Great set - lots of nice cards. Beware of centering issues and printing flaws such as snow and fisheyes. The Unitas card is particular difficult to get centered.
Mark (amerbbcards)
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
I had a lot of fun putting my set together and was able to sell it easily when I finished it. The Unitas card is probably the toughest...no nines exist. The Ameche, Galimore and George Preas cards were also tough. Centering and print dots were a big problem for me.
Thanks for the input, just seems odd that most PSA-8 1960 Baseball Cards go through the roof and the Football cards can be had for less than grading fees in many instances, makes very little sense to a baseball card collector, almost to good to be true.
This is probably one of my favorite 60's football sets, even without a marquee rookie card. Lot's of affordable stars and HOFer's. Who cares if the 8's don't stack up (pricewise) to the 8's of baseball, all the more reason to collect it in my opinion.
I haven't bought any graded cards for my set, and the majority was put together before grading became popular anyway, so I had no idea that the Unitas was tough with regards to centering.
Here is my raw Unitas,
It's an upgrade from my previous one. It's pretty good on centering, but does have slight touches on the corners and some small printing "flecks" here and there. Still, I like it and probably won't upgrade it further............unless a greaaaaaaaaaaaatttt deal falls into my lap somewhere.
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Hmm, was I going to do one of those? Should be easier since there are a lot fewer sets. I'll put it on my list. I'm working on a new ebay search page, too.
Mike
Try collecting nines i think you will find the prices may make you feel better
1960toppsguy
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Loves me some shiny!
You just can't go wrong collecting vintage football sets.
With that said I have two graded sets for sale on the registry in medium grade.
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
What are the low pops in this set?
Loves me some shiny!
Always looking for 1957 Topps BB in PSA 9!
Centering issues and snow, not to mention John U's "lost in space" look.
I haven't bought any graded cards for my set, and the majority was put together before grading became popular anyway, so I had no idea that the Unitas was tough with regards to centering.
Here is my raw Unitas,
It's an upgrade from my previous one. It's pretty good on centering, but does have slight touches on the corners and some small printing "flecks" here and there. Still, I like it and probably won't upgrade it further............unless a greaaaaaaaaaaaatttt deal falls into my lap somewhere.
Cataloging all those pesky, unlisted 1963 Topps football color variations Updated 2/13/05
Hmm, was I going to do one of those? Should be easier since there are a lot fewer sets. I'll put it on my list. I'm working on a new ebay search page, too.
Mike
Try collecting nines i think you will find the prices may make you feel better