It's all about the registry

[Peter_Spaeth]

The genius -- intended or not -- of Joe Orlando.

I have been corrected. The registry was Rocchi, with help from Baker -- not Orlando.

[JollyElm]

(The sound of hurried footsteps all across the country as everyone runs with hope in their hearts to the 1975 Topps set binder to check out what condition their Dave Roberts card is in.)

[Casey2296]

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I only wish I had graded 10s of cards that were worthless when I was a kid so I could sell them and buy HOFers between 1909-1914 all day long.

[ejharrington]

I wanted the 1975 PSA 10 Jose Cruz card for my PC but not for $33k.

[samosa4u]

That's messed up ...

[bmattioli]

The obsession to own a "10" is becoming crazy. Why??

[tjisonline]

Imagine being enough of a moron to pay $33k for a PSA label in plastic w/ a “near mint” card in it. Pathetic and embarrassing.

[Kutcher55]

Two rich knuckle heads.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

Imagine being enough of a moron to pay $33k for a PSA label in plastic w/ a “near mint” card in it. Pathetic and embarrassing.

Originally Posted by cllct

Well, PSA ranks the best sets by condition, and set collectors battle over supremacy. Buying the common cards in 10s, especially if they are scarce, can help win the game.

PSA created slabbing. The company then followed it up with the Registry. Strokes of genius both quite simply because:

Originally Posted by H.L. Mencken

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people People can easily be persuaded to accept the most inferior ideas or useless products.

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by bmattioli

The obsession to own a "10" is becoming crazy. Why??

I have a graded notables/stars/HOF Cubs collection and I'm out there happily snapping up 8's of autos and rare(ish) variations for next to nothing.

Except for players I'm excited about, I just need a card for the collection.

The newer collectors and some people that only want the high-end treat 8's like they're trash and in many cases they can go for the price of the raw version. Go figure...card still looks amazing.

[swarmee]

Not well researched (or edited?).

After 1980, no baseball set has had fewer than 10% grade out as PSA 10s.

https://www.psacard.com/pop/baseball...-reserve/50958 Here is a set from 2001 Topps that has had 25,000 cards graded with only 44 PSA 10s, and the kicker is, that these cards were slabbed right after the cards were printed.


2001 Topps Reserve - [Base] - Graded Autographed Rookie #103 - Albert Pujols /1500 [PSA 8 NM‑MT]
Courtesy of COMC.com

Did they mean Topps flagship base sets? Maybe. That's not what they wrote.