high grade 1980's set question

[doug.goodman]

Those auctions make me laugh

[ALR-bishop]

I was laughing too, but it was because I was thinking about that video where he was trying to eat that cheeseburger

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

I am the Al Bishop of cheeseburgers.

[HasselhoffsCheeseburger]

Or Al Richter, whichever.

I'm sure there's an Al Bishop out there that's an expert in something too.

[ALR-bishop]

"Make me a sergeant in charge of the booze" ...Olin Howland in 1954

[BenG76]

I think there are a few guys doing 86 Topps Registry sets. There is a thread on it over on the CU registry forum. I would think 10's would be real tough to get in that year. I have looked at a bunch of them that I have and those black borders are tough.

I opened a rack pack box a while back and those cards were nicer than ones from a wax box I think. I still have 6 or 7 wax boxes to open as well. I was going to try to make a nice raw set for myself one day. Maybe that will be a winter project. LOL

I am partial to this set because 86 Topps was the first packs I remember buying and opening. I didnt really get into baseball cards until I was 10 years old.

[tiger8mush]

from an investment standpoint, i can't imagine you'd make your money back with an '86 "high grade" set. There are SOOOO many '86s out there ungraded that if they started to bring extra money in high grade, people would start sending them in and flooding the market with 9s and 10s to drive the prices right back down.

I do think its a nice set. It was the first set I was given as a kid from my parents and started me in collecting.