Help me decide.

[TaxMechanick]

Mantle and Stonewall, that's it.

Glenn

[Vintagedeputy]

Thank you everyone for your responses so far. To address one point made, I am not concerned about whether or not grading them would be profitable. I’m sure there are some cards where I could find them already graded in better condition.

[BobC]

If you aren't looking to sell them (other than the space card), why are you worried about having them graded at all? Keep them as is and use the $100-$200+ you save on grading fees to acquire more cards you like?

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by BobC

If you aren't looking to sell them (other than the space card), why are you worried about having them graded at all? Keep them as is and use the $100-$200+ you save on grading fees to acquire more cards you like?

That has always been my line of reasoning.

Brian

[rjackson44]

Mantle

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by BobC

If you aren't looking to sell them (other than the space card), why are you worried about having them graded at all? Keep them as is and use the $100-$200+ you save on grading fees to acquire more cards you like?

I think you’re thinking too deeply about this. Let’s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you’re thinking too deeply about this. Let’s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

Sign me up for free grading!

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you’re thinking too deeply about this. Let’s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

I still wouldn't grade any.

Brian

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I still wouldn't grade any.

Brian

Agreed. The only reason I grade cards is to protect them if they are high grade, identify them if they are rare, or increase my profits if I decide to sell them. It doesn’t look like any of those criteria apply here.

[bobbvc]

I would get the McGraw postcard graded, as well as the Mantle and some of the other suggestions.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you’re thinking too deeply about this. Let’s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

Forgive me, but I don't even understand your response.

Grading isn't free, so that isn't even an option, or a pertinent variable to your original question. And personally, I still wouldn't see a need to get any cards in my own collection graded. Especially if I'm not looking to sell them, but know that if I ever do change my mind about that, then I'll have ones I'm going to sell graded for free at that time.

Meanwhile, as the OP going to keep all those cards in your personal collection, why waste the money to have them graded? There aren't any of those cards in really super-high condition. And it's not like you apparently just want only graded cards in your collection, otherwise you wouldn't even be asking the question and would have just gotten them all graded. And if you said that if nothing else, having them graded would also help protect and preserve the cards, that can easily be achieved with penny sleeves, top loaders, single screw-down cases, and so on, and for a heck of a lot less than grading fees. And as I initially said, the best thing of all is you can then spend the money you would otherwise have spent on grading fees and spend it on something else you like or want, like more cards for your collection.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by BobC

Forgive me, but I don't even understand your response.

Grading isn't free, so that isn't even an option, or a pertinent variable to the OP's question. And personally, I still wouldn't see a need to get any cards in my own collection graded. Especially if I'm not looking to sell them, but know that if I ever do change my mind about that, then I'll have ones I'm going to sell graded for free at that time.

Meanwhile, as the OP going to keep all those cards in your personal collection, why waste the money to have them graded? There aren't any of those cards in really super-high condition. And it's not like you apparently just want only graded cards in your collection, otherwise you wouldn't even be asking the question and would have just gotten them all graded. And if you said that if nothing else, having them graded would also help protect and preserve the cards, that can easily be achieved with penny sleeves, top loaders, single screw-down cases, and so on, and for a heck of a lot less than grading fees. And as I initially said, the best thing of all is you can then spend the money you would otherwise have spent on grading fees and spend it something else you like or want, like more cards for your collection.

Again, you're trying to reason through this and ask why? The "why" of why I want to grade them is not important, the grading cost is not important, the cheaper options of protecting them are not important, the value after grading is not important to me.

What is important is this - If you had decided to grade all of these - for whatever your reasons may be - which 10 would you do first.

This really shouldn't be all that difficult.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by TaxMechanick

Mantle and Stonewall, that's it.

Glenn

+1 agreed the Mantle and Stonewall