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Now thats what I call an ENTRANCE !!!

robstarrobstar Posts: 262 ✭
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Just checking out the new listed set's and saw that there is a new #1 set for 1964 Topps Hockey. Debuting at #1 in such a difficult competitive set is an awesome feat. This is also the first of this set to have a GPA of 8 or better.

Congrats " MRTALLBOY "

P.S. I think he's Canadian EH!!!image

Rob...
Collecting PSA Vintage Hockey

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  • Yzerman19CYzerman19C Posts: 205
    Rob

    Agreed one of the big 3 vintage hockey sets , all complete in 8 or higher . It took my by suprise i didnt realize he was that close to having all cards in 8

    Randy
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭

    WOW!!!

    and just think..Theo's set (now in 2nd place) won an a registry award as best vintage hockey set!

    here is the write up on it:

    Theodore Kotsiakos - 1964-65 Topps - Best Vintage Hockey Set of the Year (1971 and older)
    As the last member of the award winning Tall Boy club in 2003, this set rose to the top of the Vintage Hockey Set category. Of all the Topps Tall Boys, this set is arguably the most difficult to obtain in high-grade. All the big names of the era are here such as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull and Jacques Plante and the high-number series is tough and filled with Short Prints. This particular set, while not 100% complete (at 97.27%), has a GPA that is head and shoulders above the rest at 7.89. The second best GPA with a completion above 90% is at 7.23 and that is a fairly large gap all things considered. There are currently four registrants that are seemingly within striking distance of one another, but this award winning set has a GPA that is tremendous for this issue. This set will be hard to beat.


    Well....it looks like it has been beat.
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭

    Oh by the way...unless something mind blowing comes along...this set should also win Best Rookie Set of 2004 too!
  • goodriddance189goodriddance189 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭
    wow! that might be even more impressive than an 8 GPA on the '54 set.....truly an accomplishment
  • aconteaconte Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭
    That is quite impressive!

    aconte
  • GoSoxBoSoxGoSoxBoSox Posts: 1,103
    I'd love to hear the story behind the building of this set. Was his goal to debut #1? Or did he just find out about the registry and decided to post it?
    There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"
  • aro13aro13 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that is very impressive! That set is so tough to get in high grade. This set yields some of the nicest 6's and 7's I have ever seen. I can hardly imagine what a complete set better than 8 looks like.
  • StumpStump Posts: 927 ✭
    He also added a 2nd set with a bunch of 7's in it.

    Dave
    Visit my site @ www.djjscards.com
  • CWCW Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭
    Absolutely incredible set! I emailed the guy and complimented him
    on his great set. I also gave him a link to this thread and invited
    him to join the boards. Hopefully he'll sign up & add some more
    knowledge to this forum (assuming he's not already lurking).

    On a side, but hockey-related note: this sucks... I had a free
    pair of tickets to tonight's Wings/Blackhawks game, and I'm unable to
    go because of all this damn snow (got 8+ inches today in MI.).
  • TipemTipem Posts: 881 ✭


    WOW!!!

    I wonder if this individual is already "lurking".It must have been really cool to pull off what he did.Truely an amazing set.

    CW,

    On your side note,It was sunny and 65 degrees here in NE Florida.No snow but plenty of sand and surf image

    If you will send my son some snow(he's 11),I will send you some sand. image All he wanted for Christmas this year was to see snow.Imagine how crazy that sounds.

    Vic
    Please be kind to me. Even though I'm now a former postal employee, I'm still capable of snapping at any time.
  • jersterjerster Posts: 828 ✭✭✭
    CW- I feel your pain. Just got done snowblowing here in Livonia.

    Think of it this way - the beer is cheaper and the restroom is cleaner at your house....

    Jerster
  • CWCW Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭
    Hey guys,

    I got a nice reply from the collector that owns this set. He's
    looking into getting a username for the boards and he may join in.
    He said he was glad to see his set creating some discussion, a set
    that took him 3 years to build. I'm glad he got to see that other
    hockey collectors were appreciating his set.

    Vic:

    Right about now I'm thinking about offering to hand-deliver that snow
    if you could set me up in a spare room for a couple of weeks. PLEASE?!?!
    image

    Jerster said:
    >> Think of it this way - the beer is cheaper and the restroom is cleaner
    >> at your house....

    Yep, not to mention the lines are much shorter, also. image

  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭
    I doubt anything would stop me from attending a hockey game if I had tickets. I would walk in the snow for 5 miles (uphill that is). I have tickets for the Coyotes vs. Sharks game here in Phoenix on Wednesday night. I can't wait.
  • CWCW Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭
    Easy for you to say, Steve -- you live in Phoenix! image
    But seriously, by the time my friend got home from work
    and we drove down there it would've been the 3rd period.
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