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60 Down--1961 Fleer Football Completed in PSA 8 or Better

DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
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Thanks to another collecting friend, I have completed my 60th vintage/semi-vintage set with each card PSA 8 or better--1961 Fleer Football.

I was down to just 3 cards in this set when I got an e-mail from Paul Howard(aka Wolfbear) who proposed a trade where he would give me the 3 PSA 8s I needed(Jones, McIlhenny and Youngelman) and a replacement 8 for a PSA 9 card I had. We shortly agreed on a deal and I am pleased to have another set down.

Paul ranks 6th in the 1961 Fleer rankings and has a number of impressive football sets including 1964 Topps where he ranks 2nd and 1962 Fleer where he is 1st with a highly impressive 8.70 Set Rating. Thanks again Paul!

The set is now complete with a 8.18 set rating(5th) and I will let it rest at this level. The set has 185 psa 8s and 35 psa 9s. Winning a highly coveted Top 3 slot in the Olympics seems too much of an undertaking given how far the Top 3 are ahead of me. With the dangerous MOSH, collector extraordinaire Fuzzdude and the always unpredictable Couldabeena lurking its best to pause here.

Like many sets, I submitted the bulk of this set raw and have filled in the holes and upgraded as I went along. I consider Youngelman(pop 12 in psa 8 with 4 higher), Rick Casares(pop 9 with 2 higher) and Stan Jones(pop 9 with 3 higher) to be the toughest 8s in the set. For the 1960-63 Fleer run I need to upgrade 2 cards to complete to an 8 or better run--the 1962 Billy Lott(pop 5) and the ultra-tough 1960 Fleer Jim Woodard(pop 1 in 8 with 1 9 and no 7s).

My goal continues to be 100 sets in psa 8 or better with an interim goal of 70 sets by year-end 2007. I am also attempting to finish a few sets in mainly psa 8 with a few 7s as an interim step to an all 8 set.

Completed vsets in PSA 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(30):

1936 S&S
1948 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Bowman
1954 Red Heart
1954 Topps
1955 Bowman
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
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1967 Topps Red Sox Stickers
1968 Topps
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold
1970 Topps Super

FOOTBALL(18):

1950 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1955 Topps All-America
1958 Topps
1959 Topps
1960 Mayrose Franks
1960 Topps
1961 Fleer
1961 Nu-Card
1961 Topps
1962 Kahn's Weiners
1963 Fleer
1963 Stancraft Playing Cards
1964 Philadelphia
1967 Topps
1969 Topps 4-in-1.
1976 Wonder Bread

BASKETBALL(7):

1948 Bowman
1957 Topps
1961 Fleer
1969-70 Topps
1970-71 Topps
1972 Icee Bear
1976-77 Topps

HOCKEY(3):

1962-63 Parkhurst
1962-63 Topps
1963-64 Parkhurst

MULTI-SPORT(2):

1933 Goudey Sport Kings
1954 Sport Oddities

Comments

  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations, Jim!

    Quite an accomplishment.
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • JLooJLoo Posts: 47
    Amazing!!

    Congrats!
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭
    great job on another great set!!!!
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • FuzzFuzz Posts: 903
    Jim,
    Congratulations on another top set. It makes us all pale in comparison.
    "collector extraordinaire Fuzzdude" is priceless. The funniest thing I have heard in weeks.
    Wolfbears 62 Fleer set though is not funny. It is as serious as a heart attack. I believe that should be vinatge set of the year. It gets my vote again this year.
    Fuzz
    Wanted: Bell Brands FB and BB, Chiefs regionals especially those ugly milk cards, Coke caps, Topps and Fleer inserts and test issues from the 60's. 1981 FB Rack pack w/ Jan Stenerud on top.
  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Fuzz,

    Absolutely agree on Wolfbear's 62 Fleer Set--one of the best vintage football sets on the registry.

    Jim
  • SKINSFANSKINSFAN Posts: 1,032
    FEAR THE BEAR
  • 19541954 Posts: 2,898 ✭✭✭
    Jim,
    This is awesome. I look forward to hearing more finished sets in the future. Thanks for sharing.

    SL
    P.S. Send me an email with your address again and I will send you a card that you need.
    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭

    Don't believe Davalillo for a second when he says "we shortly agreed on a deal."

    Negotiating with Jim over a few pieces of cardboard
    gets as contentious as any wrangling that goes on behind the scenes in Congress.

    Thanks for the kind words on my 1962 Fleer set Fuzz.
    Need to scan and add the rest of the cards and hopefully add some short comments soon.

    The Fuzz is indeed a collector extraordinaire.
    He'll lie dormant like a hibernating bear for periods of time, and then strike with a sudden ferocity! image

    Congrats, and keep it going Jim! Glad we could help each other out ... image

    Pix of 'My Kids'

    "How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
  • FBFB Posts: 1,684 ✭✭
    Jim,

    Congrats again on putting another notch in your belt!!! Absolutely astounding!!!

    Wolfbear,

    Thanks for clearing up the REAL story behind the makings of a low pop deal with Jim!! Somehow I knew that it wasn't a "this is what I want in return" and "OK!" type transaction!!!

    Frank
    Frank Bakka
    Sets - 1970, 1971 and 1972
    Always looking for 1972 O-PEE-CHEE Baseball in PSA 9 or 10!

    lynnfrank@earthlink.net
    outerbankyank on eBay!
  • gregm13gregm13 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭
    Jim,

    Congrats on another set completed! I've always loved the 1961 set - it's a very clean design with a great lineup of rookies and stars. Good luck on your quest to 100!

    Regards,

    Greg M.
    Collecting vintage auto'd fb cards and Dan Marino cards!!

    References:
    Onlychild, Ahmanfan, fabfrank, wufdude, jradke, Reese, Jasp, thenavarro
    E-Bay id: greg_n_meg
  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Contentious??--I was a pushover.

    Paul suggested a trade and I said "is that all you want" and offered to throw in a couple more 9s. After some convincing Paul shortly accepted.

    Seriously, I accepted the 2nd offer Paul made--it just took me a little while to see the light.

    Thanks again Paul--now please get to work and find me a Lott.

    Jim
  • ironrangerironranger Posts: 167 ✭✭
    Contrats Jim! The '61 Fleer set is one of my favorites as most of the low series card photos appear to have been taken at stadiums on game days. The Eagles cards in particular have nice photos of Franklin field. For some reason, the 2nd series have a higher SMR value, but the lower series are much tougher to find in high grade.

    Also, congrats on picking up the PSA 7 1953 Bowman football Gillom card to complete your 53 set. Very impressive to compete a 53 set in all 8's with only 1 seven. The 7 you bought looked nice too.

  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Thanks on the 53 Bowman.

    I could be waiting a long time for an 8 to appear so I thought I better grab the 7 while I could.
  • marinermariner Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭✭
    Jim, just amazing....congrats on your accomplishments!
    Don

    Collect primarily 1959-1963 Topps Baseball
    set registry id Don Johnson Collection
    ebay id truecollector14
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    Thanks again Paul--now please get to work and find me a Lott.
    Jim >>



    Not that much work involved in opening up my 'available duplicates' cabinet, Jim.

    As always, I enjoy the back and forth.
    Hopefully a deal can get done soon with my 'extra' 1962 Lott in PSA 8 involving your 1961 Horning card ... image

    Pix of 'My Kids'

    "How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Paul,

    For the Lott, the Hornung might have a new home.

    I don't know--I hear PSA 9s don't hold up well in Washington's rainy climate.
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