The condition of your monster

[t206hound]

Originally Posted by bunst

Erick,
So you think it is possible to build a SGC 40 set (520) for $10K? My thinking was that I'd have to spend at least $15K to achieve that. Probably you got some good deals in the past to help you with that figure...or made some good profit on your sales?

Some good deals, but mostly profit from sales. "50s pay for 40s" is my slogan... I buy mostly raw and get anything that I think is 40 or higher graded. The cards that come back that I don't need are sold/traded.

[frankbmd]

My monster on the SGC grading scale carries an average grade of 44, or about 3.5 (VG+), but the standard deviation is great.

Best card 7.5 (86)
Best HOF 5.5 (70)
Second best HOF 5.5 (70)

Average cost per card $57.47
Average cost per HOFer $152.79

Most expensive $ 2400.00
Least expensive $ 6.50

Weight of the monster (85% graded) is about 81 pounds. If it was !00% ungraded, the weight would be 8.2 pounds.

Living with my monster...............priceless

[Runscott]

I'm looking for PSA 3's. I find that if registration is horrible, or if they have a light crease right through the eyes, I can obtain such cards for minimal cost. Not sure why, since that beautiful PSA flip looks exactly the same, regardless of the card's actual eye appeal.

[bbcard1]

I would guess my set would average a 2. I have some very nice cards, but mostly well worn and loved and I am ok with that. I normally try to get at least one nice card of every superstar HOFer...probalby a 4 or better of Cobb, Matty, Young, Johnson, Lajoie, etc. My eventual goal is to eliminate all cards with pieces missing, creases across the face, pinholes, etc. i wish I knew what I had in them...or maybe I don't. I am at 519 of 520. Have enjoyed the ride...will probably continue tinkering with the set...I will buy a common or HOFer that I need to upgrade and flip the lesser one to offset some of the costs. Or I'll buy a ten card lot and upgrade what I can then piece out the others hoping to break even...the upgrade is my profit.

[E93]

Mine averages close to Ex (5). Commons are raw. Graded HOFs average 4.7.
It is crease free and clean.
JimB

[tonyo]

Mine are all poor, fair, good, maybe one or two vg. I suppose that equates to an avg of 1.5 or 2 on a scale of 1-10.

Upgrading my "poors" - preferably with less common backs for variety - while keeping an eye out for an affordable Dahlen Brooklyn or O'Hara StL.

I can see myself slowly working on this set as long as I continue to collect cards.

[T206Collector]

I've been acruing PSA 5/SGC 60s at a haphazard pace. I'd much rather spend my collecting budget on signed T206 cards, but nobody's selling!