Player registry
Robeson
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I find it odd that there is a player registry for both Ken L. Hunt and Ken R. Hunt, Manny Mota and dave Campbell. Yet until recently, there was no Ken Griffy, Troy Aikman or John Elway?? Just a little odd.
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<< <i>I find it odd that there is a player registry for both Ken L. Hunt and Ken R. Hunt, Manny Mota and dave Campbell. Yet until recently, there was no Ken Griffy, Troy Aikman or John Elway?? Just a little odd. >>
It is as simple as this: The Player Registries are a function of collector demand. Although you may find it odd, it simply points out how certain collectors like to collect. Looking at how a truly modern player collector would collect - I can easily understand why there have not been any Ken Griffey player collectors asking for Registry sets.
The Ken Griffey basic set has 500+ cards, and the master set had nearly 3,000 identified cards, although there are likely thousands more that are not yet included. The grading fees for a Ken Griffey Jr. master set, thus, equal nearly $20,000. That is a daunting proposition, especially since it does not include the actual cost of cards - which is a few more tens of thousands.
For $20k in grading fees, you can put together the following:
1986-87 Fleer Basketball set in PSA 9/10 grade
Mid-1970s baseball sets, graded in PSA 8-9-10 grade
Heck - you can even put together lower-grade 1952 Topps or even T-206 sets.
With modern superstars - the costs of grading combined with the myriad of issued cards makes building a graded Player Registry set exceptionally cost-prohibitive.
~ms
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<< <i>I find it odd that there is a player registry for both Ken L. Hunt and Ken R. Hunt, Manny Mota and dave Campbell. Yet until recently, there was no Ken Griffy, Troy Aikman or John Elway?? Just a little odd. >>
It is as simple as this: The Player Registries are a function of collector demand. Although you may find it odd, it simply points out how certain collectors like to collect. Looking at how a truly modern player collector would collect - I can easily understand why there have not been any Ken Griffey player collectors asking for Registry sets.
The Ken Griffey basic set has 500+ cards, and the master set had nearly 3,000 identified cards, although there are likely thousands more that are not yet included. The grading fees for a Ken Griffey Jr. master set, thus, equal nearly $20,000. That is a daunting proposition, especially since it does not include the actual cost of cards - which is a few more tens of thousands.
For $20k in grading fees, you can put together the following:
1986-87 Fleer Basketball set in PSA 9/10 grade
Mid-1970s baseball sets, graded in PSA 8-9-10 grade
Heck - you can even put together lower-grade 1952 Topps or even T-206 sets.
With modern superstars - the costs of grading combined with the myriad of issued cards makes building a graded Player Registry set exceptionally cost-prohibitive.
~ms >>
Maybe, although that hasn't prevented people from taking on master sets of Jordan, Clemens, Ripken, Gretzky, Puckett, Maddux, etc. etc. I think the original poster's point was that it's strange there wasn't any sets registered of the aformentioned superstars given that there are sets being put together of some of the hobby's 'lesser lights', as well as sets involving players who have a comparable number of cards as Griffey.