Special Ops in my commons box

The53Kid

With all the military action going on, I thought it was time to enact my own mission. Lately I have read many posts about low pop cards from the late 60's. So I decided to "root out" all low pop raw cards to see what I could find.

I started with my 1969 topps, which I must say I have very few of. I used the pop report as a guide and looked for anything with a pop of 10-12 or less in PSA 8 . With my "night vision" enabled(desk lamp and magnifying glass) I found 5 candidates: Higgins, Abernathy, Raymond, Jaster, Ferrara (aka Alpha company). Alpha company was not my best battalion, and they were only capable of pulling one PSA 8(Higgins) and the rest PSA 7's.

Next I "flanked" around to the 62's. I had amassed quite a stronghold in this year, so I was able to "recuit" 15 candidates (aka Bravo company). Bravo had more qualified personel and returned a hefty 7 - PSA 8's

#9 Davenport Pop 7
#12 Craft Pop 7
#37 Tribe Hill Trio Pop 8
#48 Terry Pop 9
#166 Lee Pop 8
#210 Face Pop 5
#377 Orsino Pop 8

My final push will be in the 68's. Here I ran through 100's of candidates to find the 7 members of "Delta Force": Fritz Peterson, Tom Satriano, The Hamilton twins(2 copies of Jack Hamilton), Walt Williams, Sammy Ellis, and A's rookies(#199). All appear to have advanced skills to become "elite" 8's. They are all off to Camp PSA for their mission.

And as information czar I feel it is necessary to provide some shameless self promotion....the 69's are all on ebay now...the 62's will appear this weekend..and the 68's should be back in 5 days plus travel time with the current specials. Here are my auctions

And although this hopefully has provided levity, war is no joke....support our troops!

Thanks,
Bruce

The53Kid

Question for the 1968 experts. Of the cards I mentioned, which do believe is the toughest in PSA 8? Here is the list again:

Fritz Peterson
Tom Satriano
Jack Hamilton
Walt Williams
Sammy Ellis
A's rookies(#199)