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What is the smart thing to do?

RemynSkylerRemynSkyler Posts: 234
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Hello all,

First of all I am currently #12 on the registry for the 1981-1982 Topps Basketball set(I know this set is none to popular!). I just got my subs back from PSA and low and behold the Billy Paultz(AKA "The Whopper") #87 Mid-West card came back a 10. Now my questions is should I just add this to my set or should I sell this card being that it is a 1/1. What would you do?.

Thaks, Mark
1981-82 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
1992-93 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
1976 Topps Baseball PSA 9 or 10
1981 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
1982 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
1986 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
1975 Topps Wacky Packages Series 15 PSA 9 or 10

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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    I hope this doesn't start any arguments.

    The #2 set isn't far from the #1 set. It's possible that they (#2) see the card and pay the $$ to get your card. There's only 5 9s and no other 10s. You might just do pretty well with it on ebay.

    If you keep it then you have the only 10, but being 12th in line and the card only having a set value of 1, it isn't going to make much of a difference.

    Sell the 10 and buy some upgrades, you'll boost your set and get closer to done.
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  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    jimq112 makes some good points. It depends on why you doing the set. If you are doing it just for something to do than I would sell it. If you are doing it because you love the set and its something special to you than I would keep it. Being that its the only 10, it would make me feel good about having it.

    matt

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  • RemynSkylerRemynSkyler Posts: 234
    Thanks fellas for the imput. It sure feels good to have the only card, but I think I can get a lot of cards I need for the set by selling it. My goal is to get in the top 5 someday.

    Thanks, Mark
    1981-82 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
    1992-93 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
    1976 Topps Baseball PSA 9 or 10
    1981 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1982 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1986 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1975 Topps Wacky Packages Series 15 PSA 9 or 10
  • SoutherncardsSoutherncards Posts: 1,384 ✭✭
    No offense, and I know that this will stir the proverbial pot but calling a card a 1/1 just because its the only card so far to receive that grade is wrong imho. Calling it the only PSA 10 is fine but saying 1/1 implies that the card is the only one that will ever be in existance.


    With that in mind, I say keep the card. You may get more 10's down the road and bump up your average.
  • FJFJ Posts: 33
    E-mail the top couple of registry guys telling them you are putting it on eBay. Then pray that the guys getting into a bidding war over the card. Regardless, I sell all 10's as soon as they are received, but that is just me.
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>No offense, and I know that this will stir the proverbial pot but calling a card a 1/1 just because its the only card so far to receive that grade is wrong imho. Calling it the only PSA 10 is fine but saying 1/1 implies that the card is the only one that will ever be in existance.


    With that in mind, I say keep the card. You may get more 10 down the road and bump up your average. >>



    I dont mind people advertising things as 1/1. I dont look at it in the future tense. Problem with 1/1 is the glut on Ebay so no one uses it anymore anyways as a key word. It brings up more junk than actual cards anymore (or used to anyways).
    Anybody that buys into 1/1 with less than 100 cards actually graded is only buying the title anyways and not the card. Tough call to make if you are interested in ever achieving No. 1 or if you'll just be happy with completing the set. Thats what its all about...
  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭


    Especially with a more modern set like that, I would say sell the card while it still holds its 1/1 status. It's probably only a matter of time before another one comes along.. or two... or three...


  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    I am working on a PSA 9 86 Fleer basketball set and anytime I get a 10 from a personal submission I sell the card and buy a 9. I would do the same thing here and sell the card. As more 10's are graded it will come down in value. You will be able to buy quite a few 9's with the sale of that 10.
  • LWMMLWMM Posts: 471 ✭
    You might want to consider emailing the top few registry guys, and put it on ebay with a reserve. That way, if no nwar ensues you can keep the card instead of selling it cheap, and if one does, you can get the $$ and buy a bunch of other cards for your set.
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  • 5STAT5STAT Posts: 835
    I am working on a PSA 9 86 Fleer basketball set and anytime I get a 10 from a personal submission I sell the card and buy a 9. I would do the same thing here and sell the card. As more 10's are graded it will come down in value. You will be able to buy quite a few 9's with the sale of that 10.

    Totally agreed!! I built my 86 fleer and 87 Fleer basketball sets that way. Sold off the 10's...and used the money to fill many many empty 9 holes.
    By the time I was done with a complete psa 9 86 set...I had just $1300 in the whole thing....with the 87 set..it was 93% complete when I sold it...and had just $400 into the entire set!!

    Even if you got $100 for that card delivered and insured...that's another 15-20 PSA 9's you could fill off Ebay....
  • bri2327bri2327 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭
    You may want to ask RichG what the smart thing to do is. He is apparently the resident scholar.
    "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."
    -- Yogi Berra

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  • RemynSkylerRemynSkyler Posts: 234


    << <i>You may want to ask RichG what the smart thing to do is. He is apparently the resident scholar. >>



    He scares me!!!imageJust kidding.
    1981-82 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
    1992-93 Topps Basketball PSA 9 or 10
    1976 Topps Baseball PSA 9 or 10
    1981 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1982 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1986 Topps Los Angeles Dodgers PSA 9 or 10
    1975 Topps Wacky Packages Series 15 PSA 9 or 10
  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You may want to ask RichG what the smart thing to do is. He is apparently the resident scholar. >>



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    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
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