Baseball set population data 1950-1979

Buckwheat

At the beginning of last November, someone (Mike Schmidt?) posted the pops of the major baseball sets from 1950 to 1979.. I have built on that list by updating the numbers, and showing the nominal and percentage increase. These increases represent 10 months of submissions.

Year Brand Pop 11/02 Pop 09/03 Increase % increase
1950 Bowman 9,959 11,518 1,559 15.7%
1951 T. Red Back 2,366 2,889 523 22.1%
1951 T. Blue Back 1,272 1,659 387 30.4%
1951 Bowman 20,568 24,149 3,581 17.4%
1952 Topps 46,479 54,775 8,296 17.8%
1952 Bowman 15,582 17,775 2,193 14.1%
1953 Topps 26,165 31,148 4,983 19.0%
1953 Bman B&W 1,675 2,114 439 26.2%
1953 Bman Color 16,813 19,032 2,219 13.2%
1954 Topps 28,649 33,199 4,550 15.9%
1954 Bowman 12,824 14,989 2,165 16.9%
1955 Topps 31,170 36,472 5,302 17.0%
1955 Bowman 12,018 15,177 3,159 26.3%
1956 Topps 57,850 68,030 10,180 17.6%
1957 Topps 50,591 61,470 10,879 21.5%
1958 Topps 34,719 43,146 8,427 24.3%
1959 Topps 44,659 54,350 9,691 21.7%

Subtotal 50's 413,359 491,892 78,533 19.0%

1960 Topps 38,264 47,895 9,631 25.2%
1961 Topps 52,568 65,728 13,160 25.0%
1962 Topps 32,007 40,084 8,077 25.2%
1963 Topps 40,860 46,846 5,986 14.7%
1964 Topps 27,827 35,597 7,770 27.9%
1965 Topps 34,058 42,104 8,046 23.6%
1966 Topps 22,259 27,869 5,610 25.2%
1967 Topps 32,216 40,033 7,817 24.3%
1968 Topps 46,220 59,372 13,152 28.5%
1969 Topps 34,178 43,411 9,233 27.0%

Subtotal 60's 360,457 448,939 88,482 24.5%

1970 Topps 26,301 35,813 9,512 36.2%
1971 Topps 30,679 40,073 9,394 30.6%
1972 Topps 31,742 44,853 13,111 41.3%
1973 Topps 14,956 23,091 8,135 54.4%
1974 Topps 17,378 27,701 10,323 59.4%
1975 Topps 29,147 44,459 15,312 52.5%
1975 Topps Mini 7,955 12,902 4,947 62.2%
1976 Topps 13,093 22,149 9,056 69.2%
1977 Topps 7,190 11,883 4,693 65.3%
1978 Topps 17,329 27,439 10,110 58.3%
1979 Topps 10,696 16,020 5,324 49.8%

Subtotal 70's 206,466 306,383 99,917 48.4%

Totals 980,282 1,247,214 266,932 27.2%

Tipem

Buckwheat,

Good information.


Amazing how many cards from the 70's have been submitted recently.Also,it seems that the others show no slow down in the amount of raw vintage that is out there.I appreciate the effort as it is very informative.Keep us updated.

Vic

pc

appears to be a good time to buy some 1963s cheaply.

Vargha

Wow . . . the number of 1950's cards is surprising to me. It should grow quite a bit with this latest submission special as well.

toppsgun

appears to be a good time to buy some 1963s cheaply.

Looks like I'm not the only '63 collector to have figured out how useless it is to submit raw '63s and expect any "benefit of the doubt" from the grading gurus. Maybe it's time to give up and sell to pc.

Those recent '63 numbers are dismal.

Odd how the even-numbered years (decade of the 60's) are "valleys" and odd-numbered years are "peaks," except for 1968.

PSAtan

Interesting compilation. I think people are willing to have PSA 4 to PSA 7 cards graded now. These can still be a nice addition for a collector. Finished sets in PSA 5 are nothing to be ashamed of and they can be bought without pimping out your wife. Also, I wonder what percentage are resubmissions and crossovers. Last, I sense the set registry keeps growing and growing. I'm not a PSA cult member, but somebody really hit a homerun with that idea. Whatever the situation, it's good to see the hobby growing.

Filing my tail,

Satan

Basilone

Thanks for sharing the information Buckwheat...very interesting stuff....I still cannot believe all the 50's still being graded.

John

Buckwheat

I was surprised at the amount of 50's stuff submitted recently also. I don't have a breakdown on grades, but perhaps with the strong prices in 50's, a lot more marginal cards are being submitted, as even 7's make a good profit.

The amount of 70's was also a surprise. Almost 1/3 of the 70's ever graded were graded in the past 10 months. With all of the talk I have heard on this board about low prices for 70's, maybe this explains why. Too much supply too fast.

Another interesting thing is how well the market overall has held up with this amount of submissions. I think that this confirms that the number of graded set collectors is also increasing.

I will also redo the numbers at the end of October. The real interesting info will be how next year compares to this. This may give us some insight into how much high quality raw is still out there. If the amount is significantly decreasing, then the submissions have to start decreasing at some time also.

Virtualizard

I don't know if anyone else is in the same position, but I find myself sitting on some high quality cards from the '60s and '70s because they eventually come up on ebay at a price that I am willing to spend rather than gamble on a submission. I have taken many raw cards off of my "stack to be graded" over the years because I end up getting the card on ebay for not much more. I figure if I can get a PSA 8 on ebay for under $10-$12, it's really not worth my time and effort to submit the cards myself.

I know this doesn't apply to a lot of cards, but for 60's and 70's commons, it is a regular occurrence.

JEB.