It's all about the registry

[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.