Introduction and Registry question.

Mires

I probably should get the introduction out of the way. Name is Lee, from Texas and I've been on a mission to collect some basketball cards I wanted when I was a teen in the early-mid 90's. Nothing too rare or expensive. Just cards I would've been happy to pull back then. It was much easier back then. If I pulled a Jordan base card or any insert of a known player, I was happy. It wasn't until I started looking at vintage cards/players that I began to even consider graded cards.

So, on a whim, while acquiring a few vintage Pistol Pete cards, I decided to go after the Maravich Basic set, which I've almost completed in PSA 8+. I've got everything in the middle, but am lacking the 1980 Topps (my least favorite) and the 1970 Topps Rookie (the most expensive). I won a 1974 Topps #10 graded 8.5 on Ebay on the 19th and I've had the card in my possession since the 24th. I've gone through the step of having PSA send an email to the previous owner on the day it arrived, to request it be removed from that persons set, but nothing has happened yet. I've sent the seller a message on Ebay and even mentioned my excitement to add it to my set registry in my positive feedback for the seller. First question is, am I being too impatient? Secondly, if nobody can get a hold of the previous owner, will a photo of the front and back of the card suffice for PSA to remove the card themselves since I don't have an easy way to scan the card?

You can have a look if you want at what I've got so far, but I've only got 2 pics up as of yet. If I get the last 2 cards in PSA 8 I can hit the #8 spot!

Lee's Maravich Collection

jay0791

welcome

PPete was afav of mine growing up.

Some just don't remove cards despite all the emails.

Unfortunately u may need 2 get a scanner for both sides or get a friend 2 do it 4 u.

You will need a pic to ever sell on ebay anyways.

PowderedH2O

Take a picture of the card front and back with your phone and send those pics to the registry folks. Heck, take a pic of you holding the card if you want. They will have it out of the other person's inventory within 3 days. Very simple.

DetroitSquirreL

best fool proof way to prove you own it, buy a newspaper and take a pic of it next to the date on the newspaper then one of the card laying on the paper and a full pic of the paper

DetroitSquirreL

BTW -

JoeBanzai

Dialj

Welcome to the jungle.

MintMoondog

Welcome; and that is one of my pet peeves...people selling cards and no unlocking the certs even after several email attempts.
I'm too busy to scan and so I have dozens of cards including some nice 1971s (Jackson and Rose 8) that are in a separate "unlock" box

ABellPharmD

I would avoid asking the eBay seller as they may not be the person using the cert number. There are several cards in my collection that I do not register on the PSA website under my account and have sold. Also, lots are sold on consignment. The best bet is to send the auto email from PSA and if not corrected within 3 days, email psa the photos. They're typically unlocked within 24 hours.

mknez

Welcome to another Pistol Pete collector!

You can definitely send a picture instead of a scan, but they will wait until 3 days after you do the auto-request thing on the website.

The 1980 is reasonable in PSA 8, you should be able to find it without too much problem. The Rookie is a little more $.

Mike

Brick

Hi, hello, how are ya?

Mires

Thanks for the warm welcome. I just added a 1980 Topps Maravich/Free/Johnson in PSA 8 to my set. Great card and very reasonable. I haven't sent a pic of the 74 Topps Maravich PSA 8.5 to PSA yet (been busy with work) but it will be nice to add it. I just looked at the pop report for this card and it seems mine is the only one graded 8.5. There are 64 graded higher, but being the only 1 in 8.5 is kinda cool.