If anyone needs any of these for their registries, let me know. A few low pops like North. I kind of got slaughtered with all the 8s. Someone, make me an offer for all the 8s!
Since i have decided to try to complete this set in 9-10 i thought i would try to get this thread back up and going.Just pick up my first card in this set graded so i have along journey to go but i know will be great fun along the way.If anyone has any 79's out there for sale in 9-10 please send me a pm with list and prices and i will keep you guys updated thank you for your help in advance.
Good luck with the 1979 set. Why did you pick this set to work on? What is your first card? I have been working on this set and 1978 because they are the first sets that I remember buying packs as a child. Currently, I have the second rated set. I need to update my set with around 30 cards. This will put me at around 83%. I am waiting on a 450 card submission from PSA. It seems like it has been there forever. When I get them back I will update my set and let Frank Smith (he has the #1 set) pick what he wants. After that, I should have a lot of extras available. Send me your name and e-mail adress and I will keep you posted.
worked thank you.To answer your questions yes it was my first card for this set and pick up some more today on the bay.Im attracted to this set for many reasons first and formost as with many brings me back to my childhood as 78 and 79 were first cards i ever got for some reason we all fall back to those easier times.Second i like the white plain borders think it brings out the photos well.Thirdly i have some unopened 79s if i hit a roadblock to send in so we will see how it goes hopefully i will be up there with the top dogs someday soon.
If anyone needs psa 9s of #s 84 or 710, 711 from 79 topps, I have them available. $5 each delivered or send me two Dodgers in psa 9 from 79 topps, or 76-80 topps for that matter. I also have an extra # 290 LOPES. $7.
Just PM and let me know if you want them or if you want to trade.
Jaaahm, I just got an order back from PSA with about 75 submissions for the '79 topps baseball set. Man, what a tought set. About 25 PSA 9s. I will send you a PM if you are interested in the ones that I have. Finding 10s in this set is almost impossible. I have three Mike Schmidt 9s---I thought maybe one would be a ten. Give me a day or two to get you a list. Che
Hi Topps 1979 Experts.......I was just wondering if anyone had a list of the variations that exist in the 1979 Topps set...or do you know where I might find a list? I checked OBC but couldn't find lists of variations.
Thanks!
gordmott144@gmail.com Collecting PSA Graded Orioles From 1954 to 1980
I would venture to bet that I opened as many wax and rack packs of 1979 Baseball than any person alive. It was the year I got back into the hobby. I remember everything about that set. The cards that would seem to show up most frequently for the stars were Johnny Bench, Reggie Jackson and Tom Seaver. I remember selling over 700 of the 600 count boxes of what were then thought to be commons at about five for a penny. I just had no place for them. I never pulled any of the Ozzie Smith cards from the commons and there had to be at least 500 of them in that lot. I will never forget that transaction as a fellow brought a mini van over and had to come back twice to pick them all up. It is funny now but I would open these cards, pull the stars and just put the rest in the boxes, they were hardly touched. I still don't know why I bought so many of those. The funny thing was when the store did not have Baseball, we would just buy Hockey cards for the heck of it as we could care less about Hockey but just wanted to spend money. That happened to be the year a pretty good Hockey card was available, the Gretzky rookie. I know I had 75 or 80 of those but you could not give hockey stuff away, somehow I did. With baseball that year the hard cards in my opinion were Carew, Yastrzemski and Bob Horner. Horner was the one my buddies and I coveted.
Cleaning out my card closet I found a 5000 count box full of commons from 1979 that I purchased at an auction closing a card shop in the early 90s. Quite a few of the cards are in good condition for being in a monster box for 15+ years. I have never sent in any 79s for grading and have a couple of questions for the 79 experts.
1) When grading the back, how important is the curved lines in the baseball used for the card number? Can a card be a 10 yet have light curved lines or none at all? 2) How competitive is the search for low pop (zero or one 10s) commons?
Here are scans of a couple of the low pop commons:
Forget the Kerrigan, the scan shows a nice ding in the top left. I need to invest in a better loupe.
I've been slowly putting together a PSA graded 1979 Topps set, and these are the 79s I sent in with my last two subs (must have missed a wrinkle on the Brewers prospects card). All these cards were pulled by myself primarily from wax trays, and a couple of rack packs. The 1979 is extremely tough one for finding centered, mint cards, and is really undervalued, IMO, probably due to its unpopularity, but I've always liked the set as it's the last one of the '70s (the decade I primarily collect) and I'm also a fan of the 1976 set and the 79s are fairly similar in design.
109 1 15489358 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 45 AL HRABOSKY Card US 110 1 15489359 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 100 TOM SEAVER Card US 111 1 15489360 GEM MINT 10 1979 TOPPS 72 STEVE MINGORI Card US 112 1 15489361 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 71 BRIAN DOWNING Card US 113 1 15489362 GEM MINT 10 1979 TOPPS 264 DON ROBINSON Card US 114 1 15489363 EXCELLENT 5 1979 TOPPS 708 BREWERS PROSPECTS K.BASS/E.ROMERO/N.YOST Card US 115 1 15489364 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 524 TOM BURGMEIER Card US 116 1 15489365 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 23 TERRY FORSTER Card US 117 1 15489366 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 635 DON BAYLOR Card US 118 1 15489367 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 204 PETE ROSE Card US 119 1 15489368 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 231 JOHNNY WOCKENFUSS Card US 120 1 15489369 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 189 EDDIE WHITSON Card US
16 1 15200026 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 16 FRED STANLEY Card US 17 1 15200027 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 706 TIGERS PROSPECTS STEGMAN/TOBIK/YOUNG Card US 18 1 15200028 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 456 CHUCK BAKER Card US 19 1 15200029 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1979 TOPPS 438 HORACE SPEED Card US 20 1 15200030 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 172 MIKE BRUHERT Card US 21 1 15200031 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 200 JOHNNY BENCH Card US 22 1 15200032 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 523 JOHN MILNER Card US 23 1 15200033 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 446 JIM LONBORG Card US 24 1 15200034 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 690 BUDDY BELL Card US 25 1 15200035 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 79 TED COX Card US 26 1 15200036 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 484 RICK WAITS Card US 27 1 15200037 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 54 DELL ALSTON Card US 28 1 15200038 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 669 CHECKLIST 606-726 Card US 29 1 15200039 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 103 JIM TODD Card US 30 1 15200040 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 100 TOM SEAVER Card US 31 1 15200041 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 555 BIFF POCOROBA Card US 32 1 15200042 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 359 DAN SPILLNER Card US 33 1 15200043 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 351 WAYNE NORDHAGEN Card US
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>I'm also a fan of the 1976 set and the 79s are fairly similar in design. >>
Bold color and generally good photography. Why the '79 is disliked (other than the noted stock problems) is a mystery to me.
I was thinking about digging this thread up last week and then forgot to. I was going to ask if anyone else remembers the existence of a panel of the Dodgers (Pedro Gurerro) and Rangers rookies available as an insert in a magazine? Something teen-oriented like Dynamite or Boys Life.
I ask because I had one myself (I can remember getting it in one of my 7th grade classes, which is why I can sort of narrow the field.) Of course my cutting was about as stellar as most of us at the time. I was simply curious if anyone had seen any panels (maybe different cards) like this, graded or otherwise.
I will add that PSA 9s and 10s from this year sell for nothing right now, there is no market for them. I, too am puzzled at the set's lack of popularity. It has all the features of a challenging set - large size, a high dollar rookie, condition sensitive stars (ie, Rose, Molitor) and many commons that are extremely tough in high grade. If you do get 9s and/or 10s, my advice is to hold onto them until the rest of the collecting world catches on to this set.
I recently started working on the 79 set in psa 10. I have twelve of them so far and I am slowly building this set mainly because it was the year that I was born and Ozzie Smith was always my favorite player growing up. If anyone has any psa 10s they would be willing to sell or trade send me a pm. Thanks
I just love this thread!!! I do not know why I am addicted to that and 1978 but i am. i prefer those fresh looking rack packs to open. The way its going with people ripping, Supplies must be going down.
I had a lot of fun with this set over the years. The last thing I did was re-sort the cards into teams and post into a binder. Only have the Carew graded. Should probably replace my miscuts. Good luck to those to make it in 9+. Those tilts are relentless.
All, I have psa 9s of Ron Cey # 190 and Lou Piniella # 648 from 79 topps. Oh, and a psa 8 Yaz #320 that is nice for the grade. PM me if anyone needs them for their sets! They will be reasonably priced!
It is nice to see this thread on the first page. I started this thread 3 years ago. For those working on raw sets, I still have around 5,000 raw cards from the rack cases I opened. Let me know what you need and I will check my stash. I sent the sure fire 9s to PSA. I trashed the miscut cards and kept the balance. I am busy with work but will work on your want lists. If the want list is not too long, I will send the cards to you for free. I also have some near complete sets (missing a couple commons) compiled from the cases.
Thank you, Packman! I'm missing 5,6,8,24,123,204,330,398,507,412,413,414,430,460,540,610,640. Some of these are stars, so please let me know how much you want for them in NM-MT.
I have officially started a psa 10 set of 1979's I know very little of this set, but collected it as a kid in 1979, also the 1980, but ventured over to coins. I now have about 8 PSA 10's with tons to go.
My set is under what my 11 yr old step daughter calls me...Paulie!
<< <i>Wow, Paul. Good luck with that endeavor! It's quite the challenge to put it lightly. >>
I understand that it cannot be completed as of right now in 10 but I see no sense in collecting 9's right now. I'm in no hurry and will build the set in 10 for now.
Its better than coins IMHO, since you do not have to deal with MS64 through MS69. Just 9's and 10's. Really nice.
Just got this baby back from PSA, pulled from a full box I bought on ebay a year or so back:
MINT 9 1979 TOPPS BASEBALL CELLO PACK CELLO PACK OZZIE SMITH-BACK Card US
I'm also slowly putting together the 1979 set...the prices for PSA graded 1979 cards don't nearly reflect how difficult it is to find mint to gem mint cards. 1979 is an undervalued set, IMO..
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I have a 1979 Topps uncut sheet I recently bought on Ebay. The auction had 2 different sheets. I only wanted 1 of them. I have the other one available if anyone is interested. It has Bob Horner's Rookie on it. If anyone one is intersted in this please PM me and we can come up with a reasonable price.
the prices for PSA graded 1979 cards don't nearly reflect how difficult it is to find mint to gem mint cards. 1979 is an undervalued set, IMO..
I agree. I think the prices will come along as more time goes by and the volume of unopened stuff goes down. I bought/busted some 1979 packs recently and they were very fun and nice cards, but some terrible centering issues on many of the cards..including the Nolan Ryan I got It would be Mint 9 O/C for sure
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Stingray: I will look tonight to see if I am submitting any Trammell cards.
bri2327: I will be submitting multiples of most of the Yankees (my favorite team). Currently I have the following extra Yankees in PSA 9:
#60 Rivers
#225 Gossage
#310 Munson
#335 Chambliss
#434 Clay
#485 Dent
#500 Guidry
#670 Hunter
#700 Reggie
Let me know if you can use any of them. I am looking at trades right now. If you have any extra Yankees in PSA 9 from the 70's, let me know.
I have a stack of 9s that I would prefer to sell here than on ebay.
here they are
80
178
188
194
214 red sox team
229
266
272
303
332
374
385
479
505
508
524
538
553
561
656
714
726
If anyone needs some, let me know. $7 each with bulk discounts down to $6 each - Delivered!
Also, I would trade for psa 9 or 10 Dodgers from the 70s or 80 or 81 topps. Lemme know what you have!
Brian
Brian
151 06561356 1979 TOPPS 25 STEVE CARLTON N/A 8
152 06561357 1979 TOPPS 51 RAY FOSSE N/A 9
153 06561358 1979 TOPPS 75 STEVE YEAGER N/A 8
154 06561359 1979 TOPPS 75 STEVE YEAGER N/A 9
155 06561360 1979 TOPPS 81 ROGER ERICKSON N/A 9
156 06561361 1979 TOPPS 104 JOHNNY OATES N/A 8
157 06561362 1979 TOPPS 109 JOEL YOUNGBLOOD N/A 9
158 06561363 1979 TOPPS 121 CHECKLIST 1-121 N/A 9
159 06561364 1979 TOPPS 154 JIM GANTNER N/A 7
160 06561365 1979 TOPPS 162 TOM JOHNSON N/A 8
161 06561366 1979 TOPPS 199 LARRY MILBOURNE N/A 5
162 06561367 1979 TOPPS 225 RICH GOSSAGE N/A 8
163 06561368 1979 TOPPS 226 RON PRUITT N/A 8
164 06561369 1979 TOPPS 246 DARRELL JACKSON N/A 8
165 06561370 1979 TOPPS 265 DON MONEY N/A 9
166 06561371 1979 TOPPS 295 MITCHELL PAGE N/A 8
167 06561372 1979 TOPPS 310 THURMAN MUNSON N/A 8
168 06561373 1979 TOPPS 314 LARRY HARLOW N/A 8
169 06561374 1979 TOPPS 325 CECIL COOPER N/A 9
170 06561375 1979 TOPPS 330 GEORGE BRETT N/A 8
171 06561376 1979 TOPPS 340 JIM PALMER N/A 8
172 06561377 1979 TOPPS 349 JIM WRIGHT N/A 9
173 06561378 1979 TOPPS 372 LAMAR JOHNSON N/A 9
174 06561379 1979 TOPPS 408 CHARLIE MOORE N/A 9
175 06561380 1979 TOPPS 417 STRIKEOUT LEADERS N.RYAN/W.JOHNSON 8
176 06561381 1979 TOPPS 457 BRUCE SUTTER N/A 8
177 06561382 1979 TOPPS 458 JIM ESSIAN N/A 8
178 06561383 1979 TOPPS 459 SID MONGE N/A 9
179 06561384 1979 TOPPS 465 REGGIE SMITH N/A 9
180 06561385 1979 TOPPS 468 STAN BAHNSEN N/A 8
181 06561386 1979 TOPPS 472 CRAIG KUSICK N/A 8
182 06561387 1979 TOPPS 506 JOHN D'ACQUISTO N/A 9
183 06561388 1979 TOPPS 524 TOM BURGMEIER N/A 9
184 06561389 1979 TOPPS 526 DODGERS TEAM N/A 8
185 06561390 1979 TOPPS 546 BILL RUSSELL N/A 8
186 06561391 1979 TOPPS 555 BIFF POCOROBA N/A 9
187 06561392 1979 TOPPS 560 JOHN MONTEFUSCO N/A 9
188 06561393 1979 TOPPS 570 CESAR CEDENO N/A 8
189 06561394 1979 TOPPS 588 TOM MURPHY N/A 8
190 06561395 1979 TOPPS 601 DAVE LaROCHE N/A 8
191 06561396 1979 TOPPS 610 MIKE SCHMIDT N/A 8
192 06561397 1979 TOPPS 614 WILLIE HERNANDEZ N/A 8
193 06561398 1979 TOPPS 629 GENE GARBER N/A 9
194 06561399 1979 TOPPS 640 EDDIE MURRAY N/A 8
195 06561400 1979 TOPPS 660 RON LeFLORE N/A 8
196 06561401 1979 TOPPS 662 KEVIN BELL N/A 8
197 06561402 1979 TOPPS 680 CARLTON FISK N/A 8
198 06561403 1979 TOPPS 668 BILL NORTH N/A 9
199 06561404 1979 TOPPS 670 JIM HUNTER N/A 5
200 06561405 1979 TOPPS 713 RANGERS PROSPECTS DARWIN/PUTNAM/SAMPLE 9
Ken
B
I am intereseted in # 226 and # 660/
Good luck with the 1979 set. Why did you pick this set to work on? What is your first card? I have been working on this set and 1978 because they are the first sets that I remember buying packs as a child. Currently, I have the second rated set. I need to update my set with around 30 cards. This will put me at around 83%. I am waiting on a 450 card submission from PSA. It seems like it has been there forever. When I get them back I will update my set and let Frank Smith (he has the #1 set) pick what he wants. After that, I should have a lot of extras available. Send me your name and e-mail adress and I will keep you posted.
David
I don't think you have your PM turned on.
-Mike
Working on 56T BB and 80T BB
Looking to trade blocks of BB graded commons for other blocks of BB commons
https://www.psacard.com/psasetregistry/sinibobcards/othersets/3205
https://www.ebay.com/sch/sinibobsystems/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=
I sent you an e-mail with the private message (PM) instructions. Let me know if it works.
David
Just PM and let me know if you want them or if you want to trade.
Brian
I just got an order back from PSA with about 75 submissions for the '79 topps baseball set. Man, what a tought set. About 25 PSA 9s. I will send you a PM if you are interested in the ones that I have. Finding 10s in this set is almost impossible. I have three Mike Schmidt 9s---I thought maybe one would be a ten. Give me a day or two to get you a list.
Che
Genesis 1:1
I have been looking for card #259 1979 Topps Cincinnati Reds team in a PSA 9. If anyone has one for sale please let me know.
Thanks,
Phil
Thanks!
Collecting PSA Graded Orioles From 1954 to 1980
Please add me to your "contact list" for any
extra '79 PSA 9 or 10 cards. Thanks.
wpkoughan@yahoo.com
Collecting 1970-1979 PSA 9 & 10 Baseball Cards
Quite a few of the cards are in good condition for being in a monster box for 15+ years.
I have never sent in any 79s for grading and have a couple of questions for the 79 experts.
1) When grading the back, how important is the curved lines in the baseball used for the card number? Can a card be a 10 yet have light curved lines or none at all?
2) How competitive is the search for low pop (zero or one 10s) commons?
Here are scans of a couple of the low pop commons:
Forget the Kerrigan, the scan shows a nice ding in the top left. I need to invest in a better loupe.
Thanks,
Charles
109 1 15489358 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 45 AL HRABOSKY Card US
110 1 15489359 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 100 TOM SEAVER Card US
111 1 15489360 GEM MINT 10 1979 TOPPS 72 STEVE MINGORI Card US
112 1 15489361 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 71 BRIAN DOWNING Card US
113 1 15489362 GEM MINT 10 1979 TOPPS 264 DON ROBINSON Card US
114 1 15489363 EXCELLENT 5 1979 TOPPS 708 BREWERS PROSPECTS K.BASS/E.ROMERO/N.YOST Card US
115 1 15489364 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 524 TOM BURGMEIER Card US
116 1 15489365 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 23 TERRY FORSTER Card US
117 1 15489366 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 635 DON BAYLOR Card US
118 1 15489367 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 204 PETE ROSE Card US
119 1 15489368 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 231 JOHNNY WOCKENFUSS Card US
120 1 15489369 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 189 EDDIE WHITSON Card US
16 1 15200026 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 16 FRED STANLEY Card US
17 1 15200027 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 706 TIGERS PROSPECTS STEGMAN/TOBIK/YOUNG Card US
18 1 15200028 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 456 CHUCK BAKER Card US
19 1 15200029 NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1979 TOPPS 438 HORACE SPEED Card US
20 1 15200030 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 172 MIKE BRUHERT Card US
21 1 15200031 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 200 JOHNNY BENCH Card US
22 1 15200032 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 523 JOHN MILNER Card US
23 1 15200033 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 446 JIM LONBORG Card US
24 1 15200034 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 690 BUDDY BELL Card US
25 1 15200035 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 79 TED COX Card US
26 1 15200036 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 484 RICK WAITS Card US
27 1 15200037 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 54 DELL ALSTON Card US
28 1 15200038 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1979 TOPPS 669 CHECKLIST 606-726 Card US
29 1 15200039 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 103 JIM TODD Card US
30 1 15200040 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 100 TOM SEAVER Card US
31 1 15200041 MINT 9 1979 TOPPS 555 BIFF POCOROBA Card US
32 1 15200042 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 359 DAN SPILLNER Card US
33 1 15200043 MINT 9 OC 1979 TOPPS 351 WAYNE NORDHAGEN Card US
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>I'm also a fan of the 1976 set and the 79s are fairly similar in design. >>
Bold color and generally good photography. Why the '79 is disliked (other than the noted stock problems) is a mystery to me.
I was thinking about digging this thread up last week and then forgot to. I was going to ask if anyone else remembers the existence of a panel of the Dodgers (Pedro Gurerro) and Rangers rookies available as an insert in a magazine? Something teen-oriented like Dynamite or Boys Life.
I ask because I had one myself (I can remember getting it in one of my 7th grade classes, which is why I can sort of narrow the field.) Of course my cutting was about as stellar as most of us at the time. I was simply curious if anyone had seen any panels (maybe different cards) like this, graded or otherwise.
Bosox1976
I, too am puzzled at the set's lack of popularity. It has all the features of a challenging set - large size, a high dollar rookie, condition sensitive stars (ie, Rose, Molitor) and many commons that are extremely tough in high grade.
If you do get 9s and/or 10s, my advice is to hold onto them until the rest of the collecting world catches on to this set.
thanks
Thanks
B
My set is under what my 11 yr old step daughter calls me...Paulie!
Later, Paul.
Later, Paul.
<< <i>Wow, Paul. Good luck with that endeavor! It's quite the challenge to put it lightly. >>
I understand that it cannot be completed as of right now in 10 but I see no sense in collecting 9's right now. I'm in no hurry and will build the set in 10 for now.
Its better than coins IMHO, since you do not have to deal with MS64 through MS69. Just 9's and 10's. Really nice.
Later, Paul.
Later, Paul.
MINT 9 1979 TOPPS BASEBALL CELLO PACK CELLO PACK OZZIE SMITH-BACK Card US
I'm also slowly putting together the 1979 set...the prices for PSA graded 1979 cards don't nearly reflect how difficult it is to find mint to gem mint cards. 1979 is an undervalued set, IMO..
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Thank you
I agree. I think the prices will come along as more time goes by and the volume of unopened stuff goes down. I bought/busted some 1979 packs recently and they were very fun and nice cards, but some terrible centering issues on many of the cards..including the Nolan Ryan I got
How is everyone else doing?