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Toughest Commons List?

RipkenRipken Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
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Does anyone know if there is a list compiled (beyond the Pop Report) of the toughest common cards in each vintage set? Something that could be easily checked for quick reference?

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  • daddymcdaddymc Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭
    The population report tells you how many of each have been graded and at what grade. From that you can infer what the "tough" commons are.
    Currently working on: Kurt Warner PSA 9 or 10

  • RipkenRipken Posts: 559 ✭✭✭
    Yes, I'm aware of the pop report. I'm looking for something that's been compiled at some point into a message or other format that's a lilttle faster to access than scrolling through each set in the PR.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    So, in other words, is there someone that can show you some place to find information that has taken others hours upon hours to compile and interpret so that you may profit from such information without having to put any effort forward?

    Nothing personal, but that's how it comes across...
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Ripken

    Not that I am aware of. How about you do it and create a thread so we all can benefit?


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • RipkenRipken Posts: 559 ✭✭✭


    Wow, ask a simple question....

    I know it's been discussed on a set-by-set basis here numerous times, but wasn't sure if anyone had ever put together a larger list and shared it...and yes, I've gone through the pop report myself for several sets. It's been awhile, though.
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭
    Sometimes the simple questions are more than meets the eye.

    As I said, nothing personal and if it was a harmless question, I apologize if my response was offensive. However, I've spent a lot of time on several other issues and once the list was shared, I found a new level of competition to procure the variations that I noted and NO ONE that was willing to help me out or offer any consideration for my time and efforts. So perhaps you can understand my cynicism.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    I am sure there are some ole' timers around these boards that just patrol looking or appearing to act like know-it-alls willing to help you out...

    In all seriousness...good luck with creating/finding this...



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    - uncut


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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Rip

    The problem is the pops change all the time, what was low pop 3 years ago may not be low pop now.


    Also, most people only know the series/set that they work on.


    I would bet that people like 4SC and DSL know but I don't think they would be willing to share that info.


    Your idea is a good one, it just isn't practical for anyone person or persons to have such info at their fingertips

    and are willing to share it.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Oh and for the record, it would be a good thread for someone to create where people
    could add whatever info they had for the set(s) they know about.

    Sorta like the mail thread.

    The thing is people have to be up to date on the set they know most about.

    I knew the 65 set back when I was doing it, what was low pop then may or may not be low pop now.


    Be nice to try though, the thing is I think many would not like to share the info.

    I could be wrong.

    Steve


    Good for you.
  • summerof68summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
    I'm a big fan of 1971 topps baseball and for your or anyone's records here are the lowest ten pops in psa 8:

    #536 Raymond pop-21
    #251 Shellenback pop-28
    #662 Hedlund pop-31
    #270 Carty pop-31
    #123 Checklist pop-33
    #685 Drabowski pop-37
    #564 Fitzmorris pop-38
    #733 Maye pop-38
    #398 Reed pop-39
    #748 Purdin pop-39
    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • RipkenRipken Posts: 559 ✭✭✭

    Truthfully, I'm more interested in just a general consensus of the top 5 or 6 cards that are often miscut, off-center, print-marked, etc. from the standpoint of someone putting together sets--whether they're raw or graded. I'd guess the pop report would be a pretty good barometer of that, even if it does change regularly--and that's why I came here. The pop reports are accessible if you're a member so I don't know that the info is top secret---just a chore to comb through as we all know. I certainly understand the competition concerns when it comes to low pop cards for expensive sets. I don't put graded sets together or even do much buying/selling anymore but some kind of organized reference list beyond the stars/RCs, etc would be beneficial.

    On another note---does anyone know if there is a list of which set contains the LAST cards of HOFers? (i.e., Mantle-1969, Brock 1979, etc)
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭

    Truthfully, I'm more interested in just a general consensus of the top 5 or 6 cards that are often miscut, off-center, print-marked, etc. from the standpoint of someone putting together sets--whether they're raw or graded.




    Rip there is a thread going on right now with that very information, comb through it.

    As for raw, I don't think any card is impossible to find well made. Graded is another story.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    It would take a couple hours at most to download all the regular issue sets from Bowman and Topps up to 1980 into one or more spreadsheets. You can then sort the data to find low pops and hard nines. If you do this work yourself it will teach you what you need to know to be a good cherrypicker. Then your next question will probably be, does anyone know where I can buy the toughest common cards in each vintage set from somebody who doesn't know what I know?

  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    where I can buy the toughest common cards in each vintage set from somebody who doesn't know what I know?



    That is easy just follow Susor around on ebay.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • NowPanicNowPanic Posts: 128 ✭✭


    << <i>where I can buy the toughest common cards in each vintage set from somebody who doesn't know what I know?



    That is easy just follow Susor around on ebay.

    Steve >>




    Now that is the truth!!! I love it when he finds my auctionsimage
  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    find #1 rated set & go from there grasshopper...

    j
    image
    RIP GURU
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Good point Julen one could go about it that way.

    The print would be much larger as opposed to looking at each sets pop report.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    "I am sure there are some ole' timers around these boards that just patrol looking or appearing to act like know-it-alls willing to help you out."






    Just as their are some johnny come lately troll wanna bees that bring nothing more then toll like replies to people when they ask questions.




    Steve


    Good for you.
  • swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    if the shoe fits...

    What no edits?

    Five posts before a response...you are slipping...


    Looking for 1970 MLB Photostamps
    - uncut


    Positive Transactions - tennesseebanker, Ahmanfan, Donruss, Colebear, CDsNuts, rbdjr1, Downtown1974, yankeeno7, drewsef, mnolan, mrbud60, msassin, RipublicaninMass, AkbarClone, rustywilly, lsutigers1973, julen23 and nam812, plus many others...
  • CrimsonTiderCrimsonTider Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭
    1992 Topps Mitch Webster, nearly impossible to find centered with 4 sharp corners!!!!

    A PSA10 would sell for hundreds, if not four figures on Ebay.

    As of now, only one lucky example has been graded at the Gem level.

    collecting Dale Murphy and OPC
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