The best cards that I have found as far as centering and 4 sharp corners is in rack packs, I haven't had very much luck in getting any cards that were worth sending to PSA from wax or cellos. I have sent in quite a few of the 81's and got back 9's and 10's I even got lucky and pulled the only Benny Ayala 101 in a 9. I just started putting this set together about a year ago I bought about 250 PSA 's off of a guy on the board that goes by ShootyBabitt. I originallly was going to sell them off but decided to put the set together. I bought a rack case sealed and have opened two of the rack boxs and I have about 230 cards more cards I'm sending in when the next low special comes around.
The main set that I have is the 1975 Topps set I have 2 of them, both graded and complete. Most of my concentration goes to those 2 sets. I've been working on that set for about 5 years now, and keep adding to it. Without a doubt a very expensive set to put together in 9's and 10's. The 1981 set is not near as expensive and the cards can be picked up very reasonable. So far I have about 100 that I have submitted to my set from PSA. I do have a some 9's and alot of 8's if your interesed in buying any.
Thanks for the info. Congrats on the Ayala, I have heard it's real tough and the few I've seen are horrible. May I ask when you say waiting for the next special to come around, what would the PSA submission price be? I know they run specials and from my recollection it's like $5.50 or something like that.
I'm likely rejoining as I want to submit some '81 Topps, I may have a few '86 Fleer basketball left to do, as well as a '92 Team Pinnacle set. The 1992 Team Pinnacle was 1 per 4 boxes and I always loved that set. It's so cheap now I figure just get me a really high end PSA one to stick aside. I have a few rack packs just put up from '81 Topps but may bust a few down. I wasn't sure if the racks or wax gave better grades. The racks seemed kind of loose to me in the packs but the wax could be worse as I don't have any real experience with those.
I just nee to round up 6 premium submission type cards. I have a few old Goudey and V300s I could submit but they aren't in the best shape so it's not that they are a driving need.
Anyone making more progress? Im up to about 60% complete, although I have a lot to update in the registry after I accidentally deleted them all. Have a rather large submission headin in soon - after some rack boxes and now 3 wax boxes coming from the group rip. Hopefully a few Pop 1's....
Once again, burned on the 81s. These were from the vending and wax box purchased from BBCE a few months back. Although the 81s are a crapshoot for non-4sc subs, I enjoy the quest. Every now and then you get thrown a bone, unfortunately not on this sub.
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 52 HECTOR CRUZ MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 660 GARY CARTER MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 58 JOEL YOUNGBLOOD MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 691 DICK RUTHVEN MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 310 VIDA BLUE NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 504 DALE MURPHY NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 138 RICH DOTSON NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 369 FRANK TANANA NEAR MINT 7 1981 TOPPS 302 DODGERS FUTURE STAR PERCONTE/SCIOSCIA/VALENZUELA MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 225 RUPPERT JONES MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 387 PHIL NIEKRO NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 455 RICK BURLESON NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 180 PETE ROSE MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 479 EXPOS FUTURE STARS T.RAINES/R.RAMOS/B.PATE NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 540 MIKE SCHMIDT MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 164 LaMARR HOYT MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 166 FLOYD BANNISTER NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 473 JOSE CARDENAL MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 500 JIM RICE NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 490 EDDIE MURRAY
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
PLAYER CARDNO GRADE AL OLIVER 70 10 A's FUTURE STARS 96 8 BARRY FOOTE 492 8 BERT BLYLEVEN 554 8 BILL GULLICKSON 578 8 BOB OWCHINKO 536 10 BOB WALK 494 8 BOB WELCH 624 8 BRAVES TEAM 675 8 BRIAN DOWNING 263 9 BURT HOOTON 565 8 CARDINALS TEAM 684 8 CARLTON FISK 480 8 CHARLIE MOORE 237 10 CHECKLIST 1-121 31 10 CLIFF JOHNSON 17 9 CUBS FUTURE STARS 381 8 DALE MURPHY 504 8 DANNY GOODWIN 527 8 DAVE KINGMAN 450 8 DAVE WINFIELD 370 8 DOUG DeCINCES 188 8 DYAR MILLER 472 10 EXPOS FUTURE STARS 479 8 FERNANDO ARROYO 408 8 GEORGE BRETT 700 8 GLENN ADAMS 18 7 GLENN HOFFMAN 349 8 GRAIG NETTLES 365 9 HAROLD BAINES 347 8 INDIANS FUTURE STAR 451 10 JERRY WHITE 42 10 JIM BARR 717 8 JOE CHARBONEAU 13 8 JOHNNY BENCH 600 8 JUNIOR KENNEDY 447 9 LARRY HISLE 215 8 LEADING FIREMEN 8 9 LOU WHITAKER 234 9 MARK CLEAR 12 8 MIKE HARGROVE 74 8 MIKE SCHMIDT 540 8 MITCHELL PAGE 35 8 N.L. CHAMPIONSHIPS 402 8 OTTO VELEZ 351 10 OZZIE SMITH 254 8 PAUL MOSKAU 546 8 PETE ROSE 205 9 RANDY MOFFITT 622 9 RANGERS FUTURE STARS 41 8 REGGIE JACKSON 400 8 RICK BURLESON 455 8 RICK MILLER 239 10 RICK SOFIELD 278 10 RICKEY HENDERSON 261 8 ROBIN YOUNT 515 9 RON DAVIS 16 9 RON GUIDRY 250 8 SPARKY LYLE 719 8.5 STEVE CARLTON 630 8 STEVE GARVEY 530 8 STEVE HOWE 693 8 TIM FOLI 501 10 TOM GRIFFIN 538 9 VIDA BLUE 310 8 WORLD SERIES 403 8 YANKEES TEAM 670 8
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Just got submission results online, here is what I ended up with:
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 97 CHRIS SPEIER MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 202 STEVE CARLTON GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 269 KEN FORSCH MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 300 PAUL MOLITOR NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1981 TOPPS 301 MATT KEOUGH MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 322 NEIL ALLEN MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 443 JIM BEATTIE NEAR MINT 7 1981 TOPPS 479 EXPOS FUTURE STARS T.RAINES/R.RAMOS/B.PATE MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 483 MIKE GRIFFIN GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 485 GARRY TEMPLETON MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 515 ROBIN YOUNT MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 68 MATT ALEXANDER NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 481 BOB LACEY MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 516 DOUG BIRD MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 560 JOE MORGAN MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 598 GEORGE VUKOVICH NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 610 DARRELL PORTER MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 641 MARK BELANGER GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 657 MIKE CUBBAGE GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 716 GLENN BORGMANN
Picked up 3 on ebay that were PSA 10's that were either 1 of 1 or 1 of 2. Going to be a slow grind on this set finding a lot of these in higher grade. A good long term project though. I've about decided to give up on busting down wax and racks as you can buy the 9's for grading cost and buy the 10's for reasonable prices as well. The 10's are so tough to pull from the unopened material I've found that unless you get really lucky it's hard to not just buy from 4SC and the like. Once I get closer I'll look at busting down more to find the ones I'm missing but it's hard to beat the pricing considering how condition sensitive this set is.
No I have some 9's I picked up either in bulk lots or from my own submissions. Pretty much on 9's I'm keeping eyes on lots or the tougher cards for those.
Looking for graded 81 Indians if anybody has any they would like to sell. Ideally looking for 9 or 10, would take 8's if the price is nice.
1981 Topps Indians #6 Strikeout Leaders #13 Joe Charboneau #39 Tom Veryzer #74 Mike Hargrove #99 Eric Wilkins #122 John Denny #141 Miguel Dilone #170 Ross Grimsley #198 Jerry Dybzinski #222 Jorge Orta #252 Victor Cruz #276 Dan Spillner #308 Rick Manning #333 Sid Monge #362 Bo Diaz #388 Andre Thornton #416 Gary Alexander #432 Len Barker #511 Wayne Garland #564 Ron Hassey #612 Duane Kuiper #632 Alan Bannister #697 Rick Waits #721 Toby Harrah #738 Bert Blyleven
<< <i>Looking for graded 81 Indians if anybody has any they would like to sell. Ideally looking for 9 or 10, would take 8's if the price is nice.
1981 Topps Indians #6 Strikeout Leaders #13 Joe Charboneau #39 Tom Veryzer #74 Mike Hargrove #99 Eric Wilkins #122 John Denny #141 Miguel Dilone #170 Ross Grimsley #198 Jerry Dybzinski #222 Jorge Orta #252 Victor Cruz #276 Dan Spillner #308 Rick Manning #333 Sid Monge #362 Bo Diaz #388 Andre Thornton #416 Gary Alexander #432 Len Barker #511 Wayne Garland #564 Ron Hassey #612 Duane Kuiper #632 Alan Bannister #697 Rick Waits #721 Toby Harrah #738 Bert Blyleven >>
I know the Bannister is pretty tough. I purchased a 10 awhile back that popped up online. I'll take a look and see if I have any dupes of any on the list.
Checking on everyone's progress Although I havent yet updated the registry, been making some strides. Recently added PSA 10 Henderson and few other of the nice 10's. I have a large submission about to go as well.
I have been able to pick up the Henderson and Raines in PSA 10 over the last bit. I have some racks coming and will send in a sizable submission in July.
I have been going back and forth on whether to work on this set - 1981 was the first year I collected in a big way (had a paper route). I'm basically done with the 70s and will either go back to the 60s or forward through the first 1/2 of the 80s. My wallet tells me the 80s are fine! In the meantime, I have been quietly stocking up on 1980-85 stuff to rip later.
Like MintMoonDog I've been vacillating about starting a collection of this set. I recently acquired a large number of vending boxes very affordably and don't have a ton of money into 1981 yet, but it's tempting.
I've busted 18 of 36 boxes so far and have been sorting through them and evaluating the population reports as well as the current higher-rated registry sets.
Pros and Cons anyone about collecting this set in PSA 9 or above? Would I be crazy to attempt it?
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.
The hardest card in my opinion is the Glenn Adams card #18 so far only PSA 8's POP 7, no 9's or 10's and from what I have in the 18 card it doesn't look like there will be a 9 or 10. There is a lot of excess print on the tops of all the ones I have. The best I have got from my submissions is a PSA 7. This card is the only card in the set that has no 9's or 10's There are a few other cards with a POP of 1 , 2, and 3 that are hard to get so far. When I started collecting this set about 2 years ago there was 3 cards that had only PSA 8's now there is only one. Its been an interesting set to put together.
Picked up some of the Grocery Racks - any idea what type of quality to expect relative to regular racks?
I have 3 different racks showing Nolan Ryan.....each time in a different window. Kind of neat having a Left a Center and a Right. (Also have Fernando rookie in a window). Was planning on ripping them all.....anyone think there is merit to not opening the Ryan's?
I am closing in on Smokie but have long removed my set from the registry ..... until Im ready to take the crown.
The star cards are for the most part disappointing. Centering is generally bad on most of those.
Off the top of my head:
Henderson - several possible 9s Rose - no 9s Schmidt - maybe one 9 Carlton - no 9s Bench - no 9s Jackson - one potential 9
Potential 10s:
Rice Perry Bench RB Rose RB
On the upside -- lots of potential 10s for commons and lesser stars. Cherry-picking these as I bust the boxes is going slowly.
And quite a number of low-pop 9s; as I see this set in it's entirety I suspect that some are low-pop just due to general lack of submissions and not mainly because of hesitation to sub due to centering problems i.e. Adams, Pastore, Mazzilli, etc. Ed Whitson is a good example.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.
A Rice PSA 10 would be a helluva find. It's been a pop 3 for ages and I don't ever remember seeing one for sale. If you pull it off, let me know what you'd be asking
I was the one looking for a Sutter in PSA 9 awhile back. I was trying to wrap up HOF run for '81 Topps and it was the only one I was missing. Suddenly, 4SC posted maybe 5 of them with BIN of at least 25 bucks. I think 4 got snapped up right away. It begs the question... why doesn't 4SC post one with a regular auction and see what it goes for and THEN do a BIN for each remaining one until the last is sold, perhaps marking it down a few bucks after every unsold auction? If you have 4 bidders thinking they were worth at least that much, you probably could have got $50 for at least a couple of them... one being me. I know there are quite a few low pop HOF cards from the 80's you could do this to. '90 Sandberg, '86 Steve Carlton and '87 Kirby Puckett come to mind as well. Sold my Sandberg privately about 8 months ago for $150 and bought it back on a 4SC BIN for $35.
I've never been able to figure out 4SC's pricing. They seem to have a vague idea of what they can get but they leave a lot of money on the table in some cases.
Often they piss me off because they drive the market lower when they don't have to do so. Sometimes they have the only PSA 10 or PSA 9 of a card and they still price it low BIN.
I have a number of HOF PSA 10 cards for 1980s that I don't even have for sale because 4SC undercuts a good price way too much. Sometimes they appear to be just about giving PSA 10 cards away IMHO.
My guess as to why they do this is since they sub cards on a grand scale they have to get a faster return on their investment and as long as they're within a certain profit margin they're content to get less than they can.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.
Was in a local card shop yesterday browsing when a guy came in --- and wanted to see 1981,1982 Topps baseball.
Good to see there is interest in raw cards for these years as it means that nice specimens graded are also going to be in demand. He was looking for "upgrades" to his sets, but that's not easy as we know.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the PSA 10 collector he didn't exist.
Here is a picture of all the cards I went through and to submit to PSA. I ended up with about 120 PSA 9's and 10's for the set. I need 4 more cards to be 100% complete and 40 to change out to either 9's or 10's
Smokie, That's dedication. I was lucky enough to land 3 - 10's out of 20 on a recent submission. Nothing earth shattering, but a 10 from 81 is a nice win.
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 432 LEN BARKER GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 472 DYAR MILLER GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 595 BUTCH HOBSON
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Comments
I just started putting this set together about a year ago I bought about 250 PSA 's off of a guy on the board that goes by ShootyBabitt. I originallly was going to sell them off but decided to put the set together. I bought a rack case sealed and have opened two of the rack boxs and I have about 230 cards more cards I'm sending in when the next low special comes around.
The main set that I have is the 1975 Topps set I have 2 of them, both graded and complete. Most of my concentration goes to those 2 sets.
I've been working on that set for about 5 years now, and keep adding to it. Without a doubt a very expensive set to put together in 9's and 10's. The 1981 set is not near as expensive and the cards can be picked up very reasonable. So far I have about 100 that I have submitted to my set from PSA. I do have a some 9's and alot of 8's if your interesed in buying any.
Good luck with your set.
I'm likely rejoining as I want to submit some '81 Topps, I may have a few '86 Fleer basketball left to do, as well as a '92 Team Pinnacle set. The 1992 Team Pinnacle was 1 per 4 boxes and I always loved that set. It's so cheap now I figure just get me a really high end PSA one to stick aside. I have a few rack packs just put up from '81 Topps but may bust a few down. I wasn't sure if the racks or wax gave better grades. The racks seemed kind of loose to me in the packs but the wax could be worse as I don't have any real experience with those.
I just nee to round up 6 premium submission type cards. I have a few old Goudey and V300s I could submit but they aren't in the best shape so it's not that they are a driving need.
Jesse
I have two cards for trade / sale:
1981 Topps Rickey Henderson #261 PSA 8 NQ
1981 Topps Dave Edwards #386 PSA 8 NQ
I would love to trade for a card that upgrades one of mine! The Dave Edwards is super tough and so an 8 is pretty good.
highlights from last sub:
Bill Campbell #396 PSA 9
Angels Future Stars #214 PSA 8
Dave Smith #534 PSA 8
lowlights:
Frank Pastore #499 PSA 6
John Ellis #339 PSA 6
Let me know if you are interested in the Rickey or Dave Edwards.
thanks,
Les
AAA
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 52 HECTOR CRUZ
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 660 GARY CARTER
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 58 JOEL YOUNGBLOOD
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 691 DICK RUTHVEN
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 310 VIDA BLUE
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 504 DALE MURPHY
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 100 ROD CAREW
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 138 RICH DOTSON
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 369 FRANK TANANA
NEAR MINT 7 1981 TOPPS 302 DODGERS FUTURE STAR PERCONTE/SCIOSCIA/VALENZUELA
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 225 RUPPERT JONES
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 387 PHIL NIEKRO
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 455 RICK BURLESON
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 180 PETE ROSE
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 479 EXPOS FUTURE STARS T.RAINES/R.RAMOS/B.PATE
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 540 MIKE SCHMIDT
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 164 LaMARR HOYT
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 166 FLOYD BANNISTER
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 473 JOSE CARDENAL
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 500 JIM RICE
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 490 EDDIE MURRAY
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
PLAYER CARDNO GRADE
AL OLIVER 70 10
A's FUTURE STARS 96 8
BARRY FOOTE 492 8
BERT BLYLEVEN 554 8
BILL GULLICKSON 578 8
BOB OWCHINKO 536 10
BOB WALK 494 8
BOB WELCH 624 8
BRAVES TEAM 675 8
BRIAN DOWNING 263 9
BURT HOOTON 565 8
CARDINALS TEAM 684 8
CARLTON FISK 480 8
CHARLIE MOORE 237 10
CHECKLIST 1-121 31 10
CLIFF JOHNSON 17 9
CUBS FUTURE STARS 381 8
DALE MURPHY 504 8
DANNY GOODWIN 527 8
DAVE KINGMAN 450 8
DAVE WINFIELD 370 8
DOUG DeCINCES 188 8
DYAR MILLER 472 10
EXPOS FUTURE STARS 479 8
FERNANDO ARROYO 408 8
GEORGE BRETT 700 8
GLENN ADAMS 18 7
GLENN HOFFMAN 349 8
GRAIG NETTLES 365 9
HAROLD BAINES 347 8
INDIANS FUTURE STAR 451 10
JERRY WHITE 42 10
JIM BARR 717 8
JOE CHARBONEAU 13 8
JOHNNY BENCH 600 8
JUNIOR KENNEDY 447 9
LARRY HISLE 215 8
LEADING FIREMEN 8 9
LOU WHITAKER 234 9
MARK CLEAR 12 8
MIKE HARGROVE 74 8
MIKE SCHMIDT 540 8
MITCHELL PAGE 35 8
N.L. CHAMPIONSHIPS 402 8
OTTO VELEZ 351 10
OZZIE SMITH 254 8
PAUL MOSKAU 546 8
PETE ROSE 205 9
RANDY MOFFITT 622 9
RANGERS FUTURE STARS 41 8
REGGIE JACKSON 400 8
RICK BURLESON 455 8
RICK MILLER 239 10
RICK SOFIELD 278 10
RICKEY HENDERSON 261 8
ROBIN YOUNT 515 9
RON DAVIS 16 9
RON GUIDRY 250 8
SPARKY LYLE 719 8.5
STEVE CARLTON 630 8
STEVE GARVEY 530 8
STEVE HOWE 693 8
TIM FOLI 501 10
TOM GRIFFIN 538 9
VIDA BLUE 310 8
WORLD SERIES 403 8
YANKEES TEAM 670 8
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 97 CHRIS SPEIER
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 202 STEVE CARLTON
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 269 KEN FORSCH
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 300 PAUL MOLITOR
NEAR MINT-MINT+ 8.5 1981 TOPPS 301 MATT KEOUGH
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 322 NEIL ALLEN
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 443 JIM BEATTIE
NEAR MINT 7 1981 TOPPS 479 EXPOS FUTURE STARS T.RAINES/R.RAMOS/B.PATE
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 483 MIKE GRIFFIN
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 485 GARRY TEMPLETON
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 515 ROBIN YOUNT
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 68 MATT ALEXANDER
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 481 BOB LACEY
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 516 DOUG BIRD
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 560 JOE MORGAN
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 598 GEORGE VUKOVICH
NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 610 DARRELL PORTER
MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 641 MARK BELANGER
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 657 MIKE CUBBAGE
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 716 GLENN BORGMANN
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
EDITED TO ADD: I have finally picked one up & closed out my All-Star set in PSA 9 or above...
Erik
10 1 21243922 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 3 RBI LEADERS C.COOPER/M.SCHMIDT Card
11 1 21243924 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 13 JOE CHARBONEAU Card
12 1 21243925 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 53 KEVIN SAUCIER Card
14 1 21243927 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 101 BENNY AYALA Card
15 1 21243928 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 164 LaMARR HOYT Card
17 1 21243930 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 207 OZZIE SMITH Card
19 1 21243932 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 339 JOHN ELLIS Card
21 1 21243934 MINT 9 1981 TOPPS 439 DENNY WALLING Card
23 1 21243936 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1981 TOPPS 600 JOHNNY BENCH Card
Have these cards available, would like to sell them as one lot lmk if interested
Todd
1981 Topps Indians
#6 Strikeout Leaders
#13 Joe Charboneau
#39 Tom Veryzer
#74 Mike Hargrove
#99 Eric Wilkins
#122 John Denny
#141 Miguel Dilone
#170 Ross Grimsley
#198 Jerry Dybzinski
#222 Jorge Orta
#252 Victor Cruz
#276 Dan Spillner
#308 Rick Manning
#333 Sid Monge
#362 Bo Diaz
#388 Andre Thornton
#416 Gary Alexander
#432 Len Barker
#511 Wayne Garland
#564 Ron Hassey
#612 Duane Kuiper
#632 Alan Bannister
#697 Rick Waits
#721 Toby Harrah
#738 Bert Blyleven
<< <i>Looking for graded 81 Indians if anybody has any they would like to sell. Ideally looking for 9 or 10, would take 8's if the price is nice.
1981 Topps Indians
#6 Strikeout Leaders
#13 Joe Charboneau
#39 Tom Veryzer
#74 Mike Hargrove
#99 Eric Wilkins
#122 John Denny
#141 Miguel Dilone
#170 Ross Grimsley
#198 Jerry Dybzinski
#222 Jorge Orta
#252 Victor Cruz
#276 Dan Spillner
#308 Rick Manning
#333 Sid Monge
#362 Bo Diaz
#388 Andre Thornton
#416 Gary Alexander
#432 Len Barker
#511 Wayne Garland
#564 Ron Hassey
#612 Duane Kuiper
#632 Alan Bannister
#697 Rick Waits
#721 Toby Harrah
#738 Bert Blyleven >>
I know the Bannister is pretty tough. I purchased a 10 awhile back that popped up online. I'll take a look and see if I have any dupes of any on the list.
Stooge
jamesgotpoorman
calaban7
ddfamf
theczar
ShootyBabitt
hoopguru33
Always looking for:
1960-present Topps Red Sox in PSA 9+
Topps All-Star Rookies in PSA 9+
Dennis Eckersley PSA 10's
#584 Randy Lerch
#317 Lonnie Smith
#131 Keith Moreland
Please PM if anyone can help me out.
PSA 8:
Mike Schmidt #540
Steve Carlton #630
two (2) Rickey Henderson #261
Kirk Gibson #315
PSA 9:
two (2) Phillies Future Stars #526
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boxes very affordably and don't have a ton of money into 1981 yet, but it's tempting.
I've busted 18 of 36 boxes so far and have been sorting through them and evaluating the population reports
as well as the current higher-rated registry sets.
Pros and Cons anyone about collecting this set in PSA 9 or above? Would I be crazy to attempt it?
DaveB in St.Louis
There is a lot of excess print on the tops of all the ones I have. The best I have got from my submissions is a PSA 7. This card is the only card in the set that has no 9's or 10's
There are a few other cards with a POP of 1 , 2, and 3 that are hard to get so far. When I started collecting this set about 2 years ago there was 3 cards that had only PSA 8's now there is only one. Its been an interesting set to put together.
Adams
Lynn
Valenzuela
Klutts
Youngblood
Matlack
Pastore
Staub
Many others this was just off the top of my head.
I'm sure that I don't have any 9s of those.
DaveB in St.Louis
hope you picked up some nice low pops though...
How are the other star cards?
Post some scans.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>How are the Ayala's and Mazzilli's?
Post some scans. >>
Yes please
I have 3 different racks showing Nolan Ryan.....each time in a different window. Kind of neat having a Left a Center and a Right. (Also have Fernando rookie in a window). Was planning on ripping them all.....anyone think there is merit to not opening the Ryan's?
I am closing in on Smokie
Good luck and let us know what condition you are noticing.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Will post some scans of the good low-pops when I get some time.
DaveB in St.Louis
Centering is generally bad on most of those.
Off the top of my head:
Henderson - several possible 9s
Rose - no 9s
Schmidt - maybe one 9
Carlton - no 9s
Bench - no 9s
Jackson - one potential 9
Potential 10s:
Rice
Perry
Bench RB
Rose RB
On the upside -- lots of potential 10s for commons and lesser stars.
Cherry-picking these as I bust the boxes is going slowly.
And quite a number of low-pop 9s; as I see this set in it's entirety I suspect that some are low-pop
just due to general lack of submissions and not mainly because of hesitation to sub due to
centering problems i.e. Adams, Pastore, Mazzilli, etc. Ed Whitson is a good example.
DaveB in St.Louis
Stooge
jamesgotpoorman
calaban7
ddfamf
theczar
ShootyBabitt
hoopguru33
Always looking for:
1960-present Topps Red Sox in PSA 9+
Topps All-Star Rookies in PSA 9+
Dennis Eckersley PSA 10's
Someone on the boards was looking for a Sutter. I thought I had some decent ones but I don't.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
what I've seen so far the best couple will be 9 at best.
Darn this set is tough. I heard that it would be and it is.
DaveB in St.Louis
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
bottom overlapping the picture/border. Disappointing to say the least.
Gotta give Topps points for consistency. Negative points in this case.
DaveB in St.Louis
Stooge
jamesgotpoorman
calaban7
ddfamf
theczar
ShootyBabitt
hoopguru33
Always looking for:
1960-present Topps Red Sox in PSA 9+
Topps All-Star Rookies in PSA 9+
Dennis Eckersley PSA 10's
of what they can get but they leave a lot of money on the table in some cases.
Often they piss me off because they drive the market lower when they don't have to do so.
Sometimes they have the only PSA 10 or PSA 9 of a card and they still price it low BIN.
I have a number of HOF PSA 10 cards for 1980s that I don't even have for sale because
4SC undercuts a good price way too much. Sometimes they appear to be just about giving PSA 10
cards away IMHO.
My guess as to why they do this is since they sub cards on a grand scale they have
to get a faster return on their investment and as long as they're within a certain profit
margin they're content to get less than they can.
DaveB in St.Louis
<< <i>Sold my Sandberg privately about 8 months ago for $150 and bought it back on a 4SC BIN for $35. >>
Touche.
There is no substitute for knowing the market and knowing particular cards well.
Good job.
DaveB in St.Louis
Good to see there is interest in raw cards for these years as it means that nice specimens graded are also
going to be in demand. He was looking for "upgrades" to his sets, but that's not easy as we know.
DaveB in St.Louis
<< <i>Was in a local card shop yesterday >>
What is this?
Oh yeah, where are the pics??? We need some scans.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Jesse good luck with running me down.
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That's dedication. I was lucky enough to land 3 - 10's out of 20 on a recent submission. Nothing earth shattering, but a 10 from 81 is a nice win.
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 432 LEN BARKER
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 472 DYAR MILLER
GEM MINT 10 1981 TOPPS 595 BUTCH HOBSON
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
Let's say I have an otherwise PSA 10, what would the
grade reduction be for this?
DaveB in St.Louis