Question for 76-77 disc collectors (and Bench collectors)

jrdolan

Is it uncommon to find the 1977 Pepsi-Cola disc still in its surrounding "mitt" holder? I doubt it can be graded as such, because PSA probably doesn't have a holder large enough, but it's a pretty cool item. I've never seen one intact like this.

mikeschmidt

I have a bunch of Schmidt discs still with the mitt. I got them cheap, too.

Harder to find that way, yes. Premium paid - not really. (unless you consider that the discs themselves are worth about a quarter!)

jrdolan

I sure didn't pay a premium, like $1.50 or something. Yeah, I know the discs themselves aren't worth much, you can buy PSA 9 or 10 ones for about the cost of oversize grading. But before I got this I didn't realize they were punched out of a mitt. Cool. Thanks for the info.

mikeschmidt

Would the whole glove fit into a T3 holder? For $35-, it would not be worth it - but just wondering on the size.

~ms

jrdolan

Well, it's about 5" by 9.25" at its widest points. How big is the T3 holder? It sure wouldn't worth it for $35, since the '77 Pepsi Disc itself isn't even in the Bench master set, much less in this unpunched state. I'll just put it in a big toploader or something.

magellan

I have the Yaz Pepsi with mitt. It's 9 3/16 inches at the longest part and 4 3/4 inches wide, not sure how large the T3 holder is.

carew4me

I tell you what, that darned disc is in the Carew player set, which means you have to carefully extract it from the mitt and submit.

mikeschmidt

<< <i>I tell you what, that darned disc is in the Carew player set, which means you have to carefully extract it from the mitt and submit. >>



After enough practice - PSA 9s aren't hard - but a 10 is something I have not accomplished yet. Takes a while to find a good strategy to extract without bending.

speeder

they will be added to the bench master set shortly.



your friend, lee

jrdolan

<< <i>they will be added to the bench master set shortly. >>


Great, thanks Lee. I do have one from the King in a 9 or 10 holder, but I like the "mitt" version better!

Spigrimace

I have a lot of the semi-stars with the glove and all if you're looking to make a set.

jrdolan

<< <i>I have a lot of the semi-stars with the glove and all if you're looking to make a set. >>


Thanks, but I'm not. They're attractive and unusuall display items, but I only care about this one 'cause of whose disc is in the glove. Nice cheap addition to my Bench shrine. Why couldn't they make it a catcher's mitt for the catchers?

Spigrimace

I love this kind of stuff. It's dirt cheap to boot.

I have the complete '82 squirt set with the bottle hole perforation in tact and unscratched scratchoff areas. I think I paid $3 for the set. How can ya beat that??