OT - Dennis Eckersley vs Walter Payton

[LEHR]

People should always collect what and how they want but I find these numbers ridiculous. Cut out the PSA Registry and IMO these cards won't bring half the amount they would today. I love high end cards, but the Registry is a drug for some people and I used to be caught up in that madness myself. The last 10's I bought were 1972 Topps hockey commons for less than $40 each. At that price point I'll still spring for the 10 even if 99% of the time they don't look any different than the 9's I have because I know the resale value will be there. On big dollar cards like the Eck and Payton, give me a nice 8 of each and I'll save 97% of that PSA 10 money for something else.

But like I said, collect what you want. Just as I look at people buying these high-end 10's as crazy, I'm sure there are people looking at me as crazy for buying slabbed cards at all.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by LEHR

Cut out the PSA Registry and IMO these cards won't bring half the amount they would today.

For these particular cards, I think you could reduce that percentage even more drastically. Without a TPG to submit to, what sort of a comparable pittance would these (rightly) bring?

[Brent G.]

I picked up an SGC 5 of Walter at a show a while back for $220 and I'm perfectly happy with that.

I played football in college, worked for its national governing body, had NFL season tickets for 15 years ... but I collect a helluva lot more baseball, probably 20-1. It's just a deeper history.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Welcome to the world of the Registry and Pop Report. As I like to say, the flip is the commodity.

[Bigdaddy]

Baseball > Football

With that said, given a choice between the two, I'd take Sweetness every time.

[packs]

Rickey Henderson is an all time great and near the list of greatest living players, but his rookie card in a PSA 10 is one of the most expensive modern rookies there is, and definitely the king of junk wax, because it's so hard to find in a 10.

[theshowandme]

Originally Posted by packs

Rickey Henderson is an all time great and near the list of greatest living players, but his rookie card in a PSA 10 is one of the most expensive modern rookies there is, and definitely the king of junk wax, because it's so hard to find in a 10.

I don’t think 1980 is considered modern or junk wax

I have a shirt that says so