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Bought another really sharp '71 baseball set

corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
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Set averages NM with a lot of NM/MT. Will be subbing around 50 of these. Most of the commons I'll sub are in the 8 possible 9 range. The only drawback is that PSA is so backlogged. I have another 109 '71's as part of a sub that is on business day 32 right now.


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    ThoseBackPagesThoseBackPages Posts: 4,871 ✭✭
    NICE! How are the Munson and Nettles?
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice hows the Rose?
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>NICE! How are the Munson and Nettles? >>



    Munson 6 'ish and Nettles 8 'ish, but OC. Might bring a straight 7.
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    Rose 6 - 6.5
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    MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,057 ✭✭
    We created a MONSTER in Charlotte! Congrats Tommy.
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    miconelegacymiconelegacy Posts: 3,052 ✭
    All trimmed!!

    JK. Great pickup Tommy, this one looks better than the one in Charlotte.
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    wrightywrighty Posts: 837 ✭✭✭✭
    I like the looks of these better than the first set you showed us. Good luck with this sub.
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    earlycalguyearlycalguy Posts: 1,247 ✭✭
    maybe it's the scans but some of those look miscut
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>All trimmed!!

    JK. Great pickup Tommy, this one looks better than the one in Charlotte. >>



    It's probably around the same condition overall. The Charlotte one had more submittable cards but I gave less for this one than the one in Charlotte. The Mays card needs to be upgraded in this set.
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    KaKaKaKa Posts: 49
    I don't get it. That 1971 set is one of my all time favorites, but I wouldn't buy a set after seeing the Nolan off center card. It would have turned me off. The Aaron though would have got me even though also OC. Why buy a set like this with the bankroll you have ? What will a PSA 6 OC 71 Ryan bring besides hassle of selling ?
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    BaltimoreYankeeBaltimoreYankee Posts: 2,912 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice cards! If these are representative of the set as a whole, it's really nice. Congrats!
    Daniel
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't get it. That 1971 set is one of my all time favorites, but I wouldn't buy a set after seeing the Nolan off center card. It would have turned me off. The Aaron though would have got me even though also OC. Why buy a set like this with the bankroll you have ? What will a PSA 6 OC 71 Ryan bring besides hassle of selling ? >>



    Lol, what don't you get? I paid $1500 for the set. I'm grading around 50 of them, of which I'll sell the 9's and low pop 8's and keep the 7 and 8 stars with the set. I'll then have around $1200 in the set or less and I'll sell it for $2500. Game over

    The Ryan is a straight 7 or 8 OC by the way
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    KaKaKaKa Posts: 49
    ok epawn guy. I get it. Boner buy without brain to hold off. 1500 hundred ? That set sucks it looks like.
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>ok epawn guy. I get it. Boner buy without brain to hold off. 1500 hundred ? That set sucks it looks like. >>



    Says the guy who just joined and whose forum name means $hit in Spanish, lol.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love the set. #1 in my book. Hardest to find from the 1970s unless you are an#l and want a perfect 1979 set centered.
    Black boarders all around are a great part of this hobby!!
    Nice pick up!
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    brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>ok epawn guy. I get it. Boner buy without brain to hold off. 1500 hundred ? That set sucks it looks like. >>



    Says the guy who just joined and whose forum name means $hit in Spanish, lol. >>



    Lol! Please don't feed the alt's!
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    miconelegacymiconelegacy Posts: 3,052 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>ok epawn guy. I get it. Boner buy without brain to hold off. 1500 hundred ? That set sucks it looks like. >>



    Says the guy who just joined and whose forum name means $hit in Spanish, lol. >>



    Almost every post from Cucka has been ignorant, negative, or degrading..

    I think he uses IND's. Probably an Alt.
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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,624 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Best of luck with the numbers your crunching, I dont have any experience with 71's but I got to admit ( however in a much different way of saying it ) I agree with KaKa, the Star cards shown are way off center and have tilts save the Oliva and Niekro. No way that Ryan gets a straight 7 in my opinion.

    Either way I sincerely wish you the best of luck with the set.

    On a side note KaKa, share your opinion ofcourse but try to be a little more respectful maybe?
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    I was being conservative with those numbers. If I happen to hit a couple of homeruns with a low pop 9 or two then I could score really big. I have a formula for buying sets and flipping that have made me a ton over the last few years. I also have a formula for building sets that makes money but it's more work and a little less profit margin. I'm really liking these '71 sets. I made $1700 on the last one I bought and resold.

    I don't submit anything that the bottom line won't increase by being graded. The exception are low pop commons that will fetch a premium that can be replaced with NM examples that don't downgrade the set. All part of the formula
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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,624 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was being conservative with those numbers. If I happen to hit a couple of homeruns with a low pop 9 or two then I could score really big. I have a formula for buying sets and flipping that have made me a ton over the last few years. I also have a formula for building sets that makes money but it's more work and a little less profit margin. I'm really liking these '71 sets. I made $1700 on the last one I bought and resold.

    I don't submit anything that the bottom line won't increase by being graded. The exception are low pop commons that will fetch a premium that can be replaced with NM examples that don't downgrade the set. All part of the formula >>



    Understood, I wasnt taking in consideration the low pop possibilities that Im sure would be very profitable if you land a few.

    I know you know what your doing and again I wish you the best of luck!
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    I'll post a few tomorrow before I send them off.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Booo. What are you doing now. PICS!!
    I want to see some gems!!
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Booo. What are you doing now. PICS!!
    I want to see some gems!! >>



    Laying on the couch, lol
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    WalterSobchakWalterSobchak Posts: 2,096
    That is an unfortunate tilt on the Hank. Because that card is a blazer otherwise.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    alright you had your 5 min alone time on the couch. How about some pics.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and I dont want to see pics of what you did on that couch.
    1971 Topps Please.
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    PowderedH2OPowderedH2O Posts: 2,443 ✭✭
    I think Tommy could be lazy, take the scans he already has, put the set on ebay, and still make a profit. Not a bad buy at all.
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    miconelegacymiconelegacy Posts: 3,052 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Booo. What are you doing now. PICS!!
    I want to see some gems!! >>



    Laying on the couch, lol >>



    Are you off the couch yet?
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    swartz1swartz1 Posts: 4,911 ✭✭✭
    Nice pick-up best of luck to you...


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    1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,130 ✭✭
    I wish I could find a 71 set in that condition raw, I'm always skeptical on ebay, especially with raw 71's, that's a great find sir!
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    Here are a few more scans before I package these up. Again, no I don't think all of them are 9 worthy, but as part of the formula 7's and 8's enhance the set and low pop 8's or 9's do really well individually and can be replaced at a fraction of the cost with NM examples to fill in the set. The Buckner has no shot at a 9, but I really like the card.

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    fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,109 ✭✭✭
    That appears to be a sweet set.Good luck with it.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
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    YogiBerraFanYogiBerraFan Posts: 2,390 ✭✭
    Nice cards. Good luck image
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    cincyredlegscincyredlegs Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭
    Another nice pick up Tommy. The 71 set is one of my favorites and it is tough finding minty centered cards. Good luck.

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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice stuff!
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    leadoff4leadoff4 Posts: 2,392 ✭
    Would love to hear a few more details on the formulaimage
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Would love to hear a few more details on the formulaimage >>



    You know first hand how good the other one works. The reverse formula is even better with much less time and work.
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    corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    thanks to everyone for all the good luck, sent 42 of these off to be graded today along with some more '73's from another set I picked up. I paid the extra 75 cents per card for the 20 day service. Hopefully PSA will come out of their backlog. I miss the time of 3 day poppage on 45 day specials.
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    nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭

    Great looking 71s, good luck on the grades tommy.
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    hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    McNertney and Uehlander look like 9s to me
    Maybe May and Russell as well

    Nice pickup
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    gemintgemint Posts: 6,070 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good luck with flipping it. The 71 set has enough upside in it to do well with it, especially at that price point. I've handled for or five raw sets myself and always did well on them. Getting 9s is a real crapshoot though. I just sent in the nicest 8 from the graded set I've been breaking and they only bumped it to 8.5. It's the Schaal card, not a toughie. I seriously can't find a flaw with it, not even a surface bump. I'm batting about .005 in terms of getting 9s from my own subs. Even a cello pack I opened a number of years ago yielded no 9s.
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    mcolney1mcolney1 Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
    Scanners always make any dark boardered card look worse. They always look better in person.
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    trextrex Posts: 179


    << <i>Scanners always make any dark boardered card look worse. They always look better in person. >>


    Yeah, and a blacklight makes them look even worse than a scanner. Loupe the edges and corners and see how you feel.
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    KaKaKaKa Posts: 49


    << <i>.

    On a side note KaKa, share your opinion ofcourse but try to be a little more respectful maybe? >>



    Got it, quick learner here. One can't be talking here like he's known folks for ever or like at the office. I got it and will take your advice. Please excuse the too blunt input above.
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