1959 Topps #330 Triandos PSA 8

mariner

Up until this week, this was the lowest pop card in 1959 Topps baseball at 6. It is now at 7 and tied with Ray Moore. Any guess on how much this one will go for? It is truly a very difficult card because the centering is always terrible on this one. There is one on ebay now. It looks like it is not centered real well and it has some printing problems but it still got an 8. All 1959 set registry members will have to seriously think about bidding on this one. The last one I saw got pulled in the first day. Someone must have made the seller an offer he couldn't refuse. Check it out.

My guess is $550.

I don't know how to link but maybe someone will link it. thanks!

PlayBall

BAM!

jrinck

That's the worst centering I've ever seen for a straight 8.

RonD

5 Letters for you guys:


W I W A G

CON40

That snowstorm in the background looks like a blizzard! How does this not get a PD?

mariner

So, it went for $355. That is quite a bit lower because it looks like a 7 card in an 8 holder. Trust me, this is the hardest card in the 1959 Topps set, even harder than Hunter, Amaro, Moore, Rice, etc. If a well centered one with no snow was put up, it would fetch a hefty price.

packCollector

don't know too much about the snow storm but the centering is within reason and within guidelines. it is about the same as both straight 8 jim brown rookies that were in the superior auction. card is probably a high end 7 and sold accordingly if the toughness of the card is what you guys say.

toppsgun

There are more than a dozen cards in the '59 set that are tough as nails. I'd rank 'em in groups of three this way:

104-Rice
293-Moore
330-Triandos

178-Amaro
92-Philley
11-Hunter

548-Singleton
183-Miller
61-Brown (have SGC 86)

372-Hegan (have SGC 88)
539-Blaylock (have SGC 88)
33-Fitzgerald (have SGC 86)

199-Kiely (have SGC 86)
572-Pierce AS (have SGC 86)
282-Stevens (have SGC 86)

Honorable Mention:
222-Shantz (dang Yankee)

Hubcap

Have to agree with Mariner. The Triandos is one of the hardest (and most expensive), with the Rice, Moore, Pierce AS and Turley AS coming right behind, in my humble opinion.

I paid $500 for my Triandos and it is perfectly centered. The Singleton card is very hard to find decently centered. When you find it raw, it is almost 90-10 OC. Probably on a corner. Think about it....to get a perfectly centered Triandos or Singelton, the rest of the sheet must be OC!!!

The other cards that ToppsGun listed are tough but out there. The Cards Team and Deron Johnson RC are a couple more to mention.

Al Zouky
#6 1959 Topps Set Registry

toppsgun

If we think the '59 Triandos is an eye-popper at $550 wait 'til you see the hammer price on this one (later tonight):

Cha-ching

Hubcap

In addition, the 1961 PSA 8 Wills and Gibbon are this weekend. Boy, I better find some cash real quick.