who here collects ball cards?

[topcat]

I guess if you make the reprint look close enough to the actual card that eventually one or two will get by the graders.They are out to lunch alot
The fakes I got though weren't even in a slabbed case.Just a normal case.Coloring on both was horrible.Easy to tell they were a cheap reprint.Of course in the ebay add they showed an actual PSA graded card.Just my luck

iwas going to get a few cards graded,did you send yours in.i was scared to.once i sent a refractor card of anferney hardeway,and vin bakerto these guys in california.these guys stold 500 dollars worth of cards from me.

[flyingillini]

iwas going to get a few cards graded,did you send yours in.i was scared to.once i sent a refractor card of anferney hardeway,and vin bakerto these guys in california.these guys stold 500 dollars worth of cards from me.

your kidding right? who did you send them to. .psa is on the stock exchange they are a huge company and sgc is as well. there are lots of small little companies whose grades mean nothing at all. this post doesn't seem legit. I actually think this is a ghost from the board messing with me because they know this is my field. This cannot be a real post from a real person. A refractor? jesus.. haha come clean who is this hahah
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[Stacocakes]

I have all of the old sets of hockey cards from 1979-1990 but they aren't graded. Never really considered grading them because I don't know how good they would grade. It would be kinda scarey though having a very expensive card and sending it away to get graded and something happens to it in the mail. Wouldn't really want to chance that ever
I have just purchased graded cards I have never go a card graded that was mine

[topcat]

your kidding right? who did you send them to. .psa is on the stock exchange they are a huge company and sgc is as well. there are lots of small little companies whose grades mean nothing at all. this post doesn't seem legit. I actually think this is a ghost from the board messing with me because they know this is my field. This cannot be a real post from a real person. A refractor? jesus.. haha come clean who is this hahah
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its been years now,but they were two brothers,they advertised in tuff stuff.iam sorry for creating a new thread,iam stupid.

[topcat]

your kidding right? who did you send them to. .psa is on the stock exchange they are a huge company and sgc is as well. there are lots of small little companies whose grades mean nothing at all. this post doesn't seem legit. I actually think this is a ghost from the board messing with me because they know this is my field. This cannot be a real post from a real person. A refractor? jesus.. haha come clean who is this hahah
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i bouhgt alot of the first basketball refractors.i thought they were going to be like the baseball refractors,boy was i wrong.i remember that set was so high you could have bought a car.

[topcat]

I have all of the old sets of hockey cards from 1979-1990 but they aren't graded. Never really considered grading them because I don't know how good they would grade. It would be kinda scarey though having a very expensive card and sending it away to get graded and something happens to it in the mail. Wouldn't really want to chance that ever
I have just purchased graded cards I have never go a card graded that was mine

i got erik lendross rookie card,byt it never mounted to much.do you have gretzky,lemiou[cant speel]?i was going to buy bret hulls rookie card once.

[Stacocakes]

I have all of the rookie cards from Mark Messier in 1979 to the ones in 1990. Unfortunately I never got the Wayne Gretzky rookie card.
Have all of the other rookies like Lemieux,Hull.I have tons of Yzerman rookies.He was my favorite player so I bought a ton of them
All of my hockey cards aren't graded though so if I sold any of them on ebay they wouldn't get much because they aren't graded.
Eric Lindros is a loser. Was supposed to be the next big thing but he was a cry baby from day one and was as soft as you can be.He pretty much just faded away and no one cared. I remember getting a bunch of his rookies to.They probably are worth **** all right now

[topcat]

flyingillini,iam legit.ask me any year from 1980 to 92 baseball

iam real,who would know cards like me.i didnt send cards to get grade,i sent them,to make money.i have good cards that have lost value.i wanted to get some graded.

[Stacocakes]

Flying will no better about sending them in for grading.I have never done it

[topcat]

Flying will no better about sending them in for grading.I have never done it

iam who i say i am.should i give the guy my number on the internet,just to prove i am?whose the best hockey cards you have.

[ChuteBoxe]

Here's the link to PSA, the company that grades cards/autographs...

http://www.psacard.com/grading/card_grading.chtml

[topcat]

Here's the link to PSA, the company that grades cards/autographs...

http://www.psacard.com/grading/card_grading.chtml

thanks man,for the link .i see them in becket all the time.i was just scared to send them end.

[ChuteBoxe]

thanks man,for the link .i see them in becket all the time.i was just scared to send them end.

They're a very well respected company in the card industry, and as Illini said, they're on the stock market. There is no way they will rob you for anything. They grade cards and memoribilia that is worth $100,000+, they have no reason to steal any cards that we would own.

[topcat]

thanks,ill send a few in,and see how that goes.

[McBa1n]

I'm not a big fan of getting cards graded. PSA has had many many headaches over the years. I like the BGS criteria better (Beckett's grading service), but also, like PSA, the grades can be 'purchased', if you know what I mean.

I can see if the card is super-premium and you're going to sell it, then great - it's worth the investment. But if you're just going to hold onto a card, you might as well not waste your money. The turn around is ridiculously long and not worth paying a premium to speed up, and the subjectivity is 'spotty', to me.

Anyhow, as for my collection. I have a sweet Robin Yount collection and several 70s/80s Brewers autographed cards (certified ones, obtained by the card companies). My 75 Yount mini rookie is the prize of my baseball collection, outside of a piece of Hank Aarons bat I have as well as his autograph.

I collected hockey cards a LOT - but they're mostly worthless outside of the Gretz-Lemieux era. I have tons and tons of jersey cardss, stick cards and autos. My favorite set is one that Fleer put out before they went under. It was called "throwbacks" and it featured goons, tough guys and grinders ONLY. There was a subset that had a piece of the tie down from inside of the jersey on the card - that was never done before.

My football collection is my 'crown jewel', though. I have about as nice of a Favre autograph/3 color patch card that destroys anything I've ever seen. With football I only go for super cheap or super unique. The Favre patch off his jersey is all beat up - it's beautiful. I don't have a scan anymore of it, but it's my pride/joy. I had a ridiculous Ahman Green collection with tons of 1/1 cards (I had all but 1 of his NFL patch cards in circulation at one point). I still have a really sweet Ahman collection, with lots of unique game worn jerseys, autos, patches, etc. I regret having to sell all his unique cards, but rent needed to be paid and that was before his cards crashed. I have so many autos/jersey cards of other NFL players - but it's my brother that has the awesome collection.

I like to collect mostly game-used helmet cards now. I love my Earl Campbell one - it's 2 colors and looks all dinged up. You KNOW that helmet killed a few DBs.

I just dont' have money to go after 'top tier' premium cards anymore, which stinks - but when I get loose money, it's always blown on sports memorabilia and cards.. Although, I don't buy cards anymore unless it has a piece of game used material or an auto on it... Those are sweet, unlike the 3 or 4 monster boxes of '87 topps that I tossed out a few years back when my folks cleaned out their attic haha.