Registry 1st: Completed 1970 Topps Sets in PSA 9 or Better - More Cards & Stories Included

jmaciu

I really enjoyed your synopsis. I am with PaulMaul in that this needs to be written as an article in SMR. Thanks for sharing some of the cards and even more so, the stories behind them.

Charlie9

I'll echo everybodys sentiment and thank you for including us on your journey. A great accomplishment and great stories along the way. I've always loved that Hodges card and always thought he was a Joe Namath look-a-like in that one. Curious as to how many of these would you say you submitted for grading yourself versus picking up already slabbed?

Congrats again on the amazing achievement!

MantleFan23

Great pictures and awesome stories about them. It was a pleasure to read!

Jeremy

BPorter26

Dave, Congrats on completing that set and being # 1.

cardcountry

Great accomplishment Dave. Congrats!!

Jeff

mattyc_collection

That AS subset is one of the greatest challenges in the decade, maybe even post war for that matter.

70ToppsFanatic

<< <i>I'll echo everybodys sentiment and thank you for including us on your journey. A great accomplishment and great stories along the way. I've always loved that Hodges card and always thought he was a Joe Namath look-a-like in that one. Curious as to how many of these would you say you submitted for grading yourself versus picking up already slabbed?

Congrats again on the amazing achievement! >>



When I first did my PSA 8 set, a good number of them were submissions of raw cards that I had from when I was a kid. However, finding raw cards and submitting to come back with 9s would have never been possible. I'd say a vast majority of the 9s were purchased or traded for when they were already slabbed. Probably 5%-10% were submissions.