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Set Registry Question

Any idea how which card is selected for the various registry sets? Is it always a base card?

Specifically, I am concerned with the cards that make up the NFL HOF RC Set.

Thanks for your thoughts.
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  • skrezyna23skrezyna23 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭
    In regards to Player Registry Sets, the base cards for a player make up their respective Basic Set. Anything else (all-stars, minis, odd balls, MVPs, etc..) goes into the Master Set.
  • For the NFL HOF RC set, there is a great discussion here: Link

    Was there a specific card you were wondering about? In terms of which card is the RC, that's been discussed quite a bit - the hobby's standard for the RC isn't necessarily the earliest card. Off the top of my head, Red Grange is a good example - he has several cards (Shotwell comes to mind) earlier than his 33 Goudey Sport Kings card, but it is the 33 which is the hobby standard for the rookie. I believe the RC is always from a "mainstream" set.

    One that has always annoyed me is the Jim Taylor - his accepted rookie card doesn't even picture him! (It shows a different Jim Taylor). In that case, I would've liked the rookie card to be one that actually shows the correct player. Was there a specific player whose card selection you were wondering about in the HOF rookie?
  • Dezhood is correct. The card has to be from a mainstream set. Also, (and this affects the modern player cards), No autograph card and the card has to be numbered greater than 1000. Lastly, if the card meets these criteria, it also has to be the most valuable card.
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  • PSUguyPSUguy Posts: 54 ✭✭
    I was not asking about a specific card. More just wondering how PSA decides which RC will be in the HOF RC Set.

    So it appears this is the criteria:

    -cannot be autographed card
    -must be from a base set and numbered to at least 1000
    -will be the most valuable card that meets the above criteria

    Thanks for the help and please LMK if I am missing something.

    Also, for DezHood, what is the story behind the Jim Taylor card? His RC in the HOF RC Set has a picture of another NFL player???
    Collecting PSU and Joe Paterno items!
  • DezHoodDezHood Posts: 145
    There was a player on the Cardinals also by the name of Jim Taylor. Nearmint explains it here: Link

    Some collectors use the term "pre-rookie" cards. Red Grange has some and another example is there was a Sears set with cards of Otto Graham and Dante Lavelli that predate their 50 Bowman rookie. The pre rookie cards are often regional issues or sets that weren't widely distributed for whatever reason.

    Finally, one thing I neglected in my first post, there are cases where multiple major companies issued cards in the same year. The earliest football example is 48 Leaf and 48 Bowman. I believe the hobby considers both rookie cards. Sometimes when this happens, the registry will allow "card A or card B". I think this may be up to the registry participants. In the case of Bowman v. Leaf, some cards were taken from each set. There isn't an either or option. With 48 Bowman, cards that are multiples of 3 are short prints and this includes the Bulldog Turner card. I always assumed the HOF rookie set founders chose the 48 Bowman for Turner because it was the tougher card. I think some of those guys are still around.....
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