Highlights from my December $6 Special submission (w/scans)

paleocards

25 HOFers submitted on the "$6 per card/less than $75 value" December special. Took a month and a half to pop, but worth the wait. Here are the highlights:

1957 Kaline bought raw at a local show, March 1, 2003
1958 Reese bought raw from my favorite shop, July 27, 2002




1961 Fox MVP & 1962 Ashburn both bought raw from my favorite shop, December 28, 2004




1957 Doby bought raw from my favorite shop, November 19, 2004
1959 Kaline bought raw from a local shop, December 22, 2006




Saved the best for last. From the 185 vintage Topps HOFers I've submitted since I joined PSA at the Chicago National in July 2005, I received four "9's". In this 25-card order, THREE "9's" came back. Here they are:

1964 All-Star Vets: Fox & Killebrew bought raw off eBay August 16, 2003




1968 Topps Game Mantle bought raw at a local show, October 14, 2006 (my 1st Mantle in "9"!)
1968 Topps Game Clemente bought raw as part of a complete set, February 10, 2005 (my 1st Clemente in "9"!)




Here's the complete submission:

PSA Order Status for Submission # 608322


LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 31717293 1956 TOPPS 109 ENOS SLAUGHTER N/A 7
2 31717294 1956 TOPPS 120 RICHIE ASHBURN N/A 7
3 31717295 1957 TOPPS 85 LARRY DOBY N/A 8
4 31717296 1957 TOPPS 125 AL KALINE N/A 7
5 31717297 1958 TOPPS 375 PEE WEE REESE N/A 7
6 31717298 1959 TOPPS 360 AL KALINE N/A 8
7 31717299 1961 TOPPS 407 JACK CHESBRO WINS 41ST GAME 8
8 31717300 1961 TOPPS 477 NELLIE FOX MVP 8
9 31717301 1961 TOPPS 570 NELLIE FOX ALL STAR 6
10 31717302 1961 TOPPS 574 LUIS APARICIO ALL STAR Not Holdered, Miscut
11 31717303 1962 TOPPS 213 RICHIE ASHBURN N/A 8
12 31717304 1964 TOPPS 81 ALL-STAR VETS N.FOX/H.KILLEBREW 9
13 31717305 1964 TOPPS 155 DUKE SNIDER N/A 6
14 31717306 1964 TOPPS 205 NELLIE FOX N/A 8
15 31717307 1968 TOPPS GAME 2 MICKEY MANTLE N/A 9
16 31717308 1968 TOPPS GAME 4 HENRY AARON N/A 6
17 31717309 1968 TOPPS GAME 6 ROBERTO CLEMENTE N/A 9
18 31717310 1968 TOPPS GAME 8 WILLIE MAYS N/A 6
19 31717311 1968 TOPPS 45 TOM SEAVER ALL-STAR ROOKIE 8
20 31717312 1968 TOPPS 355 ERNIE BANKS N/A 8
21 31717313 1968 TOPPS 363 ROD CAREW ALL STAR 8
22 31717314 1968 TOPPS 372 LOU BROCK ALL STAR 7
23 31717315 1968 TOPPS 373 FRANK ROBINSON ALL STAR 6
24 31717316 1968 TOPPS 378 BOB GIBSON ALL STAR Not Holdered, Miscut
25 31717317 1969 TOPPS DECKLE EDGE 27 ROBERTO CLEMENTE N/A 2

Date Received: 01/02/2007
Date of Grades Posted: 02/14/2007
Date Shipped: 02/15/2007

colebear

Very nice cards, I really like that Killebrew/Fox card. Did you ask for no qualifiers because that 57 Kaline looks a little too off center to be a 7

jeffcbay

It only has to be 75%/25% to be a 7.

Those cards are SWEET!! May I ask how much you spent on the raw Mantle at that show?

QUIK

Very nice Thanks for shareing !! I would be interested in the 57 Doby if your interested in selling Thanks

Downtown1974

Very nice grades Paleo! Those are some nice cards.

lawnmowerman

paleocards

Thats some nice stuff! Thanks for taking the time to scan them and show 'em.

You obviously keep track of when and how much you purchased each card for. Do you save the record on your computer or just write it down?

I would be afraid to see my list if I did something like that. I sometimes pay too much for card I just have to have

Stone193

Paleo

A joy to look at! Some fantastic cards and pickups raw!

The Kaline is sweet, sweet...sweeeeeeet!!!

Congratulations and thanx for sharing
mike

stown

The '68 Mantle and Clemente go for significantly more than $75... How did you pull that off?

Excellent grades! Congrats

markj111

I am jealous. You received your grades in six weeks. I have been waiting nearly eight.

paleocards

Thanks for the kind words, guys. In answer to your questions:

jeffcbay -- $30 for the raw Mantle

quik -- Sorry, none are for sale

lawnmowerman -- I'm an obsessive record-keeper, everything's entered into Excel spreadsheets. I can tell you where, when and how much I paid for every card in my collection (tracking my collection is one of the things I most enjoy about the hobby).

stown -- I had no idea they'd come back as "9's", but my rule of thumb (from CarolJ, no less) is that using the PSA 6 price for raw submitted vintage is fair enough when determining value and whether or not a card is eligible under a certain "Special." Of course, the problem with that is if the cards were lost or destroyed in transit back to me, I'd only be able to claim my declared value, which was PSA 6 across the board. Luckily, my submissions have always found their way to back my mailbox.