Like I said, if the $10,000 that I think this would cost me was life changing I wouldn't do it.

Oh and as for the big ones..Those aren't PSA 10, are they?