Player Collector questions/opinions PSA

Yanks2151 said:

First let me say this Site has rejovinated my intrest in the hobby. I collect just about anything Yankees but I do focus on certain Yankee players. I have what I consider an extensive collection of Paul O'neill. A few years ago I won an auction of 140+ different O'neill PSA graded cards. Only needing about 3 cards in the lot I still did it. The lot consists of 91 PSA 10s, 41 PSA 9s, a dozen 8s and 2 7s. Most of the cards are early 90s but there are a couple newer autos and G/U. My next plan is scan the collection. My questions are:

If the price was right would you have bought the lot? Depends on the price
Should I keep the lower grades in my collection over my non graded cards? If it were me, I wouldnt
Do you guys scan the backs of the cards? Always
Do you keep them in photo bucket? PiscaWeb
I'm sure I will need more answered as I go. Thanks in advance.

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Yanks2151 said:

First let me say this Site has rejovinated my intrest in the hobby. I collect just about anything Yankees but I do focus on certain Yankee players. I have what I consider an extensive collection of Paul O'neill. A few years ago I won an auction of 140+ different O'neill PSA graded cards. Only needing about 3 cards in the lot I still did it. The lot consists of 91 PSA 10s, 41 PSA 9s, a dozen 8s and 2 7s. Most of the cards are early 90s but there are a couple newer autos and G/U. My next plan is scan the collection. My questions are:

If the price was right would you have bought the lot?
Should I keep the lower grades in my collection over my non graded cards?


Do you guys scan the backs of the cards?
Do you keep them in photo bucket?
I'm sure I will need more answered as I go. Thanks in advance.

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Yanks2151 said:

First let me say this Site has rejovinated my intrest in the hobby. I collect just about anything Yankees but I do focus on certain Yankee players. I have what I consider an extensive collection of Paul O'neill. A few years ago I won an auction of 140+ different O'neill PSA graded cards. Only needing about 3 cards in the lot I still did it. The lot consists of 91 PSA 10s, 41 PSA 9s, a dozen 8s and 2 7s. Most of the cards are early 90s but there are a couple newer autos and G/U. My next plan is scan the collection. My questions are:

If the price was right would you have bought the lot?
Should I keep the lower grades in my collection over my non graded cards?
Do you guys scan the backs of the cards?
Do you keep them in photo bucket?
I'm sure I will need more answered as I go. Thanks in advance.

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Yanks2151 said:

I was thinking a PSA 8 incased card was better than the same card raw, no?

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Yanks2151 said:

Joey, thanks for the compliment. I always have collected my way. I think my concern is if I start scanning should I be scanning that 1996 topps PSA 8 card for my collection or the raw one? Certainly if its a 9 or 10 then they stay but one being an 8 is still authentic and encased for protection.

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Yanks2151 said:

If the price was right would you have bought the lot?
Should I keep the lower grades in my collection over my non graded cards?
Do you guys scan the backs of the cards?
Do you keep them in photo bucket?
I'm sure I will need more answered as I go. Thanks in advance.

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ASTROBURN said:

In a world where people collect differently from other people, i say take your own path that makes you happy with your collection. If it were Bagwell cards, i probably would not have bought the lot, unless the cards in it met my collection requirements. I personally am not collecting every graded Bagwell in existence, just looking for his PSA 10 rookie cards instead. Now, if that lot was the regular cost of the rookies i needed, and all the other cards were then extras, then sure. I would go for it, and then flip the ones i didnt need.

as for your lower graded, you may as well keep them. From what i have seen the lower graded cards dont move for more than ungraded anyways.

do i scan the backs... Gosh, back when i started scanning i wish i did. But now im over 3000 scans of the fronts and it would be such a chore to do the backs. I would have to have a wild thorn up my ass to actually pull the trigger and scan all my backs. I dont see it happening anytime soon.

photobucket is crap. I hate it. Even for my quick uploads of random stuff, its interface is utter garbage and i despise looking at other people collections or stuff for sale on it. I built my own web site and use jalbum as my photo interface.

and i agree with george [/QUOTE
Thanks for the info. There was a few big hits in the lot that I needed for the collection at the time so i pulled the trigger. The price i paid was around what the lot would have gone for without it being graded so the PSA 10s were a bonus. Since then I have more copies of the cards when I bought one of my competitors collections. As far as scanning the reason why I brought these questions to the thread is cause if I am going to scan my collection I wasn't sure to scan the graded cards or the raw, or both.
Next. I have to compliment you for your site. That is amazing. I too have an unbelievable collection however I am very unorganized and not to computer savvy. I always collected the way I want and my liking but it is good to pick others brains for new ideas. I am not trying to keep up with other collectors just trying to organize and display so others can see they may have to try and keep up with me.

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