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Complete 1986 Fleer Basketball set in PSA 10 or wax box, same price

1957Braves1957Braves Posts: 318 ✭✭✭
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Which is the better investment? I have no skin in the game nor do I think either is a good or bad price. Just putting it out there as a conversation topic.

Wax Box

Set

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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,437 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would much rather have the set. Chances are infinitesimal that one would receive a psa 10 example of every card from a single box. I go for the sure thing

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • dioworlddioworld Posts: 140 ✭✭
    I would rather go with highest grade 52 mantle. but it's just me
    yup, i'll choose the set as well
  • lseeconlseecon Posts: 318 ✭✭
    I think the box is more appealing to me. Less boxes around than PSA 10s. The unopened box is truly the 52 mantle of post 1975 wax boxes. A box should yield 3 complete sets and maybe 4 Jordans. Sure no guarantee there are alot of 10s in the box, but thats the allure. Also the individual packs have allure. Inside one pack could be a PSA 10 Jordan and other PSA 10 cards.
  • brendanb438brendanb438 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭
    Neither. I would go for something fully auto or 3 and a way to suppress them. image
  • epatmythesepatmythes Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭
    No question really... the set... all day, every day!

    It wouldn't surprise me that you could crack 10 boxes and still not be able to put together a single PSA 10 set. A very good number of PSA 9 sets, for sure, but not PSA 10!
  • jmmiller777jmmiller777 Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    Yep, the set. I would think you could open 4-5 boxes and still not complete a full 10 set.
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  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    The set and it ain't close
  • gregmo32gregmo32 Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭
    The set is more fun to look at, but it is simple supply and demand that there can, in reality, only be more PSA 10 sets and only be less wax boxes as time goes on.
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  • RyanAdmirerRyanAdmirer Posts: 632 ✭✭
    I'd take the set all day every day as well
    I'm a big Nolan Ryan fan OK???!!!
  • jordangretzkyfanjordangretzkyfan Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As an investment...wax box. Supply and demand...only 2-4 legit boxes come up in any given year. You can find PSA 10's of each card any day on eBay.
  • SpinFadeSplash23SpinFadeSplash23 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭
    Box.
    Joe

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  • boogielabs88boogielabs88 Posts: 34 ✭
    wax box, scarcity increases
    Getting back into the hobby after 25 years, looking for high grade cards and unopened wax boxes
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,727 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Box, IF it is original and intact. You can always put together a PSA 10 set, but these boxes have become increasingly scarce over the years. If you have the money for either, buy the box and then put together the set at your leisure.


    Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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