Wanted : Information on the 1964 Topps Giants set

NeilDowney

Hi, I am interested is gathering information on the 1964 Topps Giants set. I would like to get a few in and see if I get that warm and fuzzy feeling for them. If anyone has any for sale, PM me or email me at NBDOWNEY@MSN.COM? Neil

BigKidAtHeart

fair warning... you will get ADDICTED
like the many before you that did the
same little "experiment"!

I do not have any for sale right now
but Luxurywines always does...
(email him for stuff that he might have
that is not listed yet.)

and here are some other auctions

1964 Topps Giants

Cubfan

Neil - Unfortunately, I dont have any extra's either, but know you will love the TG's once you start with them. They are my favorite set by far. Good luck with the quest.



Keith

thegemmintman

Neil, why not pick up a few cheap ones on Ebay? Maybe 6's and 7's just to see how you like them.

It's not secret that I love these cards. It's a 60 card gorgeous set chock full of the stars of the day! You will like it!

The53Kid

Hi Neil,

I think I'll have to chime in because I started building a Giants set back in October. It's a great looking set, with plenty of cards available on EBAY. If fact many times the big dealers like dsl, will list 20 at a time. I've just crossed the 90% complete barrier with a GPA around 8.5, not bad for 4 months work. I'm basically buying commons in 8 and stars in 9.

If you are going to build the set graded I would shoot for 8's. 8's are plentiful and not high dollar. Commons go for around $15 and stars like Kaline, Spahn, and Gibson can all be had for under $20. In fact there are very few cards(still talking 8's) that will break the $50 mark. Those would be Koufax, Mantle, Mays, Boyer, Skowron and Elston Howard( the last 3 all being Single Prints with lower populations). And don't think 9's are out of the question, they have a good population and stars are still priced under $100.

Building a raw set is also an option. Once I started building the set I began to look for raw cards at shows. And amazingly there were quite a few. With many in good shape. At one show I bought about 20 cards, but these were cherry picked from an inventory of easily 100+ cards from various dealers. Commons were $1 each. I set the best one's in for grading, the Boyer came back a 7 because of the always problematic centering. But I did get a Billy Williams PSA 9. So I think building a raw NM set is also quite viable.

A fun set, and probably the only set I will ever build from the 60's.

And lastly, I do have a few graded and raw extras, shoot me a PM

Good Luck!
The53Kid

FB

Neil,

Shoot a PM to LuxuryWines. If he has any a Giants available, you can probably work out a trade since he is working on building a 1972 Topps set in PSA 8. I got my 64 Giants Koufax a few months back from him for a bunch (I mean A BUNCH) of 72 commons.