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  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    Beautiful!


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  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭
    I recently sold a 2001 Topps Rickey Henderson PSA 10 for $150

    That's a prime example of the registry and its power.
  • akuracy503akuracy503 Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    So how do you guys figure out what cards to grade? Do you reference pop reports prior to sending or do you just grade a bunch of commons regularly...What i'm getting at is it luck or planning.

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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,951 ✭✭✭✭
    I always reference the pop reports when subbing older cards, and basic cards of HOF'ers or future HOF'ers.
  • r00kies101r00kies101 Posts: 263 ✭✭
    Not feeling the tilt on the card.
  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not feeling the tilt on the card. >>



    I agree, not a nice looking 10...

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  • waxpackwaxpack Posts: 547
    No way is that a 10 image

    Are we seeing the down fall of the Registry??? Think about $400 plus for a PSA 9 at best. All that matters is what's on the flip.

    PSA is smart image I have twenty 80-81's that I' packing up now image



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  • TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,710 ✭✭✭
    TRIAPD

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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,601 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>TRIAPD >>



    Indeed.
  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070 ✭


    << <i>So how do you guys figure out what cards to grade? Do you reference pop reports prior to sending or do you just grade a bunch of commons regularly...What i'm getting at is it luck or planning. >>



    I ask registry collectors what they'll pay, get ahold of that card raw, make a fake slip, use my slab-o-matic and make a gem minty 10 and sell it.

    Duh, doesn't everyone do that?
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,629 ✭✭✭✭
    I just don't get these guys. When that card becomes a pop 2 and then 3, it'll be worth 1/2 and 1/3rd of what it just went for.
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    yes, but the first guy will always get to claim hugest cajones. image
  • UlyssesExtravaganzaUlyssesExtravaganza Posts: 840 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>yes, but the first guy will always get to claim hugest cajones. image >>



    But in reality, the cajones have not grown in size at all. Another disturbing reality of chasing high dollar low pop commons.
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  • KK Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭
    Just wait til you see an 85 Topps Ripken Pop. It'll easily pull $500+
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    Guys with money like that don't care about the value going down.

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  • jdmi32jdmi32 Posts: 160


    << <i>Guys with money like that don't care about the value going down. >>



    Yep. I'm fairly certain that those who have read this thread have given more thought on the amount of money spent on that card than the actual purchaser.
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  • twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭


    << <i>I just don't get these guys. When that card becomes a pop 2 and then 3, it'll be worth 1/2 and 1/3rd of what it just went for. >>



    In some cases yes. In some cases no. It all depends. For example. There are popular psa 10 cards that I have bought for high$ and believe it or not 4 years later most are still pop 1. There are other popular pop 1 cards I have paid high $ on and 3 more came out and I have seen them sell for 2-4 times more then I paid. There are other semi popular pop 1 cards I paid high $ and now are worth much less. I really believe it depends on popularity of the card and the demand for the card.
  • bigreddogbigreddog Posts: 1,156
    Ya can't cure Stupid
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭
    We've reached that time when I should no longer post. image
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