74 Down--1958 Topps Baseball Completed in PSA 8 or Better. 1956-68 Run Complete

Davalillo · September 26, 2008 11:17PM

With the pickup of card #258--White Sox Team--I have not only knocked off my 74th completed vintage or semi-vintage set each card PSA 8 or better but I have also completed a 1956-1968 run of Topps Sets--each card PSA 8 or better.

The White Sox Team card is not particularly difficult(pop 23 in PSA 8) but I resisted paying big bucks for the card from owners I felt were trying to hold me up. I ended up buying the card from the one and only JP Cohen of Memory Lane. The most difficult card in the set is Von McDaniel--card #65--a pop 5.

To expand my Topps run, I will focus on going backwards. My 1955 Topps Set is complete but has 18 PSA 7s--all low pops that I have resisted paying up for. I have been done on 1954 Topps for some time.

This set ranks 5th on the PSA Set Registry at 8.03 behind such collecting powerhouses as HOFers Don Spence and Marshall Fogel, LR and Herb Watson. It contains 482 PSA 8s, 12 PSA 9s and a Bobby Richardson PSA 10. I will let it rest at that level.

The goal remains 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets in PSA 8 or better. I appreciate the help ofall collectors and dealers in helping me achieve my goal.

Completed sets in PSA 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(35):

1936 S&S
1948 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Bowman
1954 Red Heart
1954 Topps
1955 Bowman
1956 Topps
1957 Topps
1958 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 Kellogs
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
19659-70 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(5):

1955 Barbers Tea Ltd. Cinema &TV Stars
1956 Topps U.S. Presidents
1958 T. V. Westerns
1960 Fleer Spins & Needles
1962 ABC Colorstars