Help me decide.

Vintagedeputy · #1 10-20-2022, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BobC

If you aren't looking to sell them (other than the space card), why are you worried about having them graded at all? Keep them as is and use the $100-$200+ you save on grading fees to acquire more cards you like?

I think you�re thinking too deeply about this. Let�s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

raulus · #2 10-20-2022, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you�re thinking too deeply about this. Let�s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

Sign me up for free grading!

brianp-beme · #3 10-20-2022, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you�re thinking too deeply about this. Let�s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

I still wouldn't grade any.

Brian

Bestdj777 · #4 10-20-2022, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I still wouldn't grade any.

Brian

Agreed. The only reason I grade cards is to protect them if they are high grade, identify them if they are rare, or increase my profits if I decide to sell them. It doesn�t look like any of those criteria apply here.

bobbvc · #5 10-20-2022, 08:54 PM

I would get the McGraw postcard graded, as well as the Mantle and some of the other suggestions.

bobbvc · #6 10-20-2022, 08:55 PM

Doolan T205

G1911 · #7 10-20-2022, 09:12 PM

% of replies answering OP's question: 4.5%

Vintagedeputy · #8 10-20-2022, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by G1911

% of replies answering OP's question: 4.5%

Thank you for recognizing that. That is my frustration here. Some want to talk me out of it. I'm not looking to be talked off the ledge. I simply wonder what everyone's top 10 choices would be, and geez, it would be nice if someone threw in a why they chose those 10, like "Mantle was my dad's favorite"...or anything like that. I really thought this would be a fun and easy question to answer.

npa589 · #9 10-20-2022, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by G1911

% of replies answering OP's question: 4.5%

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing and let out a cackle when I read this.

I'm not trying to goad anyone or cause a stir - but my guess is that not in Jim's wildest nightmares did he think the thread would turn into a TPG-bashing session.

I think it's safe to say there are plenty of issues we all could point out with TPG companies - but simply out of assistance to a board member, I do deign to say it's possible for us to put aside those grievances to help him decide what 10 cards to send in.

So - the ten:

I would try to have as much variance as possible, and then you'd have some decisions on what to leave out set/category-wise.

1. Mantle
2. Lekang
3. Blood
4. Mace & King
5. Stonewall Jackson
6. Doolan
7. Pick your favorite year/player from Play Ball
8. Mays
9. Chas Bacon
10. Owen Moran (horizontal/boxing look)

BobC · #10 10-20-2022, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintagedeputy

I think you’re thinking too deeply about this. Let’s say that grading was free and each card is worth one cent. Which 10 would you like to see graded in your collection?

Forgive me, but I don't even understand your response.

Grading isn't free, so that isn't even an option, or a pertinent variable to your original question. And personally, I still wouldn't see a need to get any cards in my own collection graded. Especially if I'm not looking to sell them, but know that if I ever do change my mind about that, then I'll have ones I'm going to sell graded for free at that time.

Meanwhile, as the OP going to keep all those cards in your personal collection, why waste the money to have them graded? There aren't any of those cards in really super-high condition. And it's not like you apparently just want only graded cards in your collection, otherwise you wouldn't even be asking the question and would have just gotten them all graded. And if you said that if nothing else, having them graded would also help protect and preserve the cards, that can easily be achieved with penny sleeves, top loaders, single screw-down cases, and so on, and for a heck of a lot less than grading fees. And as I initially said, the best thing of all is you can then spend the money you would otherwise have spent on grading fees and spend it on something else you like or want, like more cards for your collection.

Vintagedeputy · #11 10-20-2022, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by BobC

Forgive me, but I don't even understand your response.

Grading isn't free, so that isn't even an option, or a pertinent variable to the OP's question. And personally, I still wouldn't see a need to get any cards in my own collection graded. Especially if I'm not looking to sell them, but know that if I ever do change my mind about that, then I'll have ones I'm going to sell graded for free at that time.

Meanwhile, as the OP going to keep all those cards in your personal collection, why waste the money to have them graded? There aren't any of those cards in really super-high condition. And it's not like you apparently just want only graded cards in your collection, otherwise you wouldn't even be asking the question and would have just gotten them all graded. And if you said that if nothing else, having them graded would also help protect and preserve the cards, that can easily be achieved with penny sleeves, top loaders, single screw-down cases, and so on, and for a heck of a lot less than grading fees. And as I initially said, the best thing of all is you can then spend the money you would otherwise have spent on grading fees and spend it something else you like or want, like more cards for your collection.

Again, you're trying to reason through this and ask why? The "why" of why I want to grade them is not important, the grading cost is not important, the cheaper options of protecting them are not important, the value after grading is not important to me.

What is important is this - If you had decided to grade all of these - for whatever your reasons may be - which 10 would you do first.

This really shouldn't be all that difficult.

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