Wish List

LuxuryWines · March 17, 2003 1:33PM

Let play Wish List ala Beckett. You have just received a $1000 Bill and you can buy any card (based on the SMR price). You can purchase the card in any grade you like.What cards would you buy and why? Here is my list:

1971 Topps # 5 Thurman Munsan PSA 8 - $175- just a really neat card Black borders . Horizontal action Shot . Sweet!

1957 Topps #165 Ted Kluszewski PSA 8 - $300 - The Muscle card!

1965 Topps #134 Mantles Clutch HR PSA 8 - $180 - Just a great looking card of the Mick in Action.

1965 Topps #320 Bob Gibson PSA 8 - $125.00 Just Love the Vibrant colors and the close up of Gibson in this card.

1964 Topps #324 Casey Stengel PSA 8 - $30 - On of the games true characters..wearing a Met uniform and wondering " Can't anybody Here play this game?"

1967 Topps #355 Carl Yastrzemski PSA 8 $140- The impossible dream season.

1976 Topps #74 T - Oscar Gamble PSa 8 -$8.00 - The HAir card ...Great Relic of the 70's.

1976 Topps #564 Bubble Gum Blowing Champ PSA 8 $8.00 - Forgret Home field advantage in the WS bring back the bubble gum contest to spice up the All-star Game!

1972 Topps #712 Bobby Bonds in Action - PSa 8 $25- As a kid I loved these In-action cards and Bonds was my favorite.

1976 Topps #461 LCS card PSA 8 -$8.00... Great Shot of EL Tiante from the memorable 1975 Run!

I come in $1.00 under....

qualitycards · March 17, 2003 2:04PM

Since I was given the $1000, I assume it was a gift, so I'd spend it on 1 card...Perhaps a...
1954 Topps PSA-9 Klu (smr $900)...or
1953 Bowman B&W #1 Bell PSA-9 (smr $1000)...or
1913 Nat'l Game Honus Wagner PSA-8 (smr $1000)...or
1933 Goudey Joe Cronin PSA-8 (smr $1000)...or
1955 Red Man Richie Ashburn PSA-9 (smr $925.)
Anybody feel free to send me any of the 5 cards listed above or the $1000.00!

...jay

KING KELLOGG · March 17, 2003 2:13PM

1933 Tatoo Orbit...NNO Lefty Grove PSA 9.

(I've never seen one....but the name is really cool

and it's the only one in the set that's a grand...)

Anybody got a pic??

Larry

rustywilly · March 17, 2003 2:14PM

1950 Bowman Warren Spahn #19 PSA 7 $290 - A great shot of PITCHING¡K
1950 Bowman Del Crandall #56 PSA 8 $210 - ¡K.CATCHING¡K
1950 Bowman Larry Doby #39 PSA 7 $100 - ¡Kand HITTING!

1951 Bowman Paul Richards #195 PSA 7 $28 - for being different!

1914 Cracker Jack Frank Baker #2 PSA 4 $160 ¡V every collection needs a Cracker Jack card and I don¡¦t have one ƒ¼ plus, I need this one for my Portrait Collection.

1971 Topps Bert Blyleven #26 PSA 8 $50 ¡V When was the last time this card sold for less than $275? Great value at SMR price ¡V future HOFer!

1974 Topps Dave Winfield #456 PSA 7 $55 ¡V My favorite ballplayers RC produced the year I was born.

1977 Topps Mark Fidyrch #265 PSA 9 $30 ¡V The hottest card in the hobby twenty-five years ago!

1966 Philadelphia Gale Sayers #38 PSA 5 $60 ¡V My favorite Football Card.

And with $17 left I¡¦ll take a 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken Error Card in the highest grade possible for the money ¡V an absolute classic ¡V reminds me of the famous Harper Collection photo of Hoss Radbourn where he¡¦s making a gesture to the cameraman.

-mark

AlanAllen · March 17, 2003 2:27PM

OOOO, I like this thread.

1970 Topps O.J. Simpson PSA 9 $250
1972 Topps John Riggins PSA 9 $130
1973 Topps Franco Harris PSA 9 $230
1978 Topps Tony Dorsett PSA 9 $125
1979 Topps Earl Campbell PSA 9 $115
1984 Topps Marcus Allen PSA 10 $90
1989 Score Thurman Thomas PSA 10 $50

and $10 shipping and handling

BTW if anyone has any of the cards listed above available, drop me a line.

Joe

qualitycards · March 17, 2003 2:29PM

Larry the Tatoo Orbit set has small cards and are quite bland, but a Lefty Grove PSA-9 would be great in anyone's collection...jay

Wabittwax · March 17, 2003 9:42PM

Here's my list:

1980 Topps Pete Rose PSA 10 $600
1985 Topps Tiffany Mark McGwire PSA 9 $225
1975 Topps Mike Schmidt PSA 8 $60
1975 Topps Buddy Bell PSA 9 $35
1974 Topps Ron Santo PSA 9 $30 (cool looking sideways card)
1974 Topps Luis Tiant PSA 9 $30 (the huge handlebar mustache is awesome!)

And $20 change.

The Rose would actually sell for about 2X SMR (or more) in todays market though.

mikeschmidt · March 17, 2003 9:43PM

1955 Bowman #1 Hoyt Wilhelm PSA 8 NM/MT ($260)
1971 Topps Greatest Moments #43 Jim Bunning PSA 9 MINT ($200)
1930 E93 Red Dooin PSA 8 NM/MT ($290)
Any 1914 Cracker Jack Philadelphia National Common PSA 7 NM ($275)

Only $25- over, and a very happy man am I!!!

aconte · March 17, 2003 11:25PM

<< <i>1955 Red Man Richie Ashburn PSA-9 (smr $925.) >>

Jay, Good pick. But my guess is $1000 would only be a deposit on a nine. I would not be
surprised when the Psa 8 Ashburn in the Superior auction closes that it goes for close
to a grand with fees included. My guess for final hammer price with fees is $750-$800.
Not bad for a card with a $325 Smr. I put a bid of $400 and was topped in two hours.
I know the original owner was looking for $1100 on that card.

If I had a free $1000 I'd go with a nm graded copy of the 1952 Ted Williams red man card.
Or even some of the 54's or 55's I need in nm/mt grade.

aconte

qualitycards · March 18, 2003 5:43AM

ACONTE - You are 100% correct that the Ashburn price would exceed that amount by alot. But based on Luxury Wines game plan of using SMR, I had to go by that price. Also the other 4 cards I chose would no doubt excced the smr price too!...jay

LuxuryWines · March 18, 2003 7:37AM

Guys,

I realize that many of the card prices in the SMR are inaccurate... Heck if I could pick up a PSA 8 71 Munson @ $175 I would take 10... ( T he last one on EBAy closed at over $600 and I have never seen one sell for less than $400). I had to use something as a common reference point and felt the SMR was the most common point of reference for the members of this board..... But your thoughts give me an idea for another post.

Virtualizard · March 18, 2003 9:26AM

SMR on the 58 cards (in PSA 8) that I currently need to finish my 1970 Topps Baseball set is $798. If someone has these specific 58 cards in PSA 8, I will gladly pay $202 shipping & handling for an even $1000.

JEB.

1954 · March 19, 2003 2:00AM

I would first start off by asking for the 1971 Topps Greatest moments card of Johnny Bench in a PSA 9 (SMR $800
and then I would love take the Joe Pepitone PSA 9 for $200. I think that would be a fair deal.

Or perhaps I would buy a 1954 Wilson Franks Ray Jablonski PSA 8 for book at $850 and then buy a 1971 Topps Greatest Moments PSA 8 of Jim Fregosi for $50, followed up with a Alex Johnson PSA 8 for $50 and card #1 from the 1971 Topps set of the Baltimore Orioles in a PSA 8 BV of $50.
Any of these deals would satisfy all my collecting habits for the 2003 year.

1954

JH · March 19, 2003 2:31AM

I would either pick

a) 1964 Topps Ernie Banks #55 PSA 9 (SMR=$900)

or

b) 1964 Topps Lou Brock #29 PSA 9 (SMR=$385)
1964 Topps Harmon Killebrew #177 PSA 9 (SMR=$310)
1964 Topps Billy Williams #175 PSA 9 (SMR=$275)

All are tough to find and fairly low pops for star cards....the Banks pop has recently doubled from 4 to 8, although the ones I have seen have had boarderline centering.... I think the Killebrew is the toughest of these... pop of 3 and I haven't seen one for sale since I started building this set... Both the Banks and the Williams are available in Superior's current auction....

ROCKDJRW · March 19, 2003 3:00AM

I would take my thousand dollars and put it to use bettering the world. I would purchase all the Mr Mint Bobble head dolls I could find and run them over with a bull dozer like all those hillbillies are doing with Dixie Chicks cd's.

carkim · March 19, 2003 5:06AM

Hey Rock...I have a Bobble Head of Mr Mint...BUY MINE FIRST!!!

Carlos

carkim · March 19, 2003 5:08AM

My card would be a 1972 FB #200 Roger Staubach PSA 9 (I'll throw in the extra $150.00)

Carlos

gemint · March 19, 2003 5:17AM

I'd buy six 1953 Al Dark PSA 8 cards!

And I'd still have money left over (based on SMR).

robstar · March 19, 2003 5:20AM

<< <i>1933 Tatoo Orbit...NNO Lefty Grove PSA 9.

(I've never seen one....but the name is really cool

and it's the only one in the set that's a grand...)

Larry

That card sounds out of this world.

nudge nudge.

Mine would be a 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig #67 PSA 4. SMR $1000 even.

Rob..

robstar · March 19, 2003 5:24AM

Make that a 1934 Goudey Lou Gehrig #37

SMR still $1000-

Rob...

Scoop · March 20, 2003 12:04AM

Any 5 1956 PSA 9 commons.

aro13 · March 20, 2003 2:30AM

I am going to go with cards that I cannot find or cannot find for anywhere near SMR.

1888 N162 Goodwin Champions Dan Brouthers PSA 4 $500 because I cannot find any 19th century material for anything close to "book"

1910 E93 Standard Caramel Eddie Plank PSA 5 $175 because Plank is going to be very tough to get a card of and $175 seems awfully low

1961-62 Fleer Al Attles card #1 PSA 7 $140 because everytime I bid on this card it goes for at least double SMR

1933 Delong Bill Terry card #4 PSA 4 $150 because I think the Delongs are great looking cards and I do not have one nor a card of Terry

srs1a · March 20, 2003 3:02AM

How about this collection of rookies from the '65 set in nm/mt?

Morgan -- $145
Tiant -- $35
McClain -- $55
Murakami -- $75
Carlton -- $260
Hunter -- $150
McGraw/Swoboda -- $45
Stottlemyer -- $50
Perez -- $175

TOTAL -- $990

My most recent SMR is pretty old...so things might be different now, but that's a nice pile of cards for a grand!

Scott

1420sports · March 20, 2003 4:24AM

My cards are as follows:

1926 Spalding Cobb PSA 5 - 185
1926 Spalding Ruth PSA 5 - 350
1916 Sporting News Grover Alexander PSA 4 - 55
1916 Sporting News Max Carey PSA 4 - 45

and the following ....

1971 Topps Pete Rose PSA 8 - 290
1971 Kelloggs Pete Rose PSA 9 - 85

NHLfightguy · March 21, 2003 4:39AM

Would score the following.
74 Topps PSA 9 Killebrew, Carew $260
75 Topps PSA 9 Killebrew, Carew $500
Spend the rest on one 75 Topps PSA 9 or 10 if one even exists on my favorite card from the 75 Topps set the Bert Blyleven blowiing the bubble in the dugout card.
NHLfight guy

Basilone · March 21, 2003 4:46AM

Come on NHLfight guy....no Tiger Williams, Chris Nilan, Bob Probert, Basil McRae or Tie Domi RC's ???

John

LJB17 · March 21, 2003 5:10AM

1970 Topps A.S. Rose PSA 8 Qty 2 at $42 each is $84
1971 Topps Rose PSA 8 $290
1956 Topps Snider PSA 7 $120
1956 Topps Campanella PSA 7 $125
1959 Topps Musial PSA 8 $275
1962 Topps Marichal PSA 8 $80
1979 Topps Palmer PAS 9 $36

I know I am all over the board here, but there is method to my madness.

NHLfightguy · March 21, 2003 6:11AM

I love the fighters, just watching old tapes of them is good enough for me. I don't even know if cards were made of the great fighter/goons i.e. Dave cement head Semenko, Ed boxcar Hospadar, Crazy Craig Coxe, Tim big bird Hunter, Jay Miller time, Jay count out Caufield, John cords Kordic, Joey ko Kocur. I know Proset put everybody and their brother in hockey sets. I just couldn't bring myself to purchase a PSA proset card.

aro13 · March 21, 2003 6:48AM

NHLfightguy-Most of those guys have rookie cards that are not in proset. Usually early to mid 1980's OPC. Ed boxcar Hospadar-brings back memories of the Montreal Forum and the Claude Lemiuex incident, greasing up faces and the post-broad street bullies.

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