Not trying to put Henry's latest purchase down, but that was a very generous 9 on the Unser. A card with that low of a pop should never get a slider thru to make it a pop 3.
From what I can tell, 707 is the DOLLAR STORE compared to deans_cards. For what that guy charges, if I ever bought anything from him I would expect it to be delivered to me in a frickin' limo. ~WalterSobchak
<< <i>Not trying to put Henry's latest purchase down, but that was a very generous 9 on the Unser. A card with that low of a pop should never get a slider thru to make it a pop 3. >>
agreed however I think we should string up the under-bidder that pushed the card up so high
<< <i>Not trying to put Henry's latest purchase down, but that was a very generous 9 on the Unser. A card with that low of a pop should never get a slider thru to make it a pop 3. >>
I would agree with this assessment. As a collector, I always look at the card first and then the holder. I've bypassed many 75 minis over the past couple years that were graded PSA 9 but didn't meet my approval.
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>What don't you like about the card? Is it the tiny fisheyes or the slightly diamond cut? I look at it this way...every once in a while you gotta buy the case not the card. For example, let's suppose you are in a bar and you run into Ms. Columbia from the most recent Ms. Universe contest. However, is she not that great looking in real life, in fact you are not very attracted to her at all, but you have a chance to stay with her...it is a no-brainer. How many times are you gonna be able to sleep with a country's Ms. Universe? When you are putting together a decade, you are Clinton on an elephant's worth of Viagra. >>
Hi mintmoondog, this is no offense to you and your purchase , but beauty/eye appeal with women and cards is my starting point I do need to enjoy looking at the card, rather than just its position on the registry. I've had the occasion when I purchased the "bargain" for a given grade, and the eye appeal just didn't meet my standards. When this has happened to me, I didn’t enjoy the card as much. In other situations with the reverse, for example a lower grade but fantastic eye appeal, I've not been disappointed yet.
Personally, I really don't collect to resell, but I do feel that I need to protect myself in case I do end up selling some of my high-grade cards. For this reason, I try to avoid paying to far beyond the usual price for a given grade.
Collecting 1962-1985 Topps Baseball with an emphasis on the 70's!
What if there isn't another 9 on that card for a few years?. I put the difficulty of that Unser almost right there with a 71 Munson 9 (which would be huge right now). Not the prettiest 9, but definitely not the ugliest either. Fair purchase to me.
<< <i>What if there isn't another 9 on that card for a few years?. I put the difficulty of that Unser almost right there with a 71 Munson 9 (which would be huge right now). Not the prettiest 9, but definitely not the ugliest either. Fair purchase to me. >>
I would rather wait. Many collectors are still opening vintage packs and vending boxes We will see another one soon. I have seen many 1973 pop 1-10's and low pop 9's graded recently. As an avid collector of 71-73, I think it better to have some patience.
Paul
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<< <i>What don't you like about the card? Is it the tiny fisheyes or the slightly diamond cut? I look at it this way...every once in a while you gotta buy the case not the card. For example, let's suppose you are in a bar and you run into Ms. Columbia from the most recent Ms. Universe contest. However, is she not that great looking in real life, in fact you are not very attracted to her at all, but you have a chance to stay with her...it is a no-brainer. How many times are you gonna be able to sleep with a country's Ms. Universe? When you are putting together a decade, you are Clinton on an elephant's worth of Viagra. >>
Hi mintmoondog, this is no offense to you and your purchase , but beauty/eye appeal with women and cards is my starting point I do need to enjoy looking at the card, rather than just its position on the registry. I've had the occasion when I purchased the "bargain" for a given grade, and the eye appeal just didn't meet my standards. When this has happened to me, I didn’t enjoy the card as much. In other situations with the reverse, for example a lower grade but fantastic eye appeal, I've not been disappointed yet.
Personally, I really don't collect to resell, but I do feel that I need to protect myself in case I do end up selling some of my high-grade cards. For this reason, I try to avoid paying to far beyond the usual price for a given grade. >>
Very fair points. I don't intend to sell my collection either. My sons can when I am dead - they aren't baseball fans. In regards to patience - certainly another will pop up in 3-5 years, maybe two...but then we are looking at a pop of 5! This card is so hard compared to even typical white whales I take that into account when looking at the card. Let's take for instance many of the 1975 mini commons which are legendary in their difficulty from o/c to snow to tilt. When you actually see a centered C. Washington, Burleson or a Tommy Davis without all sorts of snow it is stunning. I am sure the grader was affected by this when grading this particular card. So in regards to this Unser I am more than happy with its relative condition. It is a passable 9, not comparatively strong but a great example of an extremely difficult card. That having been said, I am not happy with paying over 1200.00 for it, but those are the breaks
interesting: both t/b and l/r looked a bit off to me, but its morning here in China and I haven't slept for a couple days (stayed up last night to watch the Tigers get their a** handed to them on mlb.com). I think Spence is gonna crush me like he usually does on these types of auctions would love to have that card - I believe it is an iconic representation of the decade.
want to head off to bed but waiting for that auction to end...
Way to go mintmoondog.. That card is legendary for sure..
To all members: Here is what happens when you don't look at your stuff for a couple of years...I just picked up my graded packs. I have just 1- 71 PSA 7 Cello Pack..I thought I had two.. I have 1- 71 PSA 8 Wax Pack (not cello) and 4- 73 PSA 8 Wax Packs.. I was way off (BRAIN FART-LOL), but I haven't looked at these in a couple of years, which means I need to look at my stuff more often, huh??
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Okay, we have now had two recent major setbreaks in the later 1970s...Sufferjet's 1977 break and PWCC 1978 break. It is obvious that there was pent up demand and that many cards will now receive a major readjustment on VCP. This usually portends people going into their raw stash and submitting lower pop 9s that were not worth the trouble when the card was 10-20 but with some auctions ending north of 100.00 it is time to submit! Also, it is important to understand that sometimes you'll see a lower card sell for well south of what these prices ended up at, but there is a not so obvious answer to this difference. Before a major auction like this many sellers sell at or around VCP for their bins. This might not be a gauge of the actual demand and price floor, what happens is that the card goes to the "quickest draw" There have been at least 50 occasions in the past year where I found a card I needed but it was already bought and the auction ended, sometimes hours after it was listed! 1978 will be especially interesting to watch because we don't quite know the availably stash...1977 good luck! Those cards are made of tissue paper and it is very hard to find nice raw and unopened material.
<< <i>The '78 stuff was awesome to watch and not so awesome to get stuck in the middle of!
I disagree that these auctions will reset VCP. People go nuts at auctions sometimes, and then similar scarce cards will sit for months as BINs as buyers wait for a seller to lower their prices.
I'm sure some sellers will start asking more for cards because of these auctions, but I doubt buyers will be paying that just because of the results from one set break.
I definitely believe prices will naturally rise due to the scarcity of unopened, just not at the rate that these auctions would indicate.
Best of luck to whoever resubs that Ryan - I'd ask 50k OBO for it. >>
Good assessment! I agree that VCP will not change. With any baseball collectible, selling an item is all about timing. Baseball is just getting into full swing, and for many of us collectors and baseball fanatics, life doesn't begin until baseball season starts! The PSA 9 Ryan is sure a beauty... Below is my recent submission.. I'm very excited about the POP 1 PSA 9 Shellenback, PSA 8 Wine, Sudakis, Carty, Torborg, Green, Reed, Harmon and Linzy. It was well worth opening s few packs! I sent in some others this month as well. I can't wait to see the results
2 1 21204703 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 171 BOBBY WINE Card 3 1 21204704 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 186 BOB SPENCE Card 4 1 21204705 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 253 BILL SUDAKIS Card 5 1 21204706 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 258 DICK GREEN Card 6 1 21204707 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 270 RICO CARTY Card 7 1 21204708 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 314 JEFF TORBORG Card 8 1 21204709 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 321 TOM MATCHICK Card 9 1 21204710 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS 351 JIM SHELLENBACK Card 11 1 21204712 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 398 HOWIE REED Card 13 1 21204714 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 487 PAUL SCHAAL Card 15 1 21204716 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 551 FRANK LINZY Card 16 1 21204717 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 638 STAN WILLIAMS Card 17 1 21204718 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 653 RUSS SNYDER Card 21 1 21204722 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 680 DON MINCHER Card 22 1 21204723 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 682 TERRY HARMON Card 23 1 21204724 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 687 RON TAYLOR Card 26 1 21204727 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1971 TOPPS 707 FRED LASHER Card
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<< <i>Very fair points. I don't intend to sell my collection either. My sons can when I am dead - they aren't baseball fans. In regards to patience - certainly another will pop up in 3-5 years, maybe two...but then we are looking at a pop of 5! This card is so hard compared to even typical white whales I take that into account when looking at the card. Let's take for instance many of the 1975 mini commons which are legendary in their difficulty from o/c to snow to tilt. When you actually see a centered C. Washington, Burleson or a Tommy Davis without all sorts of snow it is stunning. I am sure the grader was affected by this when grading this particular card. So in regards to this Unser I am more than happy with its relative condition. It is a passable 9, not comparatively strong but a great example of an extremely difficult card. That having been said, I am not happy with paying over 1200.00 for it, but those are the breaks >>
It is good to pass it on to your kids! My boys are sports fans, and I'm sure they will enjoy my collection as well. Anyway, to each his own...The Unser just doesn't float my boat. In my opinion, the centering, the printing defects on his helmet and the little flakes of snow, here and there, make this a very generous 9. I haven't seen any 9's like this. Recently, I submitted some beautiful 73's and 71's.. It is possible that I might pull a PSA 9 Unser, Wilson, Howard, D. Johnson, and Herzog! I will let you know.
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Hi Guys, you can find the Shellenback card in my gtrwzz40's 1971 Topps Black Hole. The scan, I created, for the set on the PSA Website is too large for this page.
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<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.
<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.[/q
Thanks again.. This is a great find!! I submitted one Shellemback before that came back a PSA 7...Here is a link to Photobucket with a scan of the front and back.. Enjoy!
<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.[/q
Thanks again.. This is a great find!! I submitted one Shellemback before that came back a PSA 7...Here is a link to Photobucket with a scan of the front and back.. Enjoy!
<< <i>orry I was referring to Mintmoondog's 1973 HR leader card. >>
Alrighty! Thanks for letting me know... That 73' All-Time HR leaders sure is sweet. I would like to see the scan of the back also, when you get some time Mintmoondog..
Paul
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<< <i>It's probably no surprise that Probsteins out shined the other 2. (4SC was a buy it now) so it tripled+ the other at auction<shaking head> >>
Maybe the fact that the third seller, deerbaseballbarry puts an annoying RARE! in every one of his card listings has something to do with his low final price. I know I go right by all of his RARE! cards when I see them
From what I can tell, 707 is the DOLLAR STORE compared to deans_cards. For what that guy charges, if I ever bought anything from him I would expect it to be delivered to me in a frickin' limo. ~WalterSobchak
That card has been taunting me for 7 years. I missed the BIN, didn't see the low, and underbid the probstein auction...sigh. The good thing is that the Pop is finally moving up. BTW, I have noticed that if you look at the last 4 years, 1976 pops have been slowing significantly. I am not sure if this is because the cards have been dogs in regards to value and people have given up sending them in, or if the supply is dwindling like most of the rest of the 1970s. I have always thought that this year, more than others, has 2 markets - 90% extremely easy and 10% extremely hard.
I somehow missed deerbarry's? I couldn't careless what they say in the title if I want the card and have the money I bid. As far as the Stennett RB all 3 are really nice I have never seen them that nice.. Like I said wish I had seen it...
Jack, I wonder whether the low Stennett was a 3-day auction? I don't remember seeing it pop up on my VCP wantlist...I agree with you, ALL of the raw I see are severely o/c
<< <i>That card has been taunting me for 7 years. I missed the BIN, didn't see the low, and underbid the probstein auction...sigh. The good thing is that the Pop is finally moving up. BTW, I have noticed that if you look at the last 4 years, 1976 pops have been slowing significantly. I am not sure if this is because the cards have been dogs in regards to value and people have given up sending them in, or if the supply is dwindling like most of the rest of the 1970s. I have always thought that this year, more than others, has 2 markets - 90% extremely easy and 10% extremely hard. >>
Market value has a lot to do with limiting pops for this year but I don't think that would be the case for the tougher cards. If someone isn't subbing a '76 Briggs that's mint because they think '76s don't have a market then that's foolish. I think the market impact is more limiting for producing 10s of cards that have high pops in PSA 9. A lot of people won't submit a PSA 10 candidate common if the VCP for a 9 is $5. However, I think cards like the Stennett RB don't fall into that category. I've subbed 6 or 7 of that card myself and finally hit a 9 on my most recent sub. If I come across more mint candidates of that card, I'll sub those too.
Had a huge poppage today - mostly 73's. From a wonderful raw ebay lot. Here are the highlights:
49 1 21474721 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 86 TOM McCRAW Card 46 1 21474718 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 95 STEVE BLASS Card 37 1 21474709 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 132 MATTY ALOU Card 25 1 21474697 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 274 DAROLD KNOLWES Card 15 1 21474687 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 489 JEFF BURROUGHS Card
edit: also subbed a few of the coaches variations, but nothing exciting. Had a couple that I thought were "light pale" that ended up slabbed as "orange" - although they were way less orange than every other copy I have... how pale are the pale variations?
<< <i>Had a huge poppage today - mostly 73's. From a wonderful raw ebay lot. Here are the highlights:
49 1 21474721 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 86 TOM McCRAW Card 46 1 21474718 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 95 STEVE BLASS Card 37 1 21474709 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 132 MATTY ALOU Card 25 1 21474697 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 274 DAROLD KNOLWES Card 15 1 21474687 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 489 JEFF BURROUGHS Card
edit: also subbed a few of the coaches variations, but nothing exciting. Had a couple that I thought were "light pale" that ended up slabbed as "orange" - although they were way less orange than every other copy I have... how pale are the pale variations? >>
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~WalterSobchak
<< <i>Not trying to put Henry's latest purchase down, but that was a very generous 9 on the Unser. A card with that low of a pop should never get a slider thru to make it a pop 3. >>
agreed however I think we should string up the under-bidder that pushed the card up so high
<< <i>Not trying to put Henry's latest purchase down, but that was a very generous 9 on the Unser. A card with that low of a pop should never get a slider thru to make it a pop 3. >>
I would agree with this assessment. As a collector, I always look at the card first and then the holder. I've bypassed many 75 minis over the past couple years that were graded PSA 9 but didn't meet my approval.
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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<< <i>What don't you like about the card? Is it the tiny fisheyes or the slightly diamond cut? I look at it this way...every once in a while you gotta buy the case not the card. For example, let's suppose you are in a bar and you run into Ms. Columbia from the most recent Ms. Universe contest. However, is she not that great looking in real life, in fact you are not very attracted to her at all, but you have a chance to stay with her...it is a no-brainer. How many times are you gonna be able to sleep with a country's Ms. Universe? When you are putting together a decade, you are Clinton on an elephant's worth of Viagra. >>
Hi mintmoondog, this is no offense to you and your purchase , but beauty/eye appeal with women and cards is my starting point I do need to enjoy looking at the card, rather than just its position on the registry. I've had the occasion when I purchased the "bargain" for a given grade, and the eye appeal just didn't meet my standards. When this has happened to me, I didn’t enjoy the card as much. In other situations with the reverse, for example a lower grade but fantastic eye appeal, I've not been disappointed yet.
Personally, I really don't collect to resell, but I do feel that I need to protect myself in case I do end up selling some of my high-grade cards. For this reason, I try to avoid paying to far beyond the usual price for a given grade.
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Not the prettiest 9, but definitely not the ugliest either. Fair purchase to me.
<< <i>What if there isn't another 9 on that card for a few years?. I put the difficulty of that Unser almost right there with a 71 Munson 9 (which would be huge right now). Not the prettiest 9, but definitely not the ugliest either. Fair purchase to me. >>
I would rather wait. Many collectors are still opening vintage packs and vending boxes
Paul
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<< <i>
<< <i>What don't you like about the card? Is it the tiny fisheyes or the slightly diamond cut? I look at it this way...every once in a while you gotta buy the case not the card. For example, let's suppose you are in a bar and you run into Ms. Columbia from the most recent Ms. Universe contest. However, is she not that great looking in real life, in fact you are not very attracted to her at all, but you have a chance to stay with her...it is a no-brainer. How many times are you gonna be able to sleep with a country's Ms. Universe? When you are putting together a decade, you are Clinton on an elephant's worth of Viagra. >>
Hi mintmoondog, this is no offense to you and your purchase , but beauty/eye appeal with women and cards is my starting point I do need to enjoy looking at the card, rather than just its position on the registry. I've had the occasion when I purchased the "bargain" for a given grade, and the eye appeal just didn't meet my standards. When this has happened to me, I didn’t enjoy the card as much. In other situations with the reverse, for example a lower grade but fantastic eye appeal, I've not been disappointed yet.
Personally, I really don't collect to resell, but I do feel that I need to protect myself in case I do end up selling some of my high-grade cards. For this reason, I try to avoid paying to far beyond the usual price for a given grade. >>
Very fair points. I don't intend to sell my collection either. My sons can when I am dead - they aren't baseball fans. In regards to patience - certainly another will pop up in 3-5 years, maybe two...but then we are looking at a pop of 5! This card is so hard compared to even typical white whales I take that into account when looking at the card.
Let's take for instance many of the 1975 mini commons which are legendary in their difficulty from o/c to snow to tilt. When you actually see a centered C. Washington, Burleson or a Tommy Davis without all sorts of snow it is stunning. I am sure the grader was affected by this when grading this particular card. So in regards to this Unser I am more than happy with its relative condition. It is a passable 9, not comparatively strong but a great example of an extremely difficult card. That having been said, I am not happy with paying over 1200.00 for it, but those are the breaks
Speaking of 1973s. I have a snipe on this but I am certain that it will be obliterated. Any guesses on the final price?
<< <i> 1973 number1 Speaking of 1973s. I have a snipe on this but I am certain that it will be obliterated. Any guesses on the final price? >> >>
$5.5K
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Beauty though, just not that gorgeous.
Bosox1976
want to head off to bed but waiting for that auction to end...
<< <i>1973 number1
Speaking of 1973s. I have a snipe on this but I am certain that it will be obliterated. Any guesses on the final price? >>
No back scan....ON THAT CARD????
To all members: Here is what happens when you don't look at your stuff for a couple of years...I just picked up my graded packs. I have just 1- 71 PSA 7 Cello Pack..I thought I had two.. I have 1- 71 PSA 8 Wax Pack (not cello) and 4- 73 PSA 8 Wax Packs.. I was way off (BRAIN FART-LOL), but I haven't looked at these in a couple of years, which means I need to look at my stuff more often, huh??
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1978 will be especially interesting to watch because we don't quite know the availably stash...1977 good luck! Those cards are made of tissue paper and it is very hard to find nice raw and unopened material.
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get 10 grand!
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<< <i>The '78 stuff was awesome to watch and not so awesome to get stuck in the middle of!
I disagree that these auctions will reset VCP. People go nuts at auctions sometimes, and then similar scarce cards will sit for months as BINs as buyers wait for a seller to lower their prices.
I'm sure some sellers will start asking more for cards because of these auctions, but I doubt buyers will be paying that just because of the results from one set break.
I definitely believe prices will naturally rise due to the scarcity of unopened, just not at the rate that these auctions would indicate.
Best of luck to whoever resubs that Ryan - I'd ask 50k OBO for it. >>
Good assessment! I agree that VCP will not change. With any baseball collectible, selling an item is all about timing. Baseball is just getting into full swing, and for many of us collectors and baseball fanatics, life doesn't begin until baseball season starts! The PSA 9 Ryan is sure a beauty...
Below is my recent submission.. I'm very excited about the POP 1 PSA 9 Shellenback, PSA 8 Wine, Sudakis, Carty, Torborg, Green, Reed, Harmon and Linzy. It was well worth opening s few packs! I sent in some others this month as well. I can't wait to see the results
2 1 21204703 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 171 BOBBY WINE Card
3 1 21204704 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 186 BOB SPENCE Card
4 1 21204705 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 253 BILL SUDAKIS Card
5 1 21204706 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 258 DICK GREEN Card
6 1 21204707 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 270 RICO CARTY Card
7 1 21204708 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 314 JEFF TORBORG Card
8 1 21204709 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 321 TOM MATCHICK Card
9 1 21204710 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS 351 JIM SHELLENBACK Card
11 1 21204712 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 398 HOWIE REED Card
13 1 21204714 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 487 PAUL SCHAAL Card
15 1 21204716 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 551 FRANK LINZY Card
16 1 21204717 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 638 STAN WILLIAMS Card
17 1 21204718 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 653 RUSS SNYDER Card
21 1 21204722 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 680 DON MINCHER Card
22 1 21204723 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1971 TOPPS 682 TERRY HARMON Card
23 1 21204724 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 687 RON TAYLOR Card
26 1 21204727 NEAR MINT+ 7.5 1971 TOPPS 707 FRED LASHER Card
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<< <i>Very fair points. I don't intend to sell my collection either. My sons can when I am dead - they aren't baseball fans. In regards to patience - certainly another will pop up in 3-5 years, maybe two...but then we are looking at a pop of 5! This card is so hard compared to even typical white whales I take that into account when looking at the card. Let's take for instance many of the 1975 mini commons which are legendary in their difficulty from o/c to snow to tilt. When you actually see a centered C. Washington, Burleson or a Tommy Davis without all sorts of snow it is stunning. I am sure the grader was affected by this when grading this particular card. So in regards to this Unser I am more than happy with its relative condition. It is a passable 9, not comparatively strong but a great example of an extremely difficult card. That having been said, I am not happy with paying over 1200.00 for it, but those are the breaks >>
It is good to pass it on to your kids! My boys are sports fans, and I'm sure they will enjoy my collection as well. Anyway, to each his own...The Unser just doesn't float my boat. In my opinion, the centering, the printing defects on his helmet and the little flakes of snow, here and there, make this a very generous 9. I haven't seen any 9's like this. Recently, I submitted some beautiful 73's and 71's.. It is possible that I might pull a PSA 9 Unser, Wilson, Howard, D. Johnson, and Herzog! I will let you know.
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You should announce that on the memorabilia forum, I am sure many collectors would like the hear the news
That score is HUGE! Congrats!
thx
ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240
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<< <i>9 1 21204710 MINT 9 1971 TOPPS 351 JIM SHELLENBACK Card
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<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.
<< <i>
<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.[/q
Thanks again.. This is a great find!! I submitted one Shellemback before that came back a PSA 7...Here is a link to Photobucket with a scan of the front and back.. Enjoy!
http://s1317.photobucket.com/user/gtrwzz45/media/cards484_zps9eb35200.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1
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<< <i>YAH BABY!!! Very excited to win that one! >>
Congrats on the win. Can you post a scan when you receive it? I'd be interested to see how the back looks. Only once have I seen that card with 60-40 or better centering on front and back...it was a PSA 7 I owned with 60-40 in one direction on the front and 60-40 in the other direction on the back.[/q
Thanks again.. This is a great find!! I submitted one Shellemback before that came back a PSA 7...Here is a link to Photobucket with a scan of the front and back.. Enjoy!
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Sorry I was referring to Mintmoondog's 1973 HR leader card.
<< <i>orry I was referring to Mintmoondog's 1973 HR leader card. >>
Alrighty! Thanks for letting me know... That 73' All-Time HR leaders sure is sweet. I would like to see the scan of the back also, when you get some time Mintmoondog..
Paul
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7 1 21367962 MINT 9 1970 TOPPS 232 BOB DIDIER Card
edit: I see the corner problem now.... (sorry about the dusty scan)
Bosox1976
<< <i>Popped a toughie today, but actually disappointed as I hoped it might have been the first 10 - nice 9 though:
7 1 21367962 MINT 9 1970 TOPPS 232 BOB DIDIER Card
edit: I see the corner problem now.... (sorry about the dusty scan)
That's a great card. Very nice. Look at that equipment.....things sure have changed.
4SC's Stennett
Deerbaseballbarry's
Probstein's
It's probably no surprise that Probsteins out shined the other 2. (4SC was a buy it now) so it tripled+ the other at auction<shaking head>
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<< <i>It's probably no surprise that Probsteins out shined the other 2. (4SC was a buy it now) so it tripled+ the other at auction<shaking head> >>
Maybe the fact that the third seller, deerbaseballbarry puts an annoying RARE! in every one of his card listings has something to do with his low final price. I know I go right by all of his RARE! cards when I see them
~WalterSobchak
and have the money I bid. As far as the Stennett RB all 3 are really nice I have never seen them
that nice.. Like I said wish I had seen it...
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Bosox1976
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<< <i>Popped a toughie today, but actually disappointed as I hoped it might have been the first 10 - nice 9 though:
7 1 21367962 MINT 9 1970 TOPPS 232 BOB DIDIER Card
Very nice find Bosox! That card would get some good $$$$$$.
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<< <i>That card has been taunting me for 7 years. I missed the BIN, didn't see the low, and underbid the probstein auction...sigh. The good thing is that the Pop is finally moving up. BTW, I have noticed that if you look at the last 4 years, 1976 pops have been slowing significantly. I am not sure if this is because the cards have been dogs in regards to value and people have given up sending them in, or if the supply is dwindling like most of the rest of the 1970s. I have always thought that this year, more than others, has 2 markets - 90% extremely easy and 10% extremely hard. >>
Market value has a lot to do with limiting pops for this year but I don't think that would be the case for the tougher cards. If someone isn't subbing a '76 Briggs that's mint because they think '76s don't have a market then that's foolish. I think the market impact is more limiting for producing 10s of cards that have high pops in PSA 9. A lot of people won't submit a PSA 10 candidate common if the VCP for a 9 is $5. However, I think cards like the Stennett RB don't fall into that category. I've subbed 6 or 7 of that card myself and finally hit a 9 on my most recent sub. If I come across more mint candidates of that card, I'll sub those too.
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49 1 21474721 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 86 TOM McCRAW Card
46 1 21474718 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 95 STEVE BLASS Card
37 1 21474709 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 132 MATTY ALOU Card
25 1 21474697 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 274 DAROLD KNOLWES Card
15 1 21474687 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 489 JEFF BURROUGHS Card
edit: also subbed a few of the coaches variations, but nothing exciting. Had a couple that I thought were "light pale" that ended up slabbed as "orange" - although they were way less orange than every other copy I have... how pale are the pale variations?
Bosox1976
<< <i>Had a huge poppage today - mostly 73's. From a wonderful raw ebay lot. Here are the highlights:
49 1 21474721 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 86 TOM McCRAW Card
46 1 21474718 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 95 STEVE BLASS Card
37 1 21474709 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 132 MATTY ALOU Card
25 1 21474697 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 274 DAROLD KNOLWES Card
15 1 21474687 GEM MINT 10 1973 TOPPS 489 JEFF BURROUGHS Card
edit: also subbed a few of the coaches variations, but nothing exciting. Had a couple that I thought were "light pale" that ended up slabbed as "orange" - although they were way less orange than every other copy I have... how pale are the pale variations? >>
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INCREDIBLE!!!!!!