Questions for Registry Collectors...
kehfee
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This thread has probably been created by many others but I was wondering what factors led you guys to start the registries that you have been working on?
When I collected as a kid I pretty much bought all kinds of cards. I started out with the sets that were available at the corner stores in packs. (Sadly they were the 87-90 Topps) but smartly enough I went with the old cards and bought what I could. (Where I live in Canada baseball card stores are not widely available so I was limited to what they had)
I stopped collecting in high school and through college but got back in it around 98 partipating in the old weekly Beckett auctions and other auctions sites but not Ebay. I ended up with a whole bunch of 61 Topps in that time so that kind of became my set of choice although grading wasn't very common back then.
I just got back into my childhood hobby a few months ago and started where I left off with 61's, but I found it too daunting.
I looked at a T201 and T202 I had bought back in the day and figured T201's were my ticket, as they were pre WW1 which was always my favourite, a fairly small set that is pretty affordable, with just the Cobb card being a pricey item.
Anyways that's what I settled on. I really like the graded card idea and its helped make what's a much different hobby from when I was a kid or even back in 98 a fun endeavor.
The only downside is all those raw cards I bought for fairly cheap prices that ended up being fairly solid when I graded them. (Finding these if few and far between)
Did anyone buy anything from those old beckett auctions? I bought some autograph balls from one of their charity auctions back in 98 and I figure I'll have to send them to PSA to get authenticated but with what I've read about Dimmagio and Williams counterfeits I'm a bit scared.
When I collected as a kid I pretty much bought all kinds of cards. I started out with the sets that were available at the corner stores in packs. (Sadly they were the 87-90 Topps) but smartly enough I went with the old cards and bought what I could. (Where I live in Canada baseball card stores are not widely available so I was limited to what they had)
I stopped collecting in high school and through college but got back in it around 98 partipating in the old weekly Beckett auctions and other auctions sites but not Ebay. I ended up with a whole bunch of 61 Topps in that time so that kind of became my set of choice although grading wasn't very common back then.
I just got back into my childhood hobby a few months ago and started where I left off with 61's, but I found it too daunting.
I looked at a T201 and T202 I had bought back in the day and figured T201's were my ticket, as they were pre WW1 which was always my favourite, a fairly small set that is pretty affordable, with just the Cobb card being a pricey item.
Anyways that's what I settled on. I really like the graded card idea and its helped make what's a much different hobby from when I was a kid or even back in 98 a fun endeavor.
The only downside is all those raw cards I bought for fairly cheap prices that ended up being fairly solid when I graded them. (Finding these if few and far between)
Did anyone buy anything from those old beckett auctions? I bought some autograph balls from one of their charity auctions back in 98 and I figure I'll have to send them to PSA to get authenticated but with what I've read about Dimmagio and Williams counterfeits I'm a bit scared.
Collector of T201 Mecca double folders. Graded and Raw...
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T-205 Gold PSA 4 & up
1967 Topps BB PSA 8 & up
1975 Topps BB PSA 9 & up
1959 Topps FB PSA 8 & up
1976 Topps FB PSA 9 & up
1981 Topps FB PSA 10
1976-77 Topps BK PSA 9 & up
1988-89 Fleer BK PSA 10
3,000 Hit Club RC PSA 5 & Up
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