Please help me understand something

zacojam

How can someone with only 9.87% completed on a set have a higher set rating and be listed in a higher position than someone with 15.22% completed?

I don't get it.

This is in the 1965 Topps registry

qualitycards

ZACO - Since the '65 set is weighted, the collector w/ the lower completion % no doubt has higher weighted cards. If he has lets say, Mantle, Clemente & Rose, their weight is about 28, but if he has Lenny Green, Bob Skinner & Chico Salmon his weight would be 3...jay

zacojam

so....it's not always about percentage complete.

Thanks

SayitaintsoJoe63

Yes...Jay is right. For example, in the '63 registry, my set is 44.97% complete, which is 6th most complete....but, overall ranked 7th in set rating. I've spent most of my time building my set commons first, as they are a lot tougher to get ahold of, than the star cards.....so since my set is not heavily weighed with the big ticket cards....some sets with more weight, but less cards can beat it.
I would imagine that just about every year registry has an example of this in the rankings.

Vargha

Perhaps you have never heard that "size doesn't matter".

zacojam

<< <i>Perhaps you have never heard that "size doesn't matter". >>

My wife complains to me about that all the time!...lol

Basilone

Zach-

Looks like we will be going side by side on the 1965 registy for many years to come!..... Completion % is my #1 goal.

Best of Luck with your set.

John

mikeschmidt

Zacojam:

It is not only the "weighting" of certain cards, but also the grades of the cards attached to them.

For example, a 1965 Topps set with 200 PSA-graded commons, each graded at PSA 4 VG will appear lower on the registry than a 1965 Topps set with 90 PSA-graded commons, each graded at PSA 9 MINT.

Combination of the weights and the grades attached to the cards.

MS

Wayne8348

My understanding of it is that a psa 2 of a star card with a weighting of 5 would be worth 10 and a psa 9 with a weighting of 1 would be worth 9. That's why folks with the star cards in psa 6, 7, or even 8's have higher rated sets even though they have much less completion.

wayne

zacojam

<< <i>Zach-

Looks like we will be going side by side on the 1965 registy for many years to come!..... Completion % is my #1 goal.

Best of Luck with your set.

John >>

Thanks john...you too!