72 Down--1956 Topps U.S. Presidents Completed in PSA 8 or Better

Davalillo

With the ebay win of "The Father of Our Country" himself--George Washington, I have completed my 72nd vintage or semi-vintage set with each card PSA 8 or better--1956 Topps U.S. Presidents.

This one started with me buying roughly 2/3 of the set from the father of the person who runs Scottsdale Cards(my memory is somewhat fuzzy here). The last dozen I have picked up one-by-one on Ebay. The final card--#3 George Washington is a pop 10 in 8--cards 1 and 2 are each pop 8s(the lowest in the set). Most of the tougher cards go for over $100 in psa 8.

This represents a continued expansion of my collecting efforts into non-sports whoic may ultimately account for 10% of my completed sets. My interest is not broad-based here--primarily historical, music or famous people sets. I have several that I am working on currently.

The set ranks 4th in the PSA Set Registry with a 8.06 set rating dehind Norman, recent HOF inductee Bill Bengen and noted fb card(and other) collector FabFrank. I will let the set rest at this level.

The goal remains 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets in PSA 8 or better. I appreciate the help of all fellow collectors in achieving my goal.

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 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(22):

1950 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1954 Bowman
1955 Bowman
1955 Topps All-America
1956 Topps
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 Parkhurst

MULTI-SPORT(2):

1933 Goudey Sport Kings
1954 Sport Oddities

NON-SPORT(4):

1955 Barbers Tea Ltd. Cinema & TV Stars
1956 Topps U.S. Presidents
1960 Fleer Spins & Needles
1962 ABC Colorstars

Wondo

Jim,

How many do you anticipate finishing at the National?

John

Davalillo

Historically, I have found very few cards I needed at the National.

I am not going this year for work/personal reasons.

Once in a while someone sees a card from my want list at a show and calls me--maybe I will be lucky this year.

Jim