1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex Set Question

soey10 · 12-01-2020, 02:40 PM

Over the weekend I bought a 1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex set and was thrilled because I got such a good deal. My question is do you think it is better to have some or all of them graded and if so should I send in a couple from the set to see how the rest will fair?

mjohnatgt · 12-01-2020, 04:44 PM

For what reason? Personal collection or resale? Looks like they're rare enough and have a lot of star power that selling them without grading would be just fine. Most will go to player collectors that don't care about grading.

soey10 · 12-01-2020, 06:29 PM

I was just thinking that they would be an easier sell when or if the time comes to do so, not sure if spending the $10 to grade would work if they came back as 8's and 9's. But it may improve the price if I can score some 10's is what my thinking was. I would most likely keep the Griffey and the Mattingly since I PC them.

Archangel1775 · 12-01-2020, 07:23 PM

If you bought only 1 set, keep what you want to PC and post the rest on here or a FB group. If you bought a case of them, then cherry pick and grade.

mjohnatgt · 12-01-2020, 07:26 PM

Okay, so look up the "sold values" of those cards and compare to what it would cost you in time and money to grade them for the $10/card rate. These cards are kind of timeless; not like the market will be flooded with them whenever you get them back.

hatchd · 12-01-2020, 11:14 PM

Most (not all) 90s collectors don't care about the grade on a card like that. I'd pay no more for a PSA 9 than I would for raw. Unless you have a guaranteed 10 I wouldn't waste the money

soey10 · 12-02-2020, 12:07 PM

Thank you for all of the feedback, I purchased the set for $15 so I think I will grade the guys that I PC for protection and keep the others ungraded

12-01-2020, 02:40 PM	#1
soey10 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 1,589 Soey	1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex Set Question Over the weekend I bought a 1993 Pinnacle Cooperstown Dufex set and was thrilled because I got such a good deal. My question is do you think it is better to have some or all of them graded and if so should I send in a couple from the set to see how the rest will fair?

12-01-2020, 07:23 PM	#4
Archangel1775 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Cali baby! Posts: 21,896	If you bought only 1 set, keep what you want to PC and post the rest on here or a FB group. If you bought a case of them, then cherry pick and grade. __________________ *There are the intangibles that set someone apart from the pack.So the blur isn't your inability to see his greatness, it's merely the inability to measure it.*

12-01-2020, 04:44 PM	#2
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,731 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	For what reason? Personal collection or resale? Looks like they're rare enough and have a lot of star power that selling them without grading would be just fine. Most will go to player collectors that don't care about grading.

12-01-2020, 06:29 PM	#3
soey10 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 1,589 Soey	I was just thinking that they would be an easier sell when or if the time comes to do so, not sure if spending the $10 to grade would work if they came back as 8's and 9's. But it may improve the price if I can score some 10's is what my thinking was. I would most likely keep the Griffey and the Mattingly since I PC them.

12-01-2020, 07:26 PM	#5
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,731 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Okay, so look up the "sold values" of those cards and compare to what it would cost you in time and money to grade them for the $10/card rate. These cards are kind of timeless; not like the market will be flooded with them whenever you get them back.

12-01-2020, 11:14 PM	#6
hatchd Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 1,698	Most (not all) 90s collectors don't care about the grade on a card like that. I'd pay no more for a PSA 9 than I would for raw. Unless you have a guaranteed 10 I wouldn't waste the money

12-02-2020, 12:07 PM	#7
soey10 Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Bakersfield, CA Posts: 1,589 Soey	Thank you for all of the feedback, I purchased the set for $15 so I think I will grade the guys that I PC for protection and keep the others ungraded