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Sweet 1 card poppage today - 1969 Topps #440 Willie McCovey (white letter) - *SCAN ADDED*

nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Handed this card to PSA in person on the 18th at a show in NY, and as my friend Bosox1976 likes to say............YAHTZEE.

1......NEAR MINT-MINT 8.........1969 TOPPS 440 WILLIE McCOVEY LAST NAME IN WHITE

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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭
    Not familiar with that one, Nick. Is the white letter a toughie in NM-MT?
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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not familiar with that one, Nick. Is the white letter a toughie in NM-MT? >>



    Do you hear me yell YAHTZEE often?
  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boggle!
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    No one cares.
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    WOW, He shoots and SCORES! Thats awesome, How did you come about the card Raw?
  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Overgraded, I would say this set is VG at best. Oops, wrong thread.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    scrabble...


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  • Downtown1974Downtown1974 Posts: 6,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats Nick! Good things happen to good people.

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  • IchiroDeportedIchiroDeported Posts: 1,610 ✭
    he shoots! he scores!

    I bought three of these out of a flea market common box way back when image none were better than vg-ex, BUT it was still a steal!
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>WOW, He shoots and SCORES! Thats awesome, How did you come about the card Raw? >>



    Funny you should ask. I was at the show in NY on the 18th and a dealer friend of mine had 4 Topps baseball sets for me to look at from 1968 to 1971. I wasn't going to buy any, but then I noticed some beat up white letters in the 1969 set, so I checked all the cards to see how many white letters were in there, and there was McCovey sitting there in a mid grade set. I looked it over and over and when I knew it had a strong chance at an 8, I bought the set. I walked over to the PSA booth with the set, and handed them the McCovey on the $14/5 day registry special, came home and upgraded over 300 commons from my inventory (and added a yellow letter McCovey) and put the set for sale on the BST board here. I figure because of the commons I added I only broke even on the set, but coming away with a 1969 Willie McCovey white letter in PSA 8 for myself is real nice.
  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,325 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When he's really excited he yells, "Yayerness".
  • ElemenopeoElemenopeo Posts: 2,577 ✭✭

    Jenga!

    Nice job. image



  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    Thats good stuff Nick, Congrats, I am really happy for you!
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Nick,

    Congrats!

    PoppaJ
  • BlackieBlackie Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭
    Nam very nice Varation of Mr McCovey!!!!!!
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  • slantycouchslantycouch Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭
    Wow congrats! That's great.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys. Once I have it in hand from PSA I will add scans to this thread.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Nick nice pick up.

    Vito the White lettered variety are scarce in relation to the yellow counterparts.

    Nick did the set also have the WL Mantle?

    Steve
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  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>......Nick did the set also have the WL Mantle?

    Steve >>



    No, and thank goodness because the seller I bought it from definitely would have caught that, and then might have checked the McCovey.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    Jumanji!
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just got this back in the mail today.

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Nick,

    I'm sure the McCovey will pay for the entire set you bought!
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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Overgrader
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    psa 9 1/2 sold for over $1200, i sold psa 9 1/3 for $900 2 years ago.

    psa 8 should fetch a pretty penny however.

    very nice cardboard on cool variation card. too bad that's not a psa 8 mantle wl variations....

    j
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  • jeffcbayjeffcbay Posts: 8,950 ✭✭✭✭
    They must be a little more forgiving with the OC in the '69 Topps. That sure is a pretty card! May it bring you great fortune!

    EDIT: Unless you specified NQ, then I can see why it's "just" an 8.
  • nam812nam812 Posts: 10,597 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>They must be a little more forgiving with the OC in the '69 Topps. ............ >>



    My very primitive measuring skills tell me that it is 44/56 left to right, and 61/39 top to bottom.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jumpin Josephat!!!!

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  • slantycouchslantycouch Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭
    Very nice!
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Nick,

    Very Nice image

    PoppaJ
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