1960's Topps Issues: PSA 9s as a % of total submissions - as of 12/8/03

Basilone

I just ran thru the updated POP reports for the Topps Baseball 1960's mainstream sets....and calulated the percentage of submissions that came back as a PSA 9.

1960 - 1402/53237 = 2.63%
1961 - 3301/70919 = 4.65%
1962 - 1433/42625 = 3.36%
1963 - 1888/50705 = 3.72%
1964 - 2576/38150 = 6.75%
1965 - 3152/44784 = 7.03%
1966 - 1934/30435 = 6.35%
1967 - 3836/43102 = 8.90%
1968 - 12853/63811 = 20.14%
1969 - 7572/47779 = 15.85%

I was surprised to find that the 1960 % was so low.

qualitycards

BASILONE - Interesting data!


<< <i> was surprised to find that the 1960 % was so low >>


I;m surprised that 1968 is so high. I've always been aware that there's a ton of high grade PSA cards out there, but 1 out of every 5 cards is a PSA-9 is very high. If you add the PSA-10's w/ the PSA-9's thats almost 1 out of every 4 is a 9 or higher. So much for the rough condition sensative set...jay

RayBShotz

John- As a sometimes 66' collector have a gut feeling that if the total numbers were higher, the % of 9's in the 66' set would trend lower. Because of the narrow borders, centering and diamond cut problems as well as toning on the reverse makes any 66' a bear to squeeze out the daunted 9 grade.
Just my 2 cent.
RayBShotz

Mantlefan

Great info John! The 1960 Topps set is notoriously off center....just opened 2 packs and every one was OC!!!

Basilone

Im also suprised that the # of submissions are so close between 1962, 1965, & 1967. I would of thought the 1962 numbers would of been closer to the 1966 numbers.

Buckwheat

Great data, John.

I have some data on the 1961 set from May 2001. PSA 9 then was 1334/27543 4.84%.

Interesting how the percentage has stayed pretty steady over time. OF course, back then, almost all of the submissions were Star cards.

I was surprised at the low percent for the 63 set, also.

Frank, I am not sure if the OC really explains the 1960 set. I agree that the cards are terribly OC, but then, the OC cards are rarely submitted, so wouldn't be counted iin total submisions.

edited to correct year

gemint

Interesting that the 1969 % was so high. I'm willing to bet that the '69 set (perhaps along with the '68 set) has the highest concentration of 9s over a few cards. I'm not sure how to determine this though. There are many 1969s that have zero or one 9. There are also probably 50-100 cards that have dozens of 9s each.