Move Over EJ, There's A New #2 In Town

EOMINT

Finally hit 8.50, surpassing EJ in the standings...only the mighty FB remains...tick tock tick tock

jackstraw

eric you are too funny. i hope you get the cards you need to finish it off.

highend

i knew it was too quiet over at the EO camp. i was hoping to help you out with an aaron ia and mcrae ia but as fortune would have it all my pulls were too OC for a nine grade.

EOMINT

Highend...any help would be much appreciated!!! This is one beauty of a set. EO

jackstraw

any guesses to the last card?

8. ron swoboda
17. dave duncan
32. cleon jones ia
40. bob barton ia
41. tommy davis
55. clyde wright
76. don carrithers
94. al pitching ldrs
96. al strikeout ldr
143. gary jestadt
168. deron johnson ia
170. vida blue ia
172. darrell evans ia
178. paul schaal ia
208. milt pappas
211. gary sutherland
263. felipe alou
292. hal mcrae ia
300. hank aaron ia
304. joe pepitone ia
377. terry harmon
395. matty alou
401. jim nash
443. ken henderson
463. bernie carbo
464. jim roland
480. lee may
482. joe hoerner
516. oscar brown
518. wayne garrett
519.ted abernathy
524. reds rookies
532. fred kendall
533. ralph houk
536. doug rader
556. ron santo ia
568. juan marichal ia
585. george scott
588. jim holt
591. paul casanova
655. jerry grote
657. bobby wine
673. dave marshall
682. mike mccormick
693. alan gallagher
699. bobby murcer
714. gene michael ia
715. mike epstein
716. jesus alou
730. rick monday
782. larry stahl

sjeanblanc

I've been going through a lot of 72's and I think the last card or cards the EO will need to find, will be a least one if not all of these three:

40 Barton IA
170 Blue IA
178 Schaal IA

Everyone of these cards that I have found are OC at a minimum one direction if not both directions.

Scott Jeanblanc
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Collecting Nolan Ryan cards (68-94)

highend

i agree with scott, the cards he mentioned are easily the toughest in the set. the aaron ia will likely be a very costly acquisition aside from the 72 guys who will want the card the aaron set collectors will be clamoring for it as well

FB

The last Aaron IA PSA 9 that sold on eBay went for under $1000.

Unfortunately - it was about 3 to 4 years ago and "low pops" weren't really a term being used since most 72's only had one or two PSA 9's. I remember bidding over $700 and thinking that these guys were nuts! I'm not even sure that EO was working on the 72 set yet. But, Aaronman (here on the boards) won it and has held it tightly in his grasp ever since...

If I only knew then, what I know now...

EO - the next one that comes up probably won't go for much over $1000 - no need to bid really, REALLY high on it. I'll probably be on vacation that week too.

And I'm betting the last card will be the Blue IA. Sure - the Schall IA is tecnically the hardest, but I think that its received enough press that people have been sending them in more often. But, the Blue is almost as tough and is not nearly as well known.

highend

frank, i have to agree the schaal ia has received alot of press, last week one of the few guys i'd buy raw from broke a set of 72's. he had a series 2 lot of about 75 cards nm/ nm-mt . i scanned through the auction and lo-behold a very nicely centered schaal ia, based on my prior transactions with the seller and the scan i figured it had a good shot at an 8. i bid up to 150 bucks and still lost, the schaal is without a doubt , what fueled that auction. i suspect we may see another 8 surface soon.

Aknot

IA in action?

qualitycards

AKNOT - Correct! ...jay

Aknot

<< <i>AKNOT - Correct! ...jay >>



WOOOHOOO

"Tell em what hes won Bill!!"

qualitycards

<< <i>WOOOHOOO "Tell em what hes won Bill!!" >>


You get the honor of starting the '72 set, 1 card at a time ...jay

jackstraw

6 cards to go! Looks like its going to be the Aaron IA? Doug Rivard has one but I bet it's not for sale?
Pop of 2 so there is another one out there!

dakota

I sold the Schaal IA Psa 9 about 6 months ago.If I remember correctly I sold it to Eric. Does he have it in his set?????? I agree with the legendary Frank Baaka that the Blue IA will be the last card.

doncherry

<< <i>I sold the Schaal IA Psa 9 about 6 months ago.If I remember correctly I sold it to Eric. Does he have it in his set?????? I agree with the legendary Frank Baaka that the Blue IA will be the last card. >>



He already has the blue IA

doncherry

Thr 6 remaining cards are

94 (pop 4 in 9 or higher)
263 (pop 2 in 9 or higher)
300 (pop 2 in 9 or higher)
292 (pop 2 in 9 or higher)
524 (pop 0 in 9 or higher)
673 (pop 4 in 9)

EOMINT

I'm not too worried about the Aaron...if I had to predict the last card I'd say Reds Rookies, that thing is impossible to find. Eric

lostdart58

EOMINT,

Being one of the new kids on the 72 block, I am blown away that you have put this set together in ALL PSA 9 (or better). Even the great Frank Bakka cannot say that. ( he has got a bunch of 8's in his set)

WELL DONE!!!



Completeing the set in 8's is my goal. (That's all I can afford!)

jason045

HI, Eric. I'm glad to see you creeping up on FB. I myself have been slowly moving uop the list. I think I'm around 25% right now thanks in large part to you and Jim Viatale. Just wondering, do you have any extra 8's or 9's lying aroung collecting dust you'd like to get rid of? If so, just PM or email me and maybe we can work out a deal.

Thanks--Jason

highend

the psa 9 reds rookies is going to be a tough one to add since it doesn't exist. the aaron will surely be the highest priced addition since there will competition from the aaron collectors and the 72 maniacs.

in set registry math the distance between 9.04 to 9.20 is VERY darn far, but it's great watching two world class sets being built.

gaspipe26

FB,
I just sent 6-Blue IA to PSA, There all at least 8's I hope for 1 or 2 9's. I havent spent much time going thru the 72's. I have a list now from an earlier post, so maybe I'll see what I have. I do know there are no Schaal IA.