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99 Down--1964 Topps Football Completed in PSA 8 or Better

DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
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As I approach 100 sets completed in PSA 8 or better, the set completions are ocurring more quickly than I ever dreamed of. Once again, it is dealer and hobby friend Steve Novella who delivered the final card in the 1964 Topps Football set--Tom Flores. Thank you Steve.

Unlike the baseball card sets from this time period, the mid-1960s football sets are very difficult to complete in PSA 8 or better. This set is a particularly difficult set nto complete with many low pop cards.While the Tom Flores is a pop 14, there are 15 cards that have single digit pops in psa 8. The lowest 3 are pop 6--the Dunaway RC, Fred the Hammer Williamson and Smokey Stover. The Stover and pop 7 Art Powell were very difficult cards for me.

There are 176 cards in the set. My set is complete at a set rating of 8.02 and has 172 psa 8s, 1 psa 8.5 and 3 psa 9s. It ranks second behind noted football card collector Wolfbear. I will let it rest at this level.

This set represents my 99th vintage or semi-vintage set with each card psa 8 or better and my 26th football set. My goal has long been 100 vintage or semi-vintage sets with each card psa 8 or better. It seems hard to believe I am almost there. I appreciate the help of all colloectors and dealers in helping me achieve my goals.

Completed Sets in PSA 8 or Better are as Follows:

BASEBALL(41):

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 Deckle Edge
1969 Topps Super
1970 Kelloggs
1970 Milton Bradley
1970 Rold Gold
1970 Topps Super
1974 Topps Deckle Edge

FOOTBALL(26):

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
1964 Topps
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(19):

1934 Gallaher Champions of the Screen & Stage
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?


Comments

  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on your accomplishment, Jim...image

    One more to go...Donato
    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

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  • hankcaddyhankcaddy Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭✭✭
    amazing


    so what will number 100 be ?
    some real stunning sets , congrats on being so near your goal..
    hank
    currently collecting baseball of
    2004 spx
    1989 topps psa 10
    1959 phillies
    Phillies of the 70's
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,136 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations Jim!

    I saw a Flores on ebay this past week and wondered if it would be going to your set image

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    Steve
  • calaban7calaban7 Posts: 3,003 ✭✭✭
    Jim , I have to go back to work later tonight , so I post on your 98th set , take a nap , wake up , and damm another addition.

    I actually have a few of these. Nice , set.

    I hope one day , if you have lots of time, that you post pics of all your sets.

    Now , I wonder , if I come back later tonight , if the big one will be up.

    Congatulations Jim ---- Sonny
    " In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act " --- George Orwell
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations, Jim -- very cool set to complete!
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Jim,

    As always, CONGRATS! I hope that you look very carefully at the sets that you are close to finishing and pick out the one that means the most to you ... AND MAKE THAT YOUR 100TH!

    I remember in January you saying that you were hoping to finish #100 by year's end ... looks like you may do it half way thru the year.

    Keep it up. Maybe one day I'll take you up on your offer to drive from Long Island to New Jersey to look at your little HALL OF FAME!
    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing. Congratulations once again.
    Collecting 1960 Topps Baseball in PSA 8
    http://www.unisquare.com/store/brick/

    Ralph

  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Donato,

    Thank you. Hard to believe I am almost there.

    Hank,

    What will 100 be? I don't know. I have had two inquiries today--one on a baseball set I do not collect that is not quite complete and one on a non-sports set that I do collect that would involve the seller breaking up his set. Probably not either of these. Thanks for the kind words.

    Steve,

    Thank you. I am not sure that is the same one. I believe Steve bought that directly from another collector but he may have asked seller to pull it off ebay--I don't know.

    Sonny,

    Its not going to be tonight. I do have a scanner but I don't know how to use it. I would post pictures if I had instructions on how to do it.

    Marc,

    Thanks. I was 10 years old when I collected that set as a kid and I remember it well.

    Doug,

    If it were only that easy. The cards I need are generally very difficult to find. The good news is I love all of my sets so I would be very happy having any of them as my 100th--or even having a set I don't currently collect as long as I like it. You are of course welcome to see it anytime--probably 75 minute drive from your house--or come to my party this summer.

    Ralph.

    Thanks--much appreciated.

    Jim
  • gregm13gregm13 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭
    Jim,

    I'm still amazed at how fast you're gotten to this point. Congrats and I look forward to seeing set 100 completed.

    Rgs,

    Greg M.
    Collecting vintage auto'd fb cards and Dan Marino cards!!

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  • marinermariner Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭✭
    Wow! You are getting close, Jim. Amazing accomplishment and congratulations! #100 has to be right around the corner.
    Don

    Collect primarily 1959-1963 Topps Baseball
    set registry id Don Johnson Collection
    ebay id truecollector14
  • kidzfundkidzfund Posts: 565 ✭✭✭
    Amazing collection you have. It's been fun watching your posts as your collection grew over the years and now you're one step away from 100.

    Incredible!

    Joe
  • DavalilloDavalillo Posts: 1,846 ✭✭
    Greg,

    It has gone quicker than I thought and in somewhat of a different direction. I have been helped by collecting non-sports that I like and pushing out to 1970. Some sets just are impossible to finish. Either the card does not exist or it is a very low pop in 8 or better I cannot find it.

    Don,

    Thank you. I wish I could say it was just around the corner--we'll see?

    Joe,

    Thanks--its been fun.

    Jim
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