POPPAGE... With one really NICE hit!

scmavl · June 22, 2012 11:01PM

For the most part, I struck out on this sub but there were a couple of high points in it. Apparently, I'm great at grading '75 and '06 Topps but rubbish at everything else, haha. Thanks to CrazyMind2017 for letting me piggyback.

VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1982 TOPPS TRADED 98T CAL RIPKEN JR. Card - REALLY??? Must've missed a wrinkle.
VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1968 TOPPS 490 SUPER STARS KILLEBREW/MAYS/MANTLE Card - Hoping for a 5 but really just wanted it slabbed.
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 20 THURMAN MUNSON Card -

MINT 9 2001 TOPPS TRADED T99 A.PUJOLS/ICHIRO Card - Thought it was a 10.
MINT 9 2001 TOPPS CHROME TRADED T247 ALBERT PUJOLS Card -

NEAR MINT 7 1973 KELLOGG'S 6 PETE ROSE Card
GEM MINT 10 2006 TOPPS 641 JUSTIN VERLANDER Card -

NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 116 OZZIE SMITH Card - Pack pulled, $75 card. Not bad!
NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1975 TOPPS 30 BERT BLYLEVEN Card
MINT 9 1975 TOPPS 223 ROBIN YOUNT Card -

HOLY CRAP!!! Pack pulled from the '75 rack rip! $450+ card!!!

N1: EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING 1975 TOPPS 616 ROOKIE OUTFIELDERS Card - Pulled from the same pack as the Yount. Hmmm…
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 670 JIM HUNTER Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1977 O-PEE-CHEE 84 GARRY TEMPLETON Card - Thought these OPC's were 9-10.
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1977 O-PEE-CHEE 96 DAVE LOPES Card
MINT 9 1975 TOPPS 50 BROOKS ROBINSON Card - Pack pulled from the first '75 cello I ever opened, figured it would pull an 8. $150+ card! This will pay for the sub.

EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1969 TOPPS 597 A.L. ROOKIES FLOYD/BURCHART/FINGERS Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1991 SCORE 701 NOLAN RYAN Card - ?
GEM MINT 10 2006 TOPPS 639 PRINCE FIELDER Card -

MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 205 PETE ROSE Card - Nice, but it's still an $8 card.
NEAR MINT 7 1976 TOPPS 330 NOLAN RYAN Card - I was quietly hoping this would pull a 10. Dead centered. Time to resub...

EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1989 UPPER DECK 25 RANDY JOHNSON STAR ROOKIE Card - Really? I'm done submitting '89 Upper Decks.

MINT 9 1987 FLEER 204 BARRY LARKIN Card
NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1982 TOPPS 780 PETE ROSE Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 261 RICKEY HENDERSON Card
MINT 9 1977 O-PEE-CHEE 26 JERRY KOOSMAN Card
NEAR MINT 7 1961 TOPPS 261 CHARLIE LAU Card
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1961 TOPPS 444 JOE NUXHALL Card - I thought all of these '61s would grade an 8 or 9...
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1961 TOPPS 470 ROY SIEVERS Card
EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1961 TOPPS 503 TITO FRANCONA Card
EXCELLENT 5 1957 TOPPS 302 SANDY KOUFAX Card - Expected, glad it got a 5.

Toro · June 22, 2012 11:22PM

Nice hit on that Yount and Brooks.

CrazyMind2017 · June 22, 2012 11:35PM

This was brutal. On my previous sub, I sent in a bunch of 1986 Topps and OPC cards, many of which came back gem mint. One was a OPC Rickey Henderson pop 3 that sold on ebay for over $100. I sent in two more of the same card in identical condition on this sub, and they both came back NM. The inconsistency is so discouraging.

Also, I had a 1978 OPC Eddie Murray rookie that I cracked out of a SGC 7.5 holder that came back a 6. And the 1978 Topps Murray card that I cracked out of a PSA 8 holder hoping for a bump came back a 7.

The only good part of this sub for me was the Molitor rookie that finally came back an 8. I originally bought it for $30 as a PSA 8(PD) except there is no PD anywhere on it. First time it came back N6: min size, and when I measured, it's actually about 1/32" shorter than it should be. Sent it again and finally got the 8-NQ I was looking for. There was another Murray Topps rookie in this sub that once came back altered stock that got a 7 this time.

Then there's that 1978 Topps #282 Yankees team card that should have been an 8, but came back a 6.

Overall, not quite a total loss, but just about as close to a total loss as possible without actually getting there.

scmavl · June 22, 2012 11:49PM

Thanks again, CrazyMind. I have no idea how you deal with '86 or any other black bordered cards. You're a brave man.

Foo3112 · June 22, 2012 11:55PM

Thats an amazing hit with the Yount. Wish I owned that card.

scmavl · June 22, 2012 11:58PM

It's funny... The average sale price difference in a '75 Yount RC from a PSA 5 to a PSA 6 is less than $2. The difference in a PSA 9 to a PSA 10 is $23,306.

Dboneesq · June 23, 2012 12:03AM

<< <i>It's funny... The average sale price difference in a '75 Yount RC from a PSA 5 to a PSA 6 is less than $2. The difference in a PSA 9 to a PSA 10 is $23,306. >>

Let's not get TOO greedy! LOL GREAT hit on the Yount! Congrats!