46 Down--1954 Quaker Sports Oddities Completed in PSA 8 or Better

Davalillo

This cool set gets very little attention and after buying it at a Mr. Mint auction about 12 years ago, I decided to send it in with my recent submission. What do you know it comes back 12 psa 10s, 10 psa 9s. 4 psa 8s and a psa 5. Not bad! But how am I ever going to find that one upgrade? Aha--on the registry is my pal Mike Tavenner (couldabeena)-who was willing to make the trade of his psa 9 for my psa 5 if I included my 1976 Crane Discs set(which he gave me) in my calculations. Mike--this is for card sets only--but here's to the funniest guy on the board--you will be first in line for steaks and drinks at my party and yes I will make another call to see if Hootie can change his schedule.....and finally I will make sure the beautiful 1976 Crane Discs set is displayed prominently.

Among the oddities cards are dedicated to are--

1)Bronco Nagurski knocking out 3 opponents on consecutive plays
2)Johnny Miller making a 60-yard kick between his opponents legs
3)Fred Snite Sr. making back-to-back hole-in-ones
4)George Quam becoming handball champion with 1 arm
5)Bunny Levitt making 499 consecutive free throws.

This set stands 4th on the registry with a 9.33 set rating(behind J Jet J(10.0)!, my friend John Woodring who has an incredible 1954 Bowman Football set and MOSH(whats he doing here?).

This represents the 13th set in PSA 8 or better I have completed since year-end 2005--certainly unexpected but very gratifying.

My goal has been over 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets in psa 8 and better with an interim goal of 50 by year-end 2006.

Completed sets in psa 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(25):

1936 S&S
1948 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1954 Red Heart
1954 Topps
1956 Topps
1957 Topps
1959 Fleer
1960 Fleer
1960 Topps
1961 Golden Press
1961 Nu-Card Scoops
1961 Topps
1961-62 Fleer
1963 Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Topps
1964 Topps Giants
1965 Topps
1967 Topps
1968 Topps
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold

FOOTBALL(11):

1950 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1955 Topps All-America
1959 Topps
1960 Mayrose Cardinals
1960 Topps
1961 Nu-Card
1963 Fleer
1963 Stancraft Playing Cards
1976 Wonder Bread

BASKETBALL(6):

1948 Bowman
1961 Fleer
1969-70 Topps
1970-71 Topps
1972 Icee Bear
1976 Topps

HOCKEY(2):

1962-63 Parkhurst
1962-63 Topps

MULTI-Sport(2):

1933 Goudey Sport Kings
1954 Quaker Sports Oddities

ArnyVee

Wow...another one down. Amazing.

What are you going to do when you reach 100 sets? Have the 1st Annual Davalillo Auction? You plan on keeping these stored away? Displaying them?

Davalillo

ArnyVee,

They are all on display in "the room". Many collectors/dealers/graders have seen them and if you are in the New Jersey area you are welcome to come see the collection.

They are certaiinly not "stored away".

And I will keep the sets and pass them on to my son or if he does not want them my daughter.

Jim

ironranger

Congrats Jim!! Any others close? Keep us posted!

spacktrack

Three sets have been completed in the last 3 weeks since the original posting of Dav's sets with 1 or 2 cards to go. Two other sets have been reduced to one final card. Here is the updated list:

PSA 8 or Better
FB--
1953 Bowman-Gillom-40
1958 Topps-Renfro-17;Marchibroda-44
1962 Fleer-Lott-1
1961 Topps-Wichita-89
1964 Philly-Gilburg-2;Bull 16
1966 Topps-Checklist-132
1967 Topps-Duncan-131
1969 Topps 4-in-1-Alworth/Maynard/McDole/Cannon--3

BASE
1952 Bowman-Fitzgerald-180;Stengel-217
1966 Topps-Cards Rookies-544

BSKBL
1968-69 Jack-in-the-Box-Barnes, Finkel

PSA 9 or Better
1961 NC FB-Mitchell 118
1964 Topps Giants-Boyer-57
1960 Mayrose FB-Fuller