PSA Autograph Rarity Scale

[RichardSimon]

A few are setting the rules and giving PSA a chance for another BS registry idea to rip off more and more collectors.
All for the sake of showing off.

[prewarsports]

Ruth is probably the most common of any player who died before card show autographs. He probably signed half a million autographs in his career if not more. Valuable YES, Rare NO.

Tony Lazzeri is likewise not very difficult. I have owned more than 20 and see them at every card show and all over ebay and major auctions. If you want one, he is readily available.

I consider rare to man "finding it will be difficult" irrespective of price. Many of the 8-9 signatures on that list are not that rare, just pricey.

Just my 2 cents about the weighted system. Too much "weight" put into value and not rarity.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

A few are setting the rules and giving PSA a chance for another BS registry idea to rip off more and more collectors.
All for the sake of showing off.

As devil's advocate why is marketing so bad? Doesn't it help when people get more excited about collecting? Doesn't desirability come from having something that is difficult to obtain (rarity scale)? And if done correctly, weighting the rarity, doesn't seem like a bad thing.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Leon

As devil's advocate why is marketing so bad? Doesn't it help when people get more excited about collecting? Doesn't desirability come from having something that is difficult to obtain (rarity scale)? And if done correctly, weighting the rarity, doesn't seem like a bad thing.

Leon,
I think we have differences of opinion about PSA.
You look at the registry sets as a marketing tool.
I look at them as another way for PSA to stick their hands into collectors pockets, strictly for the money grab. Grading and authentication have an alleged purpose but registry sets do not have any purpose except to boost certain collectors egos and to add $$$ to PSA's pockets.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Leon,
I think we have differences of opinion about PSA.
You look at the registry sets as a marketing tool.
I look at them as another way for PSA to stick their hands into collectors pockets, strictly for the money grab. Grading and authentication have an alleged purpose but registry sets do not have any purpose except to boost certain collectors egos and to add $$$ to PSA's pockets.

I look at Registry collecting as a whole other collecting genre. It isn't collecting the way we do it. It is collecting plastic slabs with numbers. I have no issue with it....as long as we call it what it is. They aren't hurting me and are having fun collecting. More power to them. Just my opinion.