Do You Participate in the PSA Registry?

[AustinMike]

The registry can have a significant impact on the "value" of items. The New York Yankees issued photos of the team from probably the mid '50s to the early '70s. Some of these team photos include Mickey Mantle (1968 and before). In addition, the team issued photos of Mantle with a brief bio starting around 1963 and continued beyond his retirement. These photos were a single page and folded in three to mail in envelopes (hence sometimes they are called tri-folds). I was able to pick up a few of these for between $12.50 to $32.50 prior to late 2020. Then, they were added to the PSA Mantle registry. I have heard that some these tri-folds were sold for around $300 a piece to people on the Mantle registry. I have only seen a few come on eBay since then. I got a team photo with a BIN late at night and paid for it and had my offer accepted on another team photo from the same seller but was never was asked to pay. In the morning I got an email saying that they'd spilled coffee on both of the team photos and had my money refunded for the one I paid for. I requested photos of the ruined photos and never got them. I know the seller had heard from someone else about the photos because she told me she had. I figured they must have made a higher offer and she took it.

So yes, the registry does result in higher prices and there is competition.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

The registry can have a significant impact on the "value" of items. The New York Yankees issued photos of the team from probably the mid '50s to the early '70s. Some of these team photos include Mickey Mantle (1968 and before). In addition, the team issued photos of Mantle with a brief bio starting around 1963 and continued beyond his retirement. These photos were a single page and folded in three to mail in envelopes (hence sometimes they are called tri-folds). I was able to pick up a few of these for between $12.50 to $32.50 prior to late 2020. Then, they were added to the PSA Mantle registry. I have heard that some these tri-folds were sold for around $300 a piece to people on the Mantle registry. I have only seen a few come on eBay since then. I got a team photo with a BIN late at night and paid for it and had my offer accepted on another team photo from the same seller but was never was asked to pay. In the morning I got an email saying that they'd spilled coffee on both of the team photos and had my money refunded for the one I paid for. I requested photos of the ruined photos and never got them. I know the seller had heard from someone else about the photos because she told me she had. I figured they must have made a higher offer and she took it.

So yes, the registry does result in higher prices and there is competition.

In the case of the addition of items to player registry sets, vs. those items not being included as Mike shared - my experience is the same as his - some incredible price spikes with registry inclusion.

[insidethewrapper]

I've been involved with a couple of sets, but not in the future at those crazy grading prices and long waits.

[mybestbretts]

Well, I have a #1 Master set of an individual player (guess who). I think I alittle different twist then some on here. I was a collector for years and had acquired any and all cards I thought. When card grading came along I decided to start sending in cards to be graded and sent them in. At that time is was pretty cheap to get cards graded. I then joined the registry very early on.
I have graded duplicates and sold to upgrade my set and have been able
to acquire cards I either didn't have or had never seen through ebay.
I think the registry is different things to different people, to me its an easy
reference when I am looking at cards for sale. Its a great inventory for me.
Over time PSA has turned down grading certain cards only to grade them now
They have added "junk" as far as I am concerned and recently I had someone
offer to loan me a card that I need and said "everyone is doing it".
I am sitting on almost a year on getting cards back that I have sent in for grading and
I like many, have no intention of paying big bucks to get cards graded.

[Harliduck]

Not in any way, shape or form...from now on...lol.

I did recently toy with a 1969 Topps PSA 7 or higher set...was no fun at all. Overspending...half of the commons I would get I would enter into my set registry and they would be still in someone elses set. You have to wait two days as they NEVER voluntarily take them out...half the time it doesn't work so you spend the money on a fricken common and it's not in your set. Hated it...won't ever do that again, no idea on gods green earth why I even thought to even try it!!!

I once had fun with SGC and did their Killebrew run...they had it down. Small potatoes but I enjoyed that. Even if they did come back with a registry, I wouldn't do it again though...collecting graded is just not my bag. To me it's only good for cards that are counterfeited often...(50's Mantles, Rose RC, etc...)

[cannonballsun]

It's a #1 for me.

[bigfanNY]

#2 I have a set of 1965 Mets postcards that is #1 set. They are the only cards I have ever submitted to registry.