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Anthony
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Hey everyone,
I am collecting on a pretty strict budget of $40 per month. Anything I spend over that needs to come fro other areas of my collection. I collect in person autographed rookie cards, especially authenticated autographed rookie cards. I have sent 2 submissions to PSA/DNA before when they had their $10 special and I was on my way to building a pretty nice authenticated autographed RC collection. Unfortunately, most of my most valuable/prized autographed RCs were stolen when my house was broken in to last year. I have added some nice autographed RCs to my collection since then, and now I want to do a submission of about 13-17 cards to help rebuild my collection. The first few are obvious, but on my budget I'll need to prioritize (the more I authenticate, the more I'll need to sell). This is the order I came up with off the top of my head for what I know I have signed. What would your priority be?
Just to be clear, by RC I mean first card issued by a major manufacturer or a "RC" logo card if I didn't have the player's first card.
Autographed RCs to authenticate through PSA/DNA, in order of priority.
83 Topps Gwynn (this one would replace one that was stolen)
83 OPC Gwynn (this one would replace one that was stolen)
66 Topps Don Sutton
84 Topps Mattingly
91 Topps Chipper Jones x2 (I bought one on eBay a few months ago, but then I got him to sign one in person last month--probably keep 1 and sell 1 to buy more cards to get signed)
69 Topps Rollie Fingers
00 Bowman Draft Adrian Gonzalez (this one would replace the 4 Gonzalez auto RCs that were stolen)
After those obvious eight, I'll need to prioritize among these:
89 UD Omar Vizquel
87 Donruss The Rookies Matt Williams (a childhood favorite, the thieves took my 87 Fleer Update that was signed and slabbed)
08 A&G RC Logo Jay Bruce
08 A&G RC Logo Joey Votto
01 Bowman Heritage Travis Hafner
05 Bowman's Best Matt Kemp (kind of a dark card, sadly, this one would replace the 2 sweet 05 Bowman Heritage RCs I had signed from Kemp)
07 Donruss EEE Matt Latos Jsy card
88 Donruss Mark Grace
75 Topps Fred Lynn
00 Bowman Draft Grady Sizemore
99 Bowman David Eckstein
95 Bowman's Best Scott Rolen
01 Topps Gold Jake Peavy
06 Bowman Heritage Alex Gordon
10 Topps Chrome Carlos Santana x4 (one regular chrome, two redemption refractors, 1 green redemption refractor)
Cameron Maybin (04 AFLAC or 06 Bowman Heritage)
Honorable mention:
66 Topps Fergie Jenkins RC, but I got it signed at last year's All Star Fan Fest, so it already has a MLB authentication sticker. Perhaps PSA/DNA would be overdoing it.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Anthony
I am collecting on a pretty strict budget of $40 per month. Anything I spend over that needs to come fro other areas of my collection. I collect in person autographed rookie cards, especially authenticated autographed rookie cards. I have sent 2 submissions to PSA/DNA before when they had their $10 special and I was on my way to building a pretty nice authenticated autographed RC collection. Unfortunately, most of my most valuable/prized autographed RCs were stolen when my house was broken in to last year. I have added some nice autographed RCs to my collection since then, and now I want to do a submission of about 13-17 cards to help rebuild my collection. The first few are obvious, but on my budget I'll need to prioritize (the more I authenticate, the more I'll need to sell). This is the order I came up with off the top of my head for what I know I have signed. What would your priority be?
Just to be clear, by RC I mean first card issued by a major manufacturer or a "RC" logo card if I didn't have the player's first card.
Autographed RCs to authenticate through PSA/DNA, in order of priority.
83 Topps Gwynn (this one would replace one that was stolen)
83 OPC Gwynn (this one would replace one that was stolen)
66 Topps Don Sutton
84 Topps Mattingly
91 Topps Chipper Jones x2 (I bought one on eBay a few months ago, but then I got him to sign one in person last month--probably keep 1 and sell 1 to buy more cards to get signed)
69 Topps Rollie Fingers
00 Bowman Draft Adrian Gonzalez (this one would replace the 4 Gonzalez auto RCs that were stolen)
After those obvious eight, I'll need to prioritize among these:
89 UD Omar Vizquel
87 Donruss The Rookies Matt Williams (a childhood favorite, the thieves took my 87 Fleer Update that was signed and slabbed)
08 A&G RC Logo Jay Bruce
08 A&G RC Logo Joey Votto
01 Bowman Heritage Travis Hafner
05 Bowman's Best Matt Kemp (kind of a dark card, sadly, this one would replace the 2 sweet 05 Bowman Heritage RCs I had signed from Kemp)
07 Donruss EEE Matt Latos Jsy card
88 Donruss Mark Grace
75 Topps Fred Lynn
00 Bowman Draft Grady Sizemore
99 Bowman David Eckstein
95 Bowman's Best Scott Rolen
01 Topps Gold Jake Peavy
06 Bowman Heritage Alex Gordon
10 Topps Chrome Carlos Santana x4 (one regular chrome, two redemption refractors, 1 green redemption refractor)
Cameron Maybin (04 AFLAC or 06 Bowman Heritage)
Honorable mention:
66 Topps Fergie Jenkins RC, but I got it signed at last year's All Star Fan Fest, so it already has a MLB authentication sticker. Perhaps PSA/DNA would be overdoing it.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Anthony