Do You Participate in the PSA Registry?

[bswhiten]

I know the problems associated with TPG’s, but I like having my cards slabbed for protection and the registry is a great way to catalog a PC in my opinion. I like doing research and adding new sets and items too.

Being the only set listed on the 82 Topps Blackless registry with maybe 15% complete led to a longtime collector contacting me and selling me a full set. Good luck finding one of those in the wild anytime soon. Picked up an 85 Minis and Desert Shield set from the same contact.

I agree with a previous post about connections made in the registry too. For most of my sets I have contacts of folks that collect similar stuff, and most of those contacts came from being on the registry. I have met some other cool people that share similar collecting goals on boards like Net54 and Facebook too. It is fun helping each other track down stuff. I would have never found some of the tough items in many of my sets without help from other collectors.

I could care less about grade for my Mantles or oddball sets. I sold all of my PSA 7 or higher Mantle base cards a few years ago. I have fun scanning and saving the slab images too. To me, flipping through my digital collection brings the same enjoyment as flipping through my physical albums. I am not wrapped up in the registry by any means, but I do enjoy some aspects.

It’s a hobby…to each their own Happy collecting!

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by bswhiten

I know the problems associated with TPG’s, but I like having my cards slabbed for protection and the registry is a great way to catalog a PC in my opinion. I like doing research and adding new sets and items too.

I have fun scanning and saving the slab images too. To me, flipping through my digital collection brings the same enjoyment as flipping through my physical albums. I am not wrapped up in the registry by any means, but I do enjoy some aspects.

It’s a hobby…to each their own Happy collecting!

This.

[JollyElm]

Been a long time, but perhaps it's a good opportunity to get this going again...

[raulus]

I’m little more than a set registry bootlick. Part of it is laziness. Part of it is lack of sophistication. A big part is probably just being too bloody competitive. Grates on me a bit when someone passes me up, although these days for some sets it would set me back well into six figures to get back on top, so I mostly live with being less than top dog.

For the most part, I collect player sets for my Giants, with a few actual sets mixed in, mostly regional issues, except for my 1987 Topps complete set, which is my only large set.

I will also share that I’m always surprised how few sets are actually registered by collectors for any given set. So obviously most collectors seem to not pay it any attention.

Since I'm among friends, if you're dying to check out some of my sets, you can find them here: https://www.psacard.com/psasetregist...thersets/53687. I have pics posted of most of my cards, so it's not a complete waste of your time if you want to check it out.

And if you're looking to make some good money, I'm usually willing to pay way too much to upgrade and/or plug holes in my collection. So there's that as well.

[brad31]

I only use it as a checklist.

On the 3 HOF sets I am working on I Have a mix of SGC, PSA a and the occasional BVG card - will likely never finish anything without mixing graders.

[BearBailey]

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I don’t care what others have and assume no one cares what I have.

[smallstocks]

Originally Posted by BearBailey

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I don’t care what others have and assume no one cares what I have.

I disagree. When i am in the process of collecting a set, I often look at other sets on the registry and try to reach out to people to see if we can trade cards to help us fill our sets. I have saved a fortune and made many friends that way over the years.