Building a Set... Which Way to Cross?

[glchen]

I'd leave it as is. These are rare cards so I doubt there'd be a premium going to either TPG. Unless there's a pinhole that I'm not seeing in the T216 Wagner 2b, I would look into possibly flipping that card to SGC (or cracking out and re-submitting to PSA). That card looks undergraded.

[cfc1909]

leave them in the holders they are in and spend the extra coin on more cards.

nice cards Eric....

[cozmokramer]

Jim,

The crossover cost isn't that much. I'm thinking that I'd like to be able to add them to a registry somewhere as I work on the set.

I've actually got quite a few more that are raw that will need to go to the grader that the others cross over to.

[cfc1909]

in that case you need to choose SGC.

[Rob D.]

No need to rush to a decision. Maybe just wait until you go to sell them.

[cozmokramer]

Rob,

I'm thinking that I'm going to have them displayed on the wall of an office, thus I'd like them all to be displayed in the same holders, it will look much better that way.

[cozmokramer]

A lot of people have voted, but nobody really put much reasoning behind why they voted as they did.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by cozmokramer

Rob,

I'm thinking that I'm going to have them displayed on the wall of an office, thus I'd like them all to be displayed in the same holders, it will look much better that way.

Oh.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by cozmokramer

Rob,

I'm thinking that I'm going to have them displayed on the wall of an office, thus I'd like them all to be displayed in the same holders, it will look much better that way.

If you plan on displaying them in such a manner I vote SGC. To me the the black framed borders look much better and stand out against a wall or on a mantle. Either way, you have some great cards and that SGC 50 Bender is beautiful. Good luck with the set!

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by cozmokramer

I've actually got quite a few more that are raw that will need to go to the grader that the others cross over to.

If most of your set is either graded poor/authentic or raw, would an option be to put them in top loaders so they all look the same? Like Jim R said, then you can put more $ into cards. If they will only be on display and people won't be handling them, the holders don't seem to offer much advantage other than a registry, in which case the question to ask yourself is "which registry is better".

Perhaps you could get them professionally framed with UV protection coating on the glass?

Good luck with your decision, they are beautiful cards you have!
Rob

[ethicsprof]

leave them as is.
they're in decent protectors and look fine and safe.
i wouldn't put any more money toward the grading companies.
all the best,
barry

[Griffins]

crack them and have them framed with uv glass.
If you holder them SGC has a better presentation with the black mattes, but the flips will turn an ugly color under most artificial light. They will be a lot safer under protective glass, something neither PSA nor SGC have in their holders.