1960 Topps baseball - official PSA thread

mariner

I am starting two new threads on 1960 and 1962 Topps baseball......just enjoy these sets as much as the 1959, 1961 and 1963. Jump in with comments and scans......would love to see what you have to say and also some of your cards.

mariner

Brick

Beautiful cards. I have the 1960 set completed. I need 24 in PSA 8 to have the set in all 8s or better. a doctor gave me a poor prognosis in 2016 and I kind of stopped collecting. Perhaps this thread will give me a push towards completing this set in 8 or better before the doc tells my family "I told you so."

mariner

Brick.....hope you work on completing your set in 8's or better.......it is a good activity to have fun with. Good luck!

mariner

stwainfan

gemint

Thanks for starting this thread Don. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for completing this one. I'm most concerned about the Simmons. I have a really nicely centered raw card that I'm hoping will 8. It all comes down to the background. This one is pretty nice but not perfect...though few Simmons cards have flawless print. At a minimum, it should give me a significant PSA 7 upgrade to the 75-25 centered 7 I currently have in the set.

I pulled the scan from the auction page since my scanner is buried at the moment.

mariner

John, yes the 60T Simmons card is absolutely one of the most difficult cards in the 1960's. The black background in the photo always seems to present a ton of problems. I see on your card that the black has bled into the white border (which is very common) and also the black is splashed all over the pink side photo. I would be shocked if this card got a clean 7.

mariner

mariner

mariner

mariner

mariner

Some nice ones just recently reholdered....

Robby

@mariner said:
Some nice ones just recently reholdered....

Some interesting tidbits I copied from Wiki about Joe De Maestri........
In December 1959, Demaestri was traded to the New York Yankees in the seven-player deal that famously brought Roger Maris to the Bronx Bombers. When the Yankees won the 1960 American League pennant, he appeared in his first and only World Series, getting into four games and collecting one hit, a single off Joe Gibbon of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening contest, in two at bats.

In the eighth inning of Game 7, DeMaestri took over for regular Yankee shortstop Tony Kubek when Kubek was struck in the throat by a bad-hop ground ball hit by Bill Virdon; the play sparked a five-run Pittsburgh rally. However, DeMaestri was off the field when, one inning later, Bill Mazeroski hit his famous walk-off homer against pitcher Ralph Terry. Dale Long had pinch hit for DeMaestri in the top of the ninth, and Clete Boyer had moved from third base to shortstop to take his place on defense

mariner

Great story Robby.

gemint

Some real Beauties, Don. Were the holders scratched or did you just want them in the newer style holder? Was it a review as well or strictly reholder?

mariner

I just reholdered these super nice cards......wanted them to present nicer.

Robby

Last World Series card I needed to complete my 1960 Topps World Series Sub Set !

Robby

Robby

mariner

Great World Series cards, Robby!