100% Complete on my Don Drysdale Basic Set!

ArnyVee

I know that it's not a huge deal (under 15 cards to complete), but I've got my Don Drysdale Basic Set at 100%

Don Drysdale Basic Set -- All Scanned & Some Reading Material

Now, the upgrading. I've already upgraded the rookie from a 6 to a 7. If I can just find a '62 in 7 then I'm at all at least 7s and can start to work on 8s. Any Drysdale cards floating out there with my fellow CU Board members? Drop me a PM if you have any cards that I can upgrade to.

tkd7

Congratulations! Finishing a project is always a big deal. That is why we collect!

Nice job scanning all the cards as well. I really enjoy that.

coachh

Congratulations on finishing the set. I hope to finish my 1st set in the next few days.

jojowest

Congratulations Arny

Any plans for the 1957 PSA 6 Drysdale?? Loking to upgrade my 4.

thanks jojowest

MarkJ

ArnyVee

jojowest,

I was about to list the PSA 6 Drysdale in my eBay store with a couple of other Drysdale cards. But, if you are interested in either buying or trading just drop me a PM.

WinPitcher

Good job!

Steve

estang

I like Dandy Don. Doesn't Koufax have a face like a weasel faced ass though?

CollectorChris

Erik,

Although it is apparant that you're personally not attracted to Koufax's face, his accomplishments on the baseball diamond speak loudly. Many regard his 1962-1966 period as the greatest five-year era of domination ever for a major league pitcher.

He is very popular here too. Sandy Koufax is second only to Nolan Ryan in the number of sets for pitchers in the PSA Registry. Mickey Mantle leads all baseball players, pitchers or otherwise.

Collector Chris

estang

Chris & all,

My koufax weasel-faced remark was a joke for the originating poster, based upon his Avatar of the office manager "David" from the BBC Version of The Office. It was a rather hilarious exchange of dialogue on one of the episodes.

Koufax is great! The remark was too inside for an open forum like this. Apologies.

ArnyVee

Yeah, but would you rather be a weasel faced ass or an ass faced weasel? LOL....great stuff from the original "Office"!

BugOnTheRug

Arny,
Congrats on the set! Vintage player sets are cool and Drysdale is a very worthy candidate.
Bill

ps) There's still $135 on the table for future Mr. Drysdales' if you know what I mean......

ArnyVee

Doh! I forgot about that Bill. Umm...I've got my youngest daughter's first birthday mini-bash going on now. So, I can't send you a response just yet. But, I'll drop you a note towards the end of next week (have a conference from Sunday to Wednesday which will take up a lot of my time).

Anyone out there with some Drysdale 8s or affordable 9s?

bri2327

Nice job, congrats !


If I can get my hands on a nice PSA 9 1977 Munson it will complete my first set. Any help would be appreciated !

NeilDowney

Hi Arny, Nice set! This is one of the players that I wish played one year earlier so that he had a card in my favorite set (1956 Topps). Neil

ArnyVee

I added my '60 Koufax card to my collection and have now moved into the Top 20!

Sandy Koufax Collection.....All Scanned & Some Stats To Read!

ArnyVee

I've upgraded a few cards and now have the overall grade at 7.60!

My most recent upgrades were '63 Fleer to a PSA 8 and a '61 Topps to a PSA 8.

Drysdale Cards w/Scans & Stats....

....anyone with upgrades to my Drysdale basic set, just drop me a PM or e-mail me at SCMAuctions@aol.com!

MorrellMan

That's great - nice set, great grades.

Any thoughts on trying to build the master set, with the Bells and Morrells?

ArnyVee

I've been thinkin' about it. But, I'd like to sit at all 8s before I start to attack the other stuff.

I LOVE many of the other cards and have thought about it.

BarkusD

I have a few extra Drysdales for sale:


Nice high quality rookie card. $150


Hard to find well centered 59. This one is really nice and is just back from PSA in my recent submission. $95 Pending deal with Kurtman

Choose your grade of the 1960 card:


PSA 8 $95 Pending deal with Arny


PSA 7 $45


PSA 6 $20

Freshly Graded 1966 PSA 8 from my recent submission $65 Pending deal with Kurtman

jradke4

congrats!!!

ArnyVee

Thanks jradke4!

David, I'll take the '60 Drysdale in PSA 8 for the $95. I've already got the others in 8 already though. Do you happen to have a PSA 8 of either the '65 or '62?

Kurtman9

Fantastic accomplishment Arny!

Barkus: PM sent.

ArnyVee

Thanks Kurtman!

By the way, I took a peek at your '61 Koufax & Drysdale cards...what beauties!

Kurtman9

Thanks Arny. That 61 Drysdale really deserves to be in a 9 holder and one of these days I just might crack it and see if it will bump.

ArnyVee

Finally upgraded my '62 Drysdale to a PSA 8!

Only the '57 (Rookie) and '58 in 7 needed to upgrade for all to be an 8 minimum!

bri2327

Nice work Arny, that '62 looks really clean

What has a PSA 8 of his RC been selling for ? Ive seen 7's in the $175-250 range but havnt seen an 8 in a while.

ArnyVee

I haven't tracked the 8s for his rookie lately. But, if I remember right....something around $700-800. I'm not sure if I'll be picking one of those up anytime soon. Unless, I sell all of my Koufax cards (all for sale here All PSA Koufax Cards For Sale! )

baseballfan

great job!
good luck with the 8

GDM67

A lot of Don's cards feature him sporting that "Oh, yeah? What are ya gonna do about it?" look, but the '62 might just be the best of those.

Any of you guys who are Drysdale completists should pick up a copy of the October 1999 issue of GQ. In addition to a fabulous pictorial of Ashley Judd, there is a short piece, featuring a page size color photo of Big D walking off the field at Chavez Ravine, mobbed by teammates, just after finishing off the Yankees 1-0 in Game 3 of the '63 Series. It's a brilliant image, the kind usually found in Sports Illustrated or Sport retrospectives.