96 Down--1963 Topps Peel-Offs Completed in PSA 8 or Better

Davalillo

I have been on a bit of a hot streak in completing sets recently. Sometimes I can go a couple of months without completing a set and sometimes they happen quickly. This is the 4th set I have completed in the past 10 days and credit once again goes to all-world dealer Steve Novella who scouted down a set that not only had never been registered before but is now the #1 set in the PSA Set Registry.

The 1963 Topps Peel-Offs is a set of 46 that came in packs of 1963 cards--one of my prime collecting years as a kid. The lineup of superstars in the set is incomparable including Aaron, Banks, Clemente, Hubbs, Kaline, Koufax, Killebrew, Mantle, Mays, Musial, Brooks Boboinson, Frank Robinson and Yaz. The set contains 29 PSA 9s and 17 PSA 8s. While I had most of the set ungraded they were in pretty rough shape. This contains 29 PSA 8s and 17 PSA 8s and has a set rating of 8.50 placing it 1st in the PSA Set Registry. What a find for Steve. I will let the set rest here.

This set represents my 96th set with each card PSA 8 or better and my 40th baseball set. The goal remains 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets completed PSA 8 or better. I appreciate the help of all collectors and dealers in helping me achieve my goals.

Completed sets in PSA 8 or better are as follows:

BASEBALL(40):

1936 S&S
1941 Play Ball
1948 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1951 Topps Red Back
1952 Bowman
1954 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
1963 Topps Peel-Offs
1964 Topps
1964 Topps Giants
1965 Topps
1966 Topps
1967 Topps
1967 Topps Red Sox Stickers
1967 Topps Pirates Stickers
1968 Topps
1968 Topps Game
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold
1970 Topps Super
1974 Deckle Edge

FOOTBALL(25):

1950 Bowman
1951 Bowman
1953 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
1968 Topps 4-in-1s
1969 Topps
1976 Wonder Bread

BASKETBALL(8):

1948 Bowman
1957 Topps
1961 Fleer
1969-70 Topps
1970-71 Topps
1971-72 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(18):

1935 C&T Bridgewater
1938 Gallaher Film Episodes
1938 Ogden's Actors and Character Studies
1939 Gallaher My Favourite Part
1945 Mutoscope Artists Pin-Ups
1952 Dixie Cup Nelson's Ice Cream
1955 Barbers Tea Cinema & TV Stars
1955 Movie Stars of MGM
1956 Jibco Tea Screen Stars, Second Edition
1956 U.S. Presidents
1957 C.W.S. Western Stars
1958 TV Westerns
1960 Fleer Spins & Needles
1962 ABC Colorstars
1962 Barratt & Co Warriors Thru the Ages
1962 Topps Civil War News
1966 Leaf Good Guys and Bad Guys
1967 Who Am I?

vettfanatic

Congratualations on another one. With this pace you'll achieve your goal by the end of the week. I'm still trying to finish my first set. I hope you don't stop at 100. You seem like your having too much fun to stop collecting.

mikeschmidt

Wow, Jim, at this pace you'll be at 100 before June :-)

HoofHearted

Congratulations on another notch in the barrel! This year (1963) was the second year I opened packs as a kid and I've got quite a few of these peel-offs. I didn't realize there were 46 in the set. I'm going to have to take inventory of what I've got. Thanks for that!

Question -- are you going to add scans of these to your Set Registry? I'm not sure what kind of scan-quality these would have. I'm also curious which side is facing up when encased in plastic. I'll have to check out some on-line sales to see how they did that...

Dboneesq

Congrats Jim ... I think MANY of the 60s inserts are real nice items. I have a few of the sets, but in raw form.

Did you ever see my comment regarding your '69 set? If not, I asked about a couple of cards. Here was my question:

I am putting together a raw set. I need the following cards:

51 - Sayers
120 - Csonka
132b - Checklist with NO border
139 - Butkus
163 - Otto

Please PM me if you have them and include your price. Thank you.

calaban7

Jim , There are those lurking in the "dark" places that wonder if you may have sold your soul, or maybe that of a loved one , to make this dream more of a reality , which each pasing month. How do you do it?

Nice set , nice effort. Its also nice of Steve to help pull some of those hard strings to find.

4 to go !!!!!---- Sony

baseballfan

wow great job, moving right a long now

congrats

Griffins

damn!

MBMiller25

I love the 63 peel-offs. Nice score, Congrats!

Davalillo

Thanks Matt, Anthony, Fred and Sonny--it is nice of Steve to do this.

Doug,

I answered on the other thread. I am selling my duplicate '69 set as a set. Sorry.

Jim

divecchia

Congrats Jim, on number 96...

Donato

Davalillo

Thanks Donato,

Number 97 coming up this week I hope.

Jim

Nuyauwka

Jim,
I may have a set you may be interested in to make it 97 or 98. Drop me a PM or send me an email at Nuyauwka@aol.com.
Howard

Davalillo

Howard,

e-mail sent. thanks.

Jim