PSA Hall Of Fame Players registry set of 239 cards

[triwak]

Here's my HOF collection, if you're interested. Mix of graded and raw (which I put in screw top holders and labeled myself). Attempting to obtain a career contemporary card of each HOFer, if possible. Still a handful of Negro Leaguers yet to acquire.

http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/triwak/

[oldjudge]

When will PSA start a registry set of every player to ever play the game (any card will do)? If someone is willing to pay to throw something between plastic PSA will create a registry set for you. Ask yourself why you really need to have a registry set like this and pay PSA to slab it for you. If you want to collect these cards then collect them and have fun. Take the couple of thousand dollars that you would have spent on plastic and get yourself a few really nice cards. A registry set where any card will do is meaningless.

[Kenny Cole]

+1

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

When will PSA start a registry set of every player to ever play the game (any card will do)? If someone is willing to pay to throw something between plastic PSA will create a registry set for you. Ask yourself why you really need to have a registry set like this and pay PSA to slab it for you. If you want to collect these cards then collect them and have fun. Take the couple of thousand dollars that you would have spent on plastic and get yourself a few really nice cards. A registry set where any card will do is meaningless.

A registry set of every player to ever play the game is a fantastic idea!

[Kenny Cole]

LOL, and the slabs would cost you about 4x the cost of the players if the player cards weren't period. I'd personally prefer to buy more cards, but to each his own I guess.

[jb217676]

Kenny, you seem to have misunderstood my opening post. I wasn't asking peoples opinions on grading cards, I was asking if anyone was collecting this set. And Oldjudge, don't worry about me 'cause I'm always having fun!

[Kenny Cole]

Which set? Lots of people, including me, collect HOF players. The issue Jay raised, as I understand it, is why would you pay to slab a card of a player from the 1800s (for example) that was printed now? Collecting HOFers is great. Lots of us do it. But why would you pay the grading fees for a card that is nowhere near when the HOFer played, and, thus, the value of the card is miniscule compared to the price to grade it?

As I said, to each his own. But IMO, I would much rather save the money that I would spend grading those cards in favor of spending them on a vintage card of that HOF player. Value-wise, that's a no-brainer. A POS card of a early 1900's HOFer will be far more valuable than a 2009 card of that same HOF'er. Every time. So why spend the money on the slab?

Again, this is an IMO thing, but if I could spend a couple grand on grading recent cards of old players, or spend a couple grand on cards of those same players from when they actually played, I'd go for the latter The PSA set registry doesn't even enter into the equation because, as Jay mentioned, it is meaningless. Just my ..$.02

[Matthew H]

I don't know Kenny, I counted 4 cents there.

I still think there should be a registry for raw cards.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

When will PSA start a registry set of every player to ever play the game (any card will do)? If someone is willing to pay to throw something between plastic PSA will create a registry set for you. Ask yourself why you really need to have a registry set like this and pay PSA to slab it for you. If you want to collect these cards then collect them and have fun. Take the couple of thousand dollars that you would have spent on plastic and get yourself a few really nice cards. A registry set where any card will do is meaningless.

"Just one word son, plastics. Think about it, there's a great future in plastics."

Happy collecting whatever your bent.