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VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
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I'm offering my 1975 Topps set for sale. I've had fun building it. The battles for 9's are getting out of control right now and the interest is high for the set. I don't need to sell it for finances, but if it does, I will likely throw it into a kitchen overhaul/remodel. If you're interested, make an offer, but I'm not desperate, so I won't entertain lowball offers. If it doesn't sell, I'll hold on to it. It's listed on the Vintage Board right now.

Sorry to spam, but I knew someone would end up asking and I'd have to answer.






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  • MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
    Dave - For what it's worth, I paid $10k for mine which had only a 8.07 GPA at the time. Yours is obviously worth much more, so good luck.

    Steve
  • toppsguntoppsgun Posts: 787 ✭
    I get a value of $18,898:

    52 Stars as listed in SMR...many of which are 9's...
    + (608 commons x ((8.39 - 8.00) x ($35 - $10)) + $10)

    But that's not an offer on my part.
  • joedeljoedel Posts: 91
    I remember when I bought 10 1975 sets in the late 70's - early 80's (ungraded, of course!) for $30 each. Made one real nice set, and sold the rest for a 20% profit. Sounds good, but is only $6 per set. Ended up selling the real nice one several years later. God, I wish I had it back! Times sure have changed.

    This gets me thinking. Everbody now is basically a dealer - even if it is selling doubles to help finance other collecting endeavors. What is the one card (or item) you sold, now wish you never sold and could have back?

    A few years back, I sold one of the two 1952 Bowman Mickey Mantle in GEM MINT 10. It has at least tripled since then, and now would make a nice down payment for a home.
  • joedeljoedel Posts: 91
    By the way, this is one of my all-time favorite sets, as it is the one I collected the most as a kid.

    Good luck David, I hope you find a nice home for it....for the right price.
  • onegauchoonegaucho Posts: 650 ✭
    The 1 card I wish I could have back is a 1915 Cracker Jack Nap Lajoie PSA 4.
    Bought it raw and had it graded myself. It presented like a 7 or 8 but had a tiny, tiny surface wrinkle.

    I have yet to see a better copy come up in 4,5, or 6 condition - I've been looking for the past 5 years or so. Sportscards Plus had an 8 a while back but that's too much for my blood.

    I like the group of 3000th hit players so that's why I'd want the card back.
  • highendhighend Posts: 534 ✭
    vargha- i agree with TOPPSGUN'S estimate of close to 19 G's. i love the set but at this time i can't see anyone laying out that much cash for it. i would put the set away and start something else. it is a remarkable set you've compiled. in any event , good luck.
  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    The sale of any registry set is not spam. However, this one does not quite rise to the Chateaubriand and lobster thermidor level of some of the Mastro lots. Your post is more like prime rib, Vargha. image

    Nick
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  • NickMNickM Posts: 4,895 ✭✭✭
    Oh, and Vargha, if you're putting the money from this set into your kitchen after putting the money from your '51 Bowman set into other remodeling and a car for the wife, you are truly whipped.
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    Nick
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  • MachodocMachodoc Posts: 541 ✭
    Must be the granite kitchen countertops he is going for - they ain't cheap.
  • RobERobE Posts: 1,160 ✭✭
    David,best of luck in the selling of an already nice set combined with upgrades from you.That must be a fine run of cards to be upgraded from Mike's set standards and yours combined.

    Robert

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  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    Oh, and Vargha, if you're putting the money from this set into your kitchen after putting the money from your '51 Bowman set into other remodeling and a car for the wife, you are truly whipped.

    Damn! I probably am. But she's one fine looking lass, that's for sure. (Sorry, but no pics for all of you pervs.)
  • dstudebadstudeba Posts: 215 ✭✭
    Being whipped with a nice house and a happy wife ain't such a bad thing..........
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wish I had kept the run of 1972-76 wax boxes I bought four years ago instead of packing them out. Had I graded the packs, they would have mostly been 9's as they were as fresh as the day they left the factory.

    Good luck Vargha on selling your set.
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  • cakemancakeman Posts: 29
    Damn! I probably am. But she's one fine looking lass, that's for sure. (Sorry, but no pics for all of you pervs.)

    Cakeman's not a perv.
  • StumpStump Posts: 927 ✭
    David

    You may be a little short on the kitchen end. i just had our kitchen done and it was 23,000. And thats Coreon not granite.

    Daveimage
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  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭
    I'd like to point out 2 things about Vargha's set and the '75 set in general.

    First, Vargha's set consists of a large portion of Mike Castaldi's set which, from what I've gathered, was a complete set of high end PSA 8s with a good deal of PSA 9s. If anyone takes that into account, this set should sell for a premium, considering many of the PSA 8 cards most likely look better than many PSA 9s out there. This set would be for the "buy the card, not the holder" collectors.

    My set, on the other hand, is and has been a back up set - I pick up cards for this set when I can't find a lot of cards for the other sets that I'm collecting. Don't get me wrong, I really like this set. I just can't see paying a premium for cards that are so readily available. This is the only set that I collect where a strict budget is adhered to. I have accumulated (you could argue that I haven't collected image) 60% of the set with a GPA of 8.09. I imagine that one day I will complete this set with a GPA of of between 8.10 and 8.20. Currently, I have just about every high dollar card in the set in PSA 8 or 9, so I only need the remaining 40% of the commons. I'll be patient and wait for them at my price. I am into the set for a little over $4000 and I can't see spending more than $6500 total once I'm complete. My goal is to complete the set at under $10 per card - I'm currently a little over that, but with all commons to go, it should be no problem.

    Again, let me point out that I am "buying the holder and not the card" most of the time (cards from my player sets notwithstanding). I am comfortable with having a PSA 8+ set of 1975 Topps without being too fussy about minor issues. I'll trust PSA grading on this set since it is not a priority of mine.

    I didn't mean to offend anyone with this post. I just thought another opinion might be valuable to some who read this.

    David has a great set and I wish him the best of luck in getting what he wants for it. It is good to know the history of a set - his GPA most likely does not reflect the true presentation value of the set as a whole.

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

    Here 'ya go David...


    I remodel your kitchen to award winning perfection....and you pay me off in '75 gems...???..

    Now...How far away from Disneyland are you.???






    (That'll make you think........)




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  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    JEB -- That is definitely a good way to build a set as well. However, one factor you may not have included in your transaction is postage and insurance costs involved in buying one card at a time. At $2 to $3 per card, you are looking at $1,300- $2,000 in additional costs in acquiring the set. This represents an additional 20-30% outlay that must be factored in. Whereas by comparison, Mike's set had postage and insurance costs that were less than 1% of the total purchase price. Mine would be in the same category.
  • miami3miami3 Posts: 216
    Sounds like an awesome set, if I had the extra cash lying around, I will be all over it!

    I know that there is a ton of un-graded 75' product out there and lots of stuff still un-openened, but as my grandfather once told me "you cant go wrong by buying quality".

    Good luck with the sale, It will be interesting to see where this bad boy lands.

    Jim
    Buyer and Seller of PSA graded Baseball Cards from 1900-1980.

    Check out my ebay auctions listed under seller ID: jeej
  • BasiloneBasilone Posts: 2,492 ✭✭


    << <i>However, one factor you may not have included in your transaction is postage and insurance costs involved in buying one card at a time. At $2 to $3 per card, you are looking at $1,300- $2,000 in additional costs in acquiring the set. This represents an additional 20-30% outlay that must be factored in. >>




    In fairness....who really buys one card at a time when completing a mainstream 70's Topps set. There are usually MULTIPLE auctions listed by any one seller at a time on eBay.

    If you are talking about 1953 Bowman Color or 1971 Greatest Moments...then youve got a point.

  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    If you are taking a completely lowball approach as JEB is, then oftentimes, the number of lots won is minimal. To insure lower average postage costs, one must be more aggressive on their bidding. There is usually a trade-off in that you will pay more for the cards one way or the other.
  • ranchranch Posts: 341 ✭
    Vargha, is your wife giving you a hard time again? image
  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    Whenever I want her to, Ranch.
  • VirtualizardVirtualizard Posts: 1,936 ✭✭


    << <i>JEB -- That is definitely a good way to build a set as well. However, one factor you may not have included in your transaction is postage and insurance costs involved in buying one card at a time. At $2 to $3 per card, you are looking at $1,300- $2,000 in additional costs in acquiring the set. This represents an additional 20-30% outlay that must be factored in. Whereas by comparison, Mike's set had postage and insurance costs that were less than 1% of the total purchase price. Mine would be in the same category. >>




    Vargha,

    My numbers do include all shipping costs that I've paid. I have won a number of larger lots, and many times 20, 30, or more individual auctions from the same seller on ebay who then charges me a small shipping fee for all cards. Right now, you are correct - prices are up a bit. That's why you don't see the frequent additions to my set. The last time I placed 20 or so snipes on '75s, I ended up winning only one - I hate when that happens. image

    JEB
  • VarghaVargha Posts: 2,392 ✭✭
    I especially hate placing 20+ snipes when the shipping is five or six bucks for the first 1-3 cards.
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