1956-81 Reds Team registry is growing!

jrdolan

The Cincinnati Reds Team Card Registry is up to four members. Welcome, Kevin McHolland and Jeremy Linker. It was getting lonely for Kevin and I.

I asked for some tweaking of weights (I was still the only member at the time) and they were submitted to Joe O. for approval. Well, I'm not thrilled with what Joe decided on instead of my ideas. For example, both 1956 and 1957 are weighted 10, and it drops to 5 for 1958. Doesn't make much sense to me, but hey, at least they finally put up the set!

missinglink

Thanks for the Welcome Jrdolan!

I love the idea of the team card sets for several reasons.

I get to start a new set on the Registry!

I get all the stars for the year on 1 card

I get a terrific sampling of 25 years worth of Topps cards

Thanks for submitting the set idea! Let the competition for the best Team Collection of the Big Red Machine begin!!!

mcholke

John

Thank you also for the welcome. Any thought about adding the 1975 Topps Mini to the list? How about OPC cards?

ajw

Hey guys...I like your idea. Someday I might work on a Giants set. My only thing is...I don't really think the team cards are a good sample of the various years, as the team cards are so different than the standard card. Cool? Yeah, but not really representative of the set.

Hey, can one of you tell me more about the 1951 Topps team cards? How were they distributed? How tough are they? How expensive?

mikeschmidt

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Hey, can one of you tell me more about the 1951 Topps team cards? How were they distributed? How tough are they? How expensive? >>




I *believe* that they were distributed in penny packs - but bobsbbcards is probably a better source on that. They are pretty tough to find. Some teams, like the Phillies, have both a dated and an undated variation. I would say that these Team cards can run $100-$200 in Good to Very Good range, and finding anything Excellent or above is exceptionally difficult.

~ms

jrdolan

A 1951 Reds Team PSA 5 just sold on eBay for about $150 or so. I bought mine raw for less than $100 and it graded 4. I believe the highest graded 1951 Redlegs is PSA 6 with less than a dozen examples in all grades. The condition is very tough, they are an odd shape, and they take PSA's second-largest holder (T3 cabinets being the largest).

I asked for this card to be part of the Reds Team Card set, but I was turned down because it was in a small specialty set and not part of a "regular" Topps set. Thus the registry starts in 1956.

jimtb

About a month ago I put in a request for a Tigers Team set. I've been adding cards since then and I'm about 75% done. It's a cool set!

mealeworm

Being from the NATI and still there, I might just have to get in on that set. Count me in as number 5!!! I will post a few of the raw ones I have

jrdolan

Welcome, mealeworm! I have some extra graded Reds Team cards if you need any.
PSA 6 -- 1956 (first in set, weight 10)
PSA 8 -- 1968, 1972, 1974
PSA 9 -- 1972, 1981