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PSA SET REGISTRY AWARDS!

mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
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FIRST ANNUAL PSA SET REGISTRY AWARDS

Dear PSA Set Registrants,

This fall we will recognize those collectors who have registered
outstanding sets in the PSA Set Registry.

1. Engraved plaques will be presented to the following set
registrants:
a) Best Collection of the Year
b) Best Set of the Year
c) Vintage Set of the Year (1974 and older) - Per Sport
(baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and misc.)
d) Modern Set of the Year (1975 to present) - Per Sport
(baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and misc.)
e) Best Player Set of the Year
f) Rookie Set Registrant of the Year - Best New Set in 2002

2. Also, we will be inducting 5 all-time great sets into the
PSA Set Registry Sportscard Collecting Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame
collections and the best sets listed above will be selected based
on a vote of sportscard experts.

3. The collector with the finest set in each category will receive
a "Best of the Registry" certificate. For example, the collector
with the finest 1971 Topps baseball set will receive an award.

In addition, all winners will receive recognition on the PSA
website for their fine efforts and each winning set will be
recognized with a "Best of the Registry" icon. If you are a winner
and wish to remain anonymous, we will announce only your set name.

Beginning in two months, the leaders in each category will be
published in SMR ("Sports Market Report"). We will create a column
dedicated to the registry and we will rotate the leaders in each
issue. For example, one issue will list top baseball sets, another
issue will list top football sets, etc.

The deadline for set registration and updates is October 31, 2002.
Please plan ahead when sending potential set registry cards to PSA
for grading, as all sets will be judged on November 1, 2002.

We have received a tremendous response from the public and it's
clear that just about everyone loves this new concept. PSA wants
to reward those who participate and acknowledge the hard work it
takes to assemble these great collections. Please share your
feedback with us and watch for updates and more information on the
awards program at www.psacard.com/new_set_registry.

Joe Orlando and BJ Searls
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.

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    carkimcarkim Posts: 1,166 ✭✭
    The PSA Marketing group is working overtime. What a great idea. Keep the interest in set collecting going all summer long.

    Carlos
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    calleochocalleocho Posts: 1,569 ✭✭
    now the cool crowd will be even cooler!
    "Women should be obscene and not heard. "
    Groucho Marx
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    carkimcarkim Posts: 1,166 ✭✭
    Is that possible?

    Carlos
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    thegemmintmanthegemmintman Posts: 3,101 ✭✭
    I think we can be cooler image.

    Guys, remember when you vote, "gemmint" has two "m's" in it.
    image

    Do we have to show are grades to be eligible? If so, I guess I'm out.
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    liffeystynxliffeystynx Posts: 206
    Hey, where's:

    Finest Non-U.S. Based Set, Weighted For Distance, Cost & Difficulty in Obtaining and Grading Each Individual Card

    I mean, talk about glaring omissions image
    Baseball HOF Autographs
    Topps Baseball 1967
    Mike Payne's 300 Great Cards
    MVPs in their MVP years
    and T206???
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    invader73invader73 Posts: 105
    Hey Liffeystynx

    I am with you. they are obviously ingnoring us on this side of the pond.

    imageimage

    Matt
    UK based collector.
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    z2345z2345 Posts: 92 ✭
    I'm a bit pessimistic. Who will be able to compete with the top Fogel, Merkel, or T206 sets? These guys could be winning PSA plaques for the next twenty years.
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    dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    z2345,

    I agree with you. Although there is speculation that one or two of those collections may be converted over to GAI holders (a big mistake in my opinion).

    I also think the "vintage" catagory shouldn't be so broad. They should break it down by decade or era.
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    invader73invader73 Posts: 105
    Best player set is an odd catagory since you can only register Boggs and Mantle sets at the moment in Baseball.
    need to get some more of those player sets on the registry.

    matt
    UK based collector.
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    dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    I know of a gentleman who probably has the Best Collection in the hobby. Probably better than Merkel's or Foguls. The problem is what he collects doesn't fit real well in the Registry scheme. The doesn't collect by sets nor player. He only collects one type of grade of cards and has a huge amount of vintage examples.
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    carkimcarkim Posts: 1,166 ✭✭
    Dude,

    I know a collector who only collects PSA 7 Pre War SMR cards and Post War PSA 8 SMR cards. He has some awesome cards and refuses to put the on the registry. As a matter of fact, he doesn't even have them at his house...We took a trip to his bank and looked at them there (Safety Deposit Box).

    Carlos
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    mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Carkim:

    Anytime that you talk about a collector and "his bank", it is unsurprising to me that his collection must be fairly extraordinary!!
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
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