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1972 Topps Now Up

MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
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My 1972 Topps set is now up. It debuts at #14 on the charts (with a bullet - if they had one here...) with 32.3% complete and an average rating of 8.05 - watch out Dude, I'm coming at ya! I look forward to hearing from anyone with extra 1972's in PSA 8 or 9 NQ burning a hole in their pockets!

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  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    Thanks for the warning 'Doc. That's a low priority set for me, so you should breeze past me with little effort.
  • dalewdalew Posts: 491
    Outstanding!!!

    My favorite set even though I sold mine.

    Can still remember going to Woolworths and Rexall buying all those Series Packs to get the set complete.

    When I got married in 1983 I sold thousands and thousands of 72's, and alot of high numbered cards along with 1961 Cards that I bought from an old couple with thousands of high numbered cards. I think I had 10 Mantle AS Cards as well as the other high numbered cards in multiple lots.

    I had:

    1959 Complete Set
    1962 Complete Set
    1966 Complete Set
    1967 Complete Set
    1968 Complete Set
    1969 Complete Set
    1970 Complete Set
    1972 Complete Sets
    1973 Factory Bought Set
    1974 Factory Bought Set

    If I had kept all of it, I could have retired.

    1st Finest Set - 1981 Baseball Fleer Basic - Retired
    1st Finest Set - 1981 Baseball Fleer Master - Retired
    1st Finest Set - 1955 Baseball Golden Stamps - Cleveland Indians - Retired
    1st Finest Set - Mel Harder Baseball Master - Active
    Mel Harder Showcase Set - Active
    #15 on Current Set Registry - 1972 Topps Baseball - Retired
    #23 on All Time Set Registry - 1972 Topps Baseball - Retired
  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    Steve,

    Thanks a lot for dropping me to #57! image I was really comfortable at the #56 spot and then you have to go and rain on my parade. image

    Seriously, Nice job.

    JEB.
  • dudedude Posts: 1,454 ✭✭
    dalew -- I bought my '72's at WT Grant's. I don't think that franchise exists anymore.
  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    Steve -- Thanks for your efforts in helping keep the economy rolling!
  • MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
    Dave -

    No problem! Doesn't everyone know that personal consumption (no, not just eating) is 2/3rds of our GDP? Any guesses as to how much of the GDP is tied up in spending from members of this board? Hmmm.......
  • ABBAdadABBAdad Posts: 118
    Steve,

    Now listen. I'm just 2 spots ahead of you at #12. Don't pass me too quick, you hear? image I was eyeing the top 10, but folks like you may keep me from it! Seriously, nice work and maybe we can help each other out along the way with dupes or whatever. Keep up the good work!!

    David
    1972 Topps Baseball PSA 8+
    1974 Topps Baseball PSA 8+

    Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens
  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    What about me? If you guys keep adding these sets, I'm never going to reach my goal of breaking the top 50. image

    JEB.
  • KING KELLOGGKING KELLOGG Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭
    Machodoc...

    Hey Steve..Just took a peek at your set...Outstanding ! I saw a lot of red flags on some other sets too...(10) flags for upgrades and (1) flag for a new set (yours..)

    You'll be traveling with a pretty "fast" group looks like.....


    Good Luck !!!


    Larry
    I LOVE FANCY CURRENCY, pretty girls, Disney Dollars, pretty girls, MPC's, ..did I mention pretty girls???

    email....emards4457@msn.com


    CHEERS!!
  • MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
    Thanks guys!

    Jeb - get used to life in the low 50's! imageimage And Abba (certain your name is not an homage to that disco group?), I'll try not to pass you too fast, but in the meantime, I'll get a "truck driver's tan" trying!!

    Steve

    PS - I'll explain a "truck driver's tan" if necessary....It's a truck driving saying...
  • ABBAdadABBAdad Posts: 118
    Macho,

    I do like ABBA ( should I admit that? image). I even have their greatest hits CD, but my sn isn't because of them. ABBA is the first letter of my 4 kids names.

    David

    "You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen"

    PS Are you sure your name isn't from that Village People song? image
    1972 Topps Baseball PSA 8+
    1974 Topps Baseball PSA 8+

    Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens
  • MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
    Ouch! You nailed me!! It's funny, when in college in the late 1970's I was one of those people who thought disco - and the VP -were akin to Biblical plagues and pestilence. As I grew older, I remained a devoted fan of groups like the Who, etc.. but by then some of the then-ancient disco era tunes could bring a smile to my face. I remember in 1996 seeing the movie "The Birdcage" with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams and smiling at the old Pirates 1979 disco theme song "We Are Family"... (at least that one has a sports connection..)

    In 1978 I thought the Village People were a scourge of the earth, but here today, 25 years later, I now accept them as nostalgia that anyone can now smile at.

    And no, my board name derives not from the VP, but is rather the name of the body of water I live on that itself was named by local Indian tribes 300 years ago. I also have the distinction of living not less than 1/4 of a mile from the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, although that's an entirely different thread in another place...
  • purelyPSApurelyPSA Posts: 712 ✭✭
    "Macho man" was indeed the Village People, but "Macho Duck" was a Rick Dees spoof song that actually hit the charts.
  • BobSBobS Posts: 1,738 ✭✭


    << <i>"Macho man" was indeed the Village People, but "Macho Duck" was a Rick Dees spoof song that actually hit the charts. >>



    Macho Duck - No,No, No.

    Disco Duck - Yes!
  • purelyPSApurelyPSA Posts: 712 ✭✭
    Bob - my apologies, you are correct.
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    Machodoc,

    Welcome to the psychodelic world of 72's! We may not be the brightest bunch, but we do drool and smell! Look forward to your climb through the ranks!

    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
    Always looking for 1972 O-PEE-CHEE Baseball in PSA 9 or 10!

    lynnfrank@earthlink.net
    outerbankyank on eBay!
  • RayBShotzRayBShotz Posts: 1,088
    Walked into a antique shop today at lunch and found baseball cards, lots of'em. Destination edited for future use. In looking through the gobs of 72's this guy had, all in pretty nice shape by the way, I stumbled across the infamous Paul Schaal in Action. In fact there were 5 of them! All were NRMT+ or better and every one of them was offset approx 20/80 L/R, a few worse. It was like they cookie cut all 5 cards to look exactly alike. I took only the best one for corners and centering. I'll have to measure it closely observing PSA standards, but I believe with a "No Qualifiers" submission it is at best a 7 due to centering.
    I promise the 72'ers I will bring the POP report with me next time and try to snap up some of the toughies worth grading.
    RayB69Topps
    Never met a Vintage card I didn't like!
  • KurtKurt Posts: 216
    Ray,

    Seriously can I get the address of this antique shop?
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