Are Team Set's and Player Set's a Good Thing ?

Robby

Have been following several threads written recently regarding Player Sets and Team Sets being added to the Registry ! As we all know , Yankee , Mets cards are very popular to collect ! Several of you have mentioned that it makes it very difficult to complete sets when you have a large group focusing on certain teams and players ! My question, really , is it a good idea to keep expanding the number of team and player sets to the Set Registry ! Are we watering down the Set Registry too much , or is more better ! Just wondered what the Board thinks on this subject ? Robby

Vargha

The more, the merrier! The more that interest can be generated, the healthier it is for both collectors and dealers.

Stump

I with Vargha I believe it promotes PSA.

Dave

invader73

I agree as well, people have always collected teams and players rather than just sets, the registry has not changed this. Yankee players, for example, have always seemed to command a higher $$ value no matter which set or year they are from.

Matt

CDC4

I think that team sets and player sets are a great thing. It allows people to show off other types of collections and it may be more sentimental to them, i.e. watched a specific player as they grew up, as opposed to collecting 400 or 500 cards from a set where many commons wouldn't be as important to them.

JeffVN

The registry is better with us.

I collect player and team sets exclusively (Reds team sets and players in particular, the only exceptions are Sandy Koufax, and a few stray rookies like Hank Aaron and Willie Mays). I find it the only way I can accomodate my desire to actively participate in the hobby financially.

although most team sets are duplicates of regular year sets, mine are not. So, by definition, more cards are being graded and sold because of me and my fellow team set collectors.

Robby

I agree , the more the merrier , as it does draw more new people into the Set Registry that otherwise might not ! And it is a money maker for Psa to have more people submitting cards ! I guess my real concern , is seeing certain common players cards , driven up in price , because of the team sets collections ! Looking at the Team Set Registry , I noted that there (5 ) Team Sets for 1967 - ( 8 ) Team Sets for 1968 - (4 ) Team Sets for 1978 and ( 7 ) Team Sets for 1980 Baseball ! If I was a collector of these years trying to complete a PSA SET , I would hate to be paying premium prices for commons because of Team Set or Player ( not HOF ) cards ! I do have a complete 1978 raw grade set , thou ! Competition for graded cards is great , but who really benefits from paying more for commons - not the collector , thats for sure ! So do we really want to double or triple the # of team sets that I just listed , just for the sake of being able to list a set in the Registry ! Just my 2 cents worth of thought , and in no way am I trying to put any set collector down for submitting who they like ! Robby

JeffVN

I hear you loud and clear. I prefer not to pay premium prices for the commons that I need. Certain years have come way down, like 74, but others are getting harder to find reasonably priced - like 76 and 78. I do what I can, and rarely pay the premium prices - but once in a while you gotta do what you gotta do to get a card.

Robby

Jeff , By the way , I need that '69 Bench also ! Been looking for a nice Psa 8 on E-bay , but with the demand for 69 cards being what it is , they sell way over the SMR price ! Patience is a virtue ! Hope you find one soon ! Robby

HCS

To each his own. If a person chooses to collect only a certain player, team, or brand instead of a whole set, then he will have just as much fun and headache chasing down all the needed cards. I think a more important issue may be in that PSA should now "weigh" all the listed sets on the registry so that a complete 1976 set would get a "bigger" award certificate than a Yankees 1976 Topps team set.

FB

I personally don't collect team sets or player sets. But... as my momma told me when I was just a wee lad... "Team Set and Player set collectors are people too".

It took me a while to realize that she was right. But, if I can live in a world filled with mimes, Robert Blake, Enron Executives, people who like Paulie Shore movies, Illinois Nazis, the French and people who rename French Fries - Freedom Fries, then can live with these collectors...

DaveRead

I also do not collect player or team sets. But in some ways I feel like I'm not getting the full effect of all the other great cards out there. I think a player set for a player spanning a 20 year career would be a great way to sample many different years of cards. I think it's great for the hobby and a great way to get a sampling of many different years of cards.