PSA Hall Of Fame Players registry set of 239 cards

[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.

[jb217676]

For anyone who cares to look, my HOF player set is up to #29 at over 50% complete. A big thank you to my fellow board members who have helped me add to this set over the last few months.

My HOF player set:
http://www.psacard.com/PSASetRegistr...x?s=82644&ac=1

[Matt]

Originally Posted by jb217676

For anyone who cares to look, my HOF player set is up to #29 at over 50% complete. A big thank you to my fellow board members who have helped me add to this set over the last few months.

Jeff - could one buy a 1980s set of baseball greatest players, get them all graded and jump to the top of the list? Collecting HOF players is a great way to collect, but I wouldn't get wrapped up in the ranking.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Indeed the top ranked set starts with these.

HANK AARON 1989 1 PEREZ-STEELE B113890010 10 4 0
PETE ALEXANDER 1976 10 MOTOROLA B197760100 10 2 0
ROBERTO ALOMAR
CAP ANSON 1977 2 BOB PARKER K117000034 9 1 0