69 Down--1962 ABC Colorstars Finished in PSA 8 or Better

Davalillo

It almost never works this way where I buy a whole set that is PSA 8 or better, but Jeff Rosen who I have bought some 56 topps baseball cards from in the past and whom I almost bought some 55 Barbers Tea, e-mailed me and asked me if I would like to buy his 1962 ABC Colorstars set. After a brief negotiation we were done--number 69. What attracted me to this 10-card set in addition to that every card was PSA 8 or better(6 PSA 9s and 4 PSA 8s for a 8.6 Set Rating--#1 on the PSA Set Registry) was it had an Elvis Presley in PSA 9 and that five of the cards were pop 1s with none higher. I will let the set rest at this level. While I intended to only work on 10 non-sport sets at a time, my friend Jay Wolt has had different ideas and has been sending me a large number of nrmt-mt sets--mostly from the 1930s. I probably have 30 or so in various stages of completion. In my next submission to PSA I will send the rest in. I would estimate that non-sports could ultimately make up 10% of my completed sets.

The goal remains 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets in PSA 8 or better. As I posted recently, over 30 are sets are down to seven cards or less. I appreciate all the help I can get from fellow collectors.

Completed sets in PSA 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(34):

1936 S&S
1948 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Bowman
1954 Red Heart
1954 Topps
1955 Bowman
1956 Topps
1957 Topps
1959 Fleer
1959 Topps
1960 Fleer
1960 Topps
1961 Golden Press
1961 Nu-Card Scoops
1961 Topps
1961-62 Fleer
1962 Topps
1963 Fleer
1963 Topps
1964 Topps
1964 Topps Giants
1965 Topps
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1967 Topps Red Sox Stickers
1968 Topps
1968 Topps Game
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold
1970 Topps Super
1974 Topps Deckle Edge

FOOTBALL(20):

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 Fleer
1962 Kahn's Weiners
1963 Fleer
1963 Stancraft Playing Cards
1964 Philadelphia
1965 Philadelphia
1967 Topps
1968 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 Topps

MULTI-SPORT(2):

1933 Goudey Sport Kings
1954 Sport Oddities

NON-SPORT(3):

1955 Barbers Tea Ltd. Cinema & TV Stars
1960 Spins & Needles
1962 ABC Colorstars

FB

Jim,

The addition of more non-sports is probably not a bad thing. Their popularity will never be that of the major sports, but they probably have a pretty big upside as the registry continues to expand. Great job and keep it going!

Frank B

Davalillo

Frank,

And they are affordable. I have been able to buy psa 9 cards from 1901 for under $20 per card. If non-sports takes off I am well positioned.

mikeschmidt

Congrats, Jim. Do you have any pictures of your cards from this set? I do not even know what they look like just from the name...

Marc

Davalillo

No pictures--I used to know how to post a scan on Net 54 but I don't know how to on here.

BobbyVCP

There are some very expensive non-sport sets try sinking your teeth into the 1959 Fleer Three Stooges. Since we started tracking values for this area of collectibles I have been pleasantly surprised on them.

Davalillo

Hey Bobby,

You are correct and I look forward to VCP tracking these sets in greater numbers. There are, however, a whole host of prewar and postwar sets that do not get a lot of attention where the cards are cheap.

Jim