I received the Tanana and Driessen back from PSA today. They are better than I remember them. The red and yellow is just striking in hand. I think for now, I'm going to leave them as is in the 7 holders. I may crack out and re-sub the Driessen after I re-up my membership later this year and receive the free submissions. The PD on the Tanana is probably a little much to reach an 8. Here they are for you all to judge.
Yes, there is light snow on the Tanana and lighter snow on the Driessen. Regardless of the technical grade, the two cards fit well with my set; I've seen older flip 8's that don't look as nice as these.
<< <i>Yes, there is light snow on the Tanana and lighter snow on the Driessen. Regardless of the technical grade, the two cards fit well with my set; I've seen older flip 8's that don't look as nice as these. >>
Good point--PSA is definitely tougher on snow and surface issues now than they were years back. The Driessen looks especially sharp, imo..
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Just got back some minis from my latest sub...very pleased with the grades overall, in particular the PSA 9 Alou and the PSA 8 Borgman and Heideman! Here were the highlights:
22381114 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 253 JESUS ALOU 22381115 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 116 LERRIN LaGROW 22381065 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 127 GLENN BORGMANN 22381057 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 271 JERRY MOSES 22381058 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 400 DICK ALLEN 22381059 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 616 ROOKIE OUTFIELDERS 22381053 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 649 JACK HEIDEMANN
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
I have a question for all you mini veterans: How difficult is it to get right-sized versions of the cards that are often found oversized or undersized? For example, I can't seem to get Jerry Grote (tan/blue combo) or Leading Firemen (pink/yellow) in the correct size - the few I've gotten have all been a tad tall.
<< <i>I have a question for all you mini veterans: How difficult is it to get right-sized versions of the cards that are often found oversized or undersized? For example, I can't seem to get Jerry Grote (tan/blue combo) or Leading Firemen (pink/yellow) in the correct size - the few I've gotten have all been a tad tall. >>
Daniel,
The two color combos you mentioned (tan/blue and pink/yellow) are the two that are most commonly found tall right out of the pack due to their placement on the edge of the sheet. The undersized color combos are green/yellow and red/yellow. The red/yellow combo is probably more commonly found "short" out of the pack, but I have found full-sized versions of both color combos as well as regular sized tall color combo cards, too.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Thanks, Tim. I'm about 15 cards away from completing a really nice set. Just took a chance on eBay on a Laading Firemen card. I specifically asked the seller if the card was oversized - even mentioned that the difference is subtle. He said it was right-sized but it's a little large. Still about 1/2 as oversized as the one it's replacing.
<< <i>Tim, my reply is a bit late, but nice sub! PSA 9 Alou, and the #649 PSA 8 are huge! Allen PSA 9 also nice Where did you find these? >>
Thanks, T!
The PSA 9 Allen was actually a GAI 8.5 crackout that I knew was undergraded, which is certainly not the norm with GAI cards in general.
The PSA 9 Alou was straight from a wax pack, as was the Heidemann.
Virtually all of the cards I submit, not just minis, are from pack rips, though I rip less often now due to the rise in value for 70s unopened product.
I got a PSA 9 1977 OPC Ryan #65 straight from a pack in that same sub, too.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Tim, was the GAI holder an old label or newer label? My guess is old label. >>
Old label. It was $4 well spent!
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
22381114 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 253 JESUS ALOU - number 8 at this grade. I recall my sub came back the the 7th graded version and that was a year before the Conlon cases hit the market. Shows how tough this grade is to find...
And speaking of the power of the low pop mini - this pair of back to back auctions caught my eye:
Those and the rest of the accompanying set break were definitely interesting to watch last night. On the one hand there were low POP 8's like the McEnaney going for very strong prices, and on the other, we saw equally difficult cards like the Borgmann go for less than half of what they've been selling for. Some low POP's did go for right around VCP, including Borbon #157, Bonds #55, and Hermann #219. Others that went surprisingly low, at least from my perspective given their lower POPs, included Morton #237, Brewer #163, Chalk #64, and Thornton #39. The winners of those did very well. Taking a quick look through the Mini set registry shows that most already have the last bunch of cards (Chalk, Brewer, etc.), so there was really no competition for them. They are nevertheless still tough to find in 8.
Prices on low pop 8s tend to be cyclical within the set, often driven by time since last sale. I bought a 481 several years back for less than $10 as several had sold recently. Montague wasn't always a bomb either. On the other hand, Singleton, which is relatively easy now, once went for $200. A much more recent example was Ken Reitz. I sold one privately to a board member maybe 2 years ago. It had no history and I think I sold it for 20~, but I made the comment that watch, it has been so long since one came it, it might be the next $100 card. Sure enough, the next auction blew through 100, for an 8.
Lesson? I guess buy tough cards when they are cheap and be glad you did.
Somewhere in that carnage, I came away with a nice PSA 8 #99 Mike Hegan for $4.36...one of those toughies that doesn't get much attention until you're trying to find one.
A few months after starting this mini quest, I took the advice of Jim and others to buy the card - not the label. Yes, Borgmann remains an elusive PSA 8 but, in my opinion, that was not a good looking card. I'm sure it met the qualifications of an 8, and wasn't nearly as much of a basket case as the current Briggs "Gem Mint" 10 that no one wants for $99...nonetheless, I feel confident that a better quality #127 would see VCP type prices.
I missed several since I rushed to get my bids in order and missed 2 "pages" of saved items in my ebay. On the Borgmann - I have that one in 8 with better centering but like you said, it's still low pop and, by extension, better than most examples. Not being a VCP member anymore I guessed on several cards to become the 2nd highest bidder on quite a few. Happy to land a couple that fill the empty spots in the set and upped a couple poor 7's to 8's. The 7 and 8 grading has been so close this past few years many of the 7's that came back from my subs look better than the 8's online. Happy to have won some full sized 7's last night: Alou, Lolich and Claudell Washington, (maybe a regrade candidate), and a nicely centered full sized Tolan in 8.
I was looking over my set to try and get some perspective on PSA's weighting system. I found that my set is now 51% PSA 10, yet PSA weights my set at 9.50? That really makes no sense. Especially when you consider my set has 26 of the star cards listed in the SMR in PSA 10. Just for comparison I checked Henry's set (being the #2 set) and found that his set is 40% PSA 10, yet his set is weighted 9.39. His set has 14 of the star cards listed in the SMR in PSA 10.
So where is the weight in this weighting system?
I have a suggestion..... Starting from scratch the weighting system should simply start with the actual percentage of total PSA 7's, 8's, 9's or 10's in any given set. For example mine has 51% PSA 10's. That said, my set should have a minimum weight of 9.51 simply for the fact that my set actually has 51% PSA 10. From this point the weighting system should increase from 9.51 based on the weights given to the star cards. Any weighting system that would bring about a number less than the actual percentage of PSA 10's in that type of set is pretty much no weighting system at all.
I'm sure this is not the first time this topic has been brought up, but it may be time for PSA to actually move ahead with some meaningful changes to the weighting system?
Thanks for the Ebay reply. My actual list, are the usual suspects: 120 Busby, 245 Lolich, 260 Bench (looking for a 9); 302 Burl; 405 Montague; 458 Grimsley; 459 WS; 481 McH; and 628 Leflore.
Greetings. This is my first post to this site, so please forgive my lack of knowledge on this topic. I have a small collection of cards that has gone forgotten for many years until very recently when a person I last spoke to 30yrs ago called me up to ask if I still had my cards - and would I be interested in selling them. He was a little scheister back then so I turned him down out of habit. This got me looking at my cards again, however, for the first time in maybe 20 yrs. - damn that was fun! Along with lots of other 70's baseball and football, I have about 1300 75 mini's and only need 16 cards to complete the set. Not pristine by any stretch, but there are - to my untrained eyes anyway, many really nice cards included. I had a brief thought of working on upgrading and completing the set, but I think my marriage might not withstand another hobby. Below, I've listed many of the cards I think have a chance at a good grade 7/8 or better - but what the hell do I know. I'd like to get some idea of what condition some of these cards are really in so I would appreciate any opinions about what cards to submit first and any other general info that might get me going down the right path. Sorry for the novel!
If you want a good idea on the condition, it would be wise to scan them and show them here before you spend the money grading them. If you do so, you'll need to upload the scans first to an image hosting service like Photobucket and then copy the IMG code into the message box here. For starters, the stars might be worth submitting. The ones that stand out in your list include #1 Aaron highlights, 223 Yount, 228 Brett, and 320 Rose. Those are the ones I recognize by number. You could scan those first and we can take a look at them and estimate the grade.
If you decide you want to keep the set, which might not be a bad idea considering you only need 16 cards, you might want to post the numbers you need here. I and others might be able to help you out on the those.
Hello Fellow Mini Collectors. I am a longtime fan of this thread and an avid collector of 75 mini's (PSA Set Reg: Tony's 1975 Minis). I have been working on my set, sometimes obsessively and other times completely forgetting about it, since the 1980's. In fact, I can recall buying 75's blindly through the Teletrade Phone Auctions, before the internet and Ebay boom. It was always fun getting a VG condition card in the mail that was described as “mint” in their weekly magazine (of course there were no pics). And then came along CLCT. It was simple. All you needed to do was take an anxiety pill, place you prized possessions in a box, wrap the hell out of it with registered mail tape, going over every seam two and three times, and place the box in the trust of the mail system... After some anticipation, the cards would come back in these shiny plastic containers, with a red and white label, and someone's opinion of a grade for your card. Pretty cool. (By the way, check out one of my early SMR’s pictured below; is there a market for those?)
My mini set was not 100% PSA, so recently I caught the registry bug and decided to crossover, crack, review, etc. my “other” graded cards (i.e., SGC, BVG, GAI). Here is why I would strongly agree, buy the card not the label (BTCNTL). I have shared some of my BTCNTL stories with Duff, who encouraged me to share with the Mini Forum.
The first picture shows the results of a “crossover” submission, where the mingrades I stated on the form were not met. I was not greedy, I listed 8.5 as my crossover minimum despite feeling strongly about these cards (some of which I have owned for many years). Then, I became bold and cracked the cases for a regular submission. The next scan shows the cracked labels. And the final scan shows the results. BTCNTL !
By the way the Roof came back Gem Mint 10 and the Jerry Rice came back 8.5 (apples to apples).
Well, enough rambling; thanks for this forum… Hope to be welcomed aboard!
Thanks for sharing, Tony, and welcome to the forums!
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Indy78, Thanks for the feedback! Not sure I'm tech savvy enough to do the scanning. I think I want to submit some cards to PSA to see if they're close to what I think they. I've never submitted cards before so I'm looking for some guidance as to what and how to do it. Should I send only stars or should I maybe send what I think are my best conditioned cards?
You're right Jim, forgot about the HL Ryan. Similar story, except this one crossed over with a 9 as my mingrade on the first try, and the card was a 9 to begin with (SGC 96).
I hate the baggie though. I'm thinking excess inventory, because it happened right when PSA was switching holders. I don't believe the card was too big. Who knows???
Another good example of cross-overs not playing out... And since we're on the subject of the #5 HL Ryan - I'm looking for this card in NM-MT or graded 8. PM if you have one...
Should I send only stars or should I maybe send what I think are my best conditioned cards?
Unless you have a free grading certificate from when you first joined PSA, grading a handful of cards is going to cost you around $10 each (PSA has a $10 special going on now) plus your shipping costs. You can get a better rate than this if you submit a larger number of cards, say on the order of 25-50 or more. You can check out their bulk specials by clicking the specials link on the home page. If you're going to submit for learning purposes and you don't really care about recovering these costs, then I would pick out what I thought were the best cards and send those in. If recovering the grading cost is important, then I would pick out my best stars. Most PSA 8 commons can be bought on eBay for under $10, so recovering your cost on most commons will be difficult.
Editted to add: You can keep the return shipping of graded cards down by opening up a FED EX account (it's easy - all you need is a credit card) and putting your FED EX account number on the submission form. FED EX ground shipping of 10 cards will cost you about $8-$10. If you use USPS through PSA, the cost to ship the same 10 cards will be $24.
I hate the baggie though. I'm thinking excess inventory, because it happened right when PSA was switching holders. I don't believe the card was too big. Who knows???
That Ryan HIghlights is a beautiful card. Regarding the baggie, the card looks a little wide by my eye, so I'm thinking that's the reason it's in a baggie.
Hi all! Been a while. I caught up on the posts here - welcome to the new posters - and wow fantastic job on the crackouts and to Tim on some incredible grades. The Jackson in a 9 is a beast. I believe that nearly 1/2 of the floating 9s are obvious cut cards. I have one that still needs to be destroyed and I believe I only have 2 that are full. I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my collection (after my promise to God story) - it now consumes over 1500sqft of my basement...overflowing into 3 rooms. Also, as many of you know, I am not the greatest fan of Obama (lol) so I am very concerned, not only of the future of the US dollar but also, our entire country. Things just don't add up anymore and I dont believe a single word coming out of the main-stream media. Therefore, after a few months reflection, I have decided to sell-off part of my collection and sit on the sidelines in a liquid position for a spell - probably until 2016. I will still keep my beloved minis though, and bid on strong cards here and there. However, I might sell off a set or two to collectors. Right now I am auctioning my 8.92 1969 set with PWCC and it is going gangbusters! I am talking low pops hammering 5-8 times VCP with 3 days to go! Kinda excited to see what the snipe bids will bring the final hammer price of the set to. I will be auctioning off my beloved 1971 set (8.41) next month...ugh, that one REALLY hurts! 9s of Blyleven, B. Robinson, Bench (low pop; Banks (pop 3) etc...however, it should be fun to see how that auction goes. I still believe that the mini set is the most beautiful, interesting, colorful (on many dimensions) and SEVERELY undervalued set of the past 1/2 century Henry
PS - T. Allan, your complaint about the supposed "unfairness" of the weighting system is funny...it reminded me of the debate you and MattyC were instigating many years ago on the old thread...the things you two would argue about were classic
Henry, I can't believe some of the prices those 69s are getting. Nearly $700 for a PSA 9 Jim Britton! Are you kidding me? Congrats! It definitely makes me really consider consigning my 9s to PWCC. Not sure about 8s though. It will be interesting to see what the total comes to for the set. It looks like you will do quite well on it. I should have kept after that set when it was auctioned. LOL
The all-time classic was the 2 full pages of "chip-bidding" accusations going back and forth between the two In those days the low pop 8s were in the teens; and most of them were cut!
Henry - I saw your post on the BST thread that you have some minis available. Can you turn on your PM? I need 9 to complete the set: 2 in PSA 8 and seven raw (in the equivalent of a PSA 8 or so).
Put up another round of some PSA 8 full sized red/yellow and green/yellow toughies on the bay tonight as I continue to sell off duplicates in order to better focus on my registry set. Cliff Johnson, Will McEnaney and an absolutely stunning Tommy Davis lead the pack. No offense Jim...but this one should have been the 9!
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You can have a 9 and now even some 10s, cut like a parallelogram, but a snowflake is an automatic 7. Pet Peeve.
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<< <i>Yes, there is light snow on the Tanana and lighter snow on the Driessen. Regardless of the technical grade, the two cards fit well with my set; I've seen older flip 8's that don't look as nice as these. >>
Good point--PSA is definitely tougher on snow and surface issues now than they were years back. The Driessen looks especially sharp, imo..
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
22381114 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 253 JESUS ALOU
22381115 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 116 LERRIN LaGROW
22381065 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 127 GLENN BORGMANN
22381057 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 271 JERRY MOSES
22381058 MINT 9 1975 TOPPS MINI 400 DICK ALLEN
22381059 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 616 ROOKIE OUTFIELDERS
22381053 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1975 TOPPS MINI 649 JACK HEIDEMANN
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<< <i>I have a question for all you mini veterans: How difficult is it to get right-sized versions of the cards that are often found oversized or undersized? For example, I can't seem to get Jerry Grote (tan/blue combo) or Leading Firemen (pink/yellow) in the correct size - the few I've gotten have all been a tad tall. >>
Daniel,
The two color combos you mentioned (tan/blue and pink/yellow) are the two that are most commonly found tall right out of the pack due to their placement on the edge of the sheet. The undersized color combos are green/yellow and red/yellow. The red/yellow combo is probably more commonly found "short" out of the pack, but I have found full-sized versions of both color combos as well as regular sized tall color combo cards, too.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Tim, my reply is a bit late, but nice sub! PSA 9 Alou, and the #649 PSA 8 are huge! Allen PSA 9 also nice
Thanks, T!
The PSA 9 Allen was actually a GAI 8.5 crackout that I knew was undergraded, which is certainly not the norm with GAI cards in general.
The PSA 9 Alou was straight from a wax pack, as was the Heidemann.
Virtually all of the cards I submit, not just minis, are from pack rips, though I rip less often now due to the rise in value for 70s unopened product.
I got a PSA 9 1977 OPC Ryan #65 straight from a pack in that same sub, too.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
<< <i>Tim, was the GAI holder an old label or newer label? My guess is old label. >>
Old label. It was $4 well spent!
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
1975 mini's
1954 Wilson Franks
1975 Topps Mini Set Break #500 Nolan Ryan PSA 8 NM-MT 2.26.14
$132.50
17 bids
1975 Topps Mini Set Break #481 Will McEnaney RC PSA 8 NM-MT 2.26.14
$134.29
11 bids
1975 mini's
1954 Wilson Franks
Those and the rest of the accompanying set break were definitely interesting to watch last night. On the one hand there were low POP 8's like the McEnaney going for very strong prices, and on the other, we saw equally difficult cards like the Borgmann go for less than half of what they've been selling for. Some low POP's did go for right around VCP, including Borbon #157, Bonds #55, and Hermann #219. Others that went surprisingly low, at least from my perspective given their lower POPs, included Morton #237, Brewer #163, Chalk #64, and Thornton #39. The winners of those did very well. Taking a quick look through the Mini set registry shows that most already have the last bunch of cards (Chalk, Brewer, etc.), so there was really no competition for them. They are nevertheless still tough to find in 8.
Lesson? I guess buy tough cards when they are cheap and be glad you did.
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A few months after starting this mini quest, I took the advice of Jim and others to buy the card - not the label. Yes, Borgmann remains an elusive PSA 8 but, in my opinion, that was not a good looking card. I'm sure it met the qualifications of an 8, and wasn't nearly as much of a basket case as the current Briggs "Gem Mint" 10 that no one wants for $99...nonetheless, I feel confident that a better quality #127 would see VCP type prices.
1975 mini's
1954 Wilson Franks
So where is the weight in this weighting system?
I have a suggestion..... Starting from scratch the weighting system should simply start with the actual percentage of total PSA 7's, 8's, 9's or 10's in any given set. For example mine has 51% PSA 10's. That said, my set should have a minimum weight of 9.51 simply for the fact that my set actually has 51% PSA 10. From this point the weighting system should increase from 9.51 based on the weights given to the star cards. Any weighting system that would bring about a number less than the actual percentage of PSA 10's in that type of set is pretty much no weighting system at all.
I'm sure this is not the first time this topic has been brought up, but it may be time for PSA to actually move ahead with some meaningful changes to the weighting system?
Thanks for the Ebay reply. My actual list, are the usual suspects: 120 Busby, 245 Lolich, 260 Bench (looking for a 9); 302 Burl; 405 Montague; 458 Grimsley; 459 WS; 481 McH; and 628 Leflore.
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If you want a good idea on the condition, it would be wise to scan them and show them here before you spend the money grading them. If you do so, you'll need to upload the scans first to an image hosting service like Photobucket and then copy the IMG code into the message box here. For starters, the stars might be worth submitting. The ones that stand out in your list include #1 Aaron highlights, 223 Yount, 228 Brett, and 320 Rose. Those are the ones I recognize by number. You could scan those first and we can take a look at them and estimate the grade.
If you decide you want to keep the set, which might not be a bad idea considering you only need 16 cards, you might want to post the numbers you need here. I and others might be able to help you out on the those.
Hello Fellow Mini Collectors. I am a longtime fan of this thread and an avid collector of 75 mini's (PSA Set Reg: Tony's 1975 Minis). I have been working on my set, sometimes obsessively and other times completely forgetting about it, since the 1980's. In fact, I can recall buying 75's blindly through the Teletrade Phone Auctions, before the internet and Ebay boom. It was always fun getting a VG condition card in the mail that was described as “mint” in their weekly magazine (of course there were no pics). And then came along CLCT. It was simple. All you needed to do was take an anxiety pill, place you prized possessions in a box, wrap the hell out of it with registered mail tape, going over every seam two and three times, and place the box in the trust of the mail system... After some anticipation, the cards would come back in these shiny plastic containers, with a red and white label, and someone's opinion of a grade for your card. Pretty cool. (By the way, check out one of my early SMR’s pictured below; is there a market for those?)
My mini set was not 100% PSA, so recently I caught the registry bug and decided to crossover, crack, review, etc. my “other” graded cards (i.e., SGC, BVG, GAI). Here is why I would strongly agree, buy the card not the label (BTCNTL). I have shared some of my BTCNTL stories with Duff, who encouraged me to share with the Mini Forum.
The first picture shows the results of a “crossover” submission, where the mingrades I stated on the form were not met. I was not greedy, I listed 8.5 as my crossover minimum despite feeling strongly about these cards (some of which I have owned for many years). Then, I became bold and cracked the cases for a regular submission. The next scan shows the cracked labels. And the final scan shows the results. BTCNTL !
By the way the Roof came back Gem Mint 10 and the Jerry Rice came back 8.5 (apples to apples).
Well, enough rambling; thanks for this forum… Hope to be welcomed aboard!
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I love the SGC 92 to PSA 10 move. I've always been a fan of buying SGC.
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Thanks for sharing, Tony, and welcome to the forums!
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if they're close to what I think they. I've never submitted cards before so I'm looking for some guidance as to what and how to do it.
Should I send only stars or should I maybe send what I think are my best conditioned cards?
PSA agreed. Here it is:
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I hate the baggie though. I'm thinking excess inventory, because it happened right when PSA was switching holders. I don't believe the card was too big. Who knows???
1975 mini's
1954 Wilson Franks
Unless you have a free grading certificate from when you first joined PSA, grading a handful of cards is going to cost you around $10 each (PSA has a $10 special going on now) plus your shipping costs. You can get a better rate than this if you submit a larger number of cards, say on the order of 25-50 or more. You can check out their bulk specials by clicking the specials link on the home page. If you're going to submit for learning purposes and you don't really care about recovering these costs, then I would pick out what I thought were the best cards and send those in. If recovering the grading cost is important, then I would pick out my best stars. Most PSA 8 commons can be bought on eBay for under $10, so recovering your cost on most commons will be difficult.
Editted to add: You can keep the return shipping of graded cards down by opening up a FED EX account (it's easy - all you need is a credit card) and putting your FED EX account number on the submission form. FED EX ground shipping of 10 cards will cost you about $8-$10. If you use USPS through PSA, the cost to ship the same 10 cards will be $24.
That Ryan HIghlights is a beautiful card. Regarding the baggie, the card looks a little wide by my eye, so I'm thinking that's the reason it's in a baggie.
Grats on some nice sales Dave. Only card I thought went under was Montague, otherwise, really nice.
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I have been doing a lot of reflecting on my collection (after my promise to God story) - it now consumes over 1500sqft of my basement...overflowing into 3 rooms. Also, as many of you know, I am not the greatest fan of Obama (lol) so I am very concerned, not only of the future of the US dollar but also, our entire country. Things just don't add up anymore and I dont believe a single word coming out of the main-stream media.
Therefore, after a few months reflection, I have decided to sell-off part of my collection and sit on the sidelines in a liquid position for a spell - probably until 2016. I will still keep my beloved minis though, and bid on strong cards here and there. However, I might sell off a set or two to collectors.
Right now I am auctioning my 8.92 1969 set with PWCC and it is going gangbusters! I am talking low pops hammering 5-8 times VCP with 3 days to go! Kinda excited to see what the snipe bids will bring the final hammer price of the set to. I will be auctioning off my beloved 1971 set (8.41) next month...ugh, that one REALLY hurts! 9s of Blyleven, B. Robinson, Bench (low pop; Banks (pop 3) etc...however, it should be fun to see how that auction goes.
I still believe that the mini set is the most beautiful, interesting, colorful (on many dimensions) and SEVERELY undervalued set of the past 1/2 century
Henry
PS - T. Allan, your complaint about the supposed "unfairness" of the weighting system is funny...it reminded me of the debate you and MattyC were instigating many years ago on the old thread...the things you two would argue about were classic
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<< <i>301 Roberts vs 460 NLCS was a doozy. >>
The all-time classic was the 2 full pages of "chip-bidding" accusations going back and forth between the two
In those days the low pop 8s were in the teens; and most of them were cut!
I have the deepest respect for Matty C's opinions/knowledge and his passion for the 75 Topps Mini's. I'm sure that's what you meant
Put up another round of some PSA 8 full sized red/yellow and green/yellow toughies on the bay tonight as I continue to sell off duplicates in order to better focus on my registry set. Cliff Johnson, Will McEnaney and an absolutely stunning Tommy Davis lead the pack. No offense Jim...but this one should have been the 9!
Dave
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Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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