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My 63F Set - at what point did I go nuts? PSA 9 Albie Pearson

Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Hi everyone

This is for all the centering curmudgeons ...

All ye Princes of Proportions, Dukes of Dimensions, Emirs of Edges, Counts of Corners, Barons of Borders, Governors of Gloss, Commandants of Color, Rajahs of Registration...

I've been looking for some time to fill the #2 position in my set. For those who have attempted the 63F set know what I mean.

That would be Ron Hansen.

Hansen turned an unassisted triple play on July 30, 1968 - definitely the rare of rarities in baseball.

I'll tell ya? Finding centered cards for some players in this set is quite a challenge. This one makes me smile.

The scratch and 2 white dots are in my 12 year old scanner.

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Thanx for viewing and Happy Halloween!
Mike

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    mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    Wow, Mike, that is drop dead gorgeous, and the centering is off the charts
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    BruceinGaBruceinGa Posts: 268 ✭✭
    Nice card!
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    esquiresportsesquiresports Posts: 1,360 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow, Mike, that is drop dead gorgeous, and the centering is off the charts >>



    +1. Congratulations.
    Always buying 1971 OPC Baseball packs.
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    JBrulesJBrules Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on finally finding the perfect #2 card. I was not aware of the centering issues for the Fleer baseball set but I have been looking for 1963 Fleer Len Dawson and it is hard to find any that centered. I looked in the POP report and saw 17 (9's) and two 10's. I went a looked at the last ten PSA 9's that sold and found one maybe two that would match your centering. Some things are worth the wait.
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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,220 ✭✭
    Very nice Mike! Congrats and enjoy the card.
    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.
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    bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    Your 63 Fleer set makes me envious Mike. Too bad Fleer was not able to expand it. It was not Topps litigation but poor sales that truncated that set
    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
    Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
    Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007

    Al
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Your 63 Fleer set makes me envious Mike. Too bad Fleer was not able to expand it. It was not Topps litigation but poor sales that truncated that set >>

    Thanx guys!

    Hiya Al - have you got some kind of reference to why? As a side note - I've never been able to find a copy of the litigation between Fleer and Topps in 1963 - would sure like to find it - and of course the outcome of the suit?

    I've got my eye 2 nice cards right now - unfortunately both 9s - and they want a lot for one of them - the other is up for auction - time will tell.

    If ya get chance Al - please PM me about getting together?
    Mike
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    DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,422 ✭
    Congrats Mike! I've always loved the 63 Fleer set. You're getting close to 100%. I can't wait!
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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrats!

    We had Hansen as a guest at our Fundraising Golf Tournament last summer & it would be hard to find a nicer guy.

    IMF
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    CWCW Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Hi everyone

    This is for all the centering curmudgeons ...

    All ye Princes of Proportions, Dukes of Dimensions, Emirs of Edges, Counts of Corners, Barons of Borders, Governors of Gloss, Commandants of Color, Rajahs of Registration...
    >>



    ^^^ LOL! Nice! image

    Congrats on the card. Nicely centered, indeed!
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    gemintgemint Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a beauty Mike! Nothing like finding a high end, tough card to fill out a set. Congrats!
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    paleocardspaleocards Posts: 926 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrats Mike, sometimes it's worth the wait. A real beauty!!
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    CocoaBeachDodgersCocoaBeachDodgers Posts: 749 ✭✭✭
    Your entire set, the centering is next to none. Takes extreme discipline to stay that focused. image
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    bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    Mike-- I do not think there was any lawsuit. There were several FTC complaints involving Topps, but I do not think Topps sued Fleer. The Topps player contracts were only exclusive as to the sale of a players' likeness with gum or candy. That's why Fleer used a cookie in 63 and Leaf the marble earlier. Anyone could have sold player cards by themselves, but in the 50s and 60s Topps and Bowman were using cards to sell candy and gum, much like the cigaret makers before them.

    In the FTC cases I saw there were sales figures for both Topps and Fleer for 1963 and Fleer sales of their "first series" were so poor they apparently hung up on any plan to extend the set further. Kids apparently wanted gum rather than cookies in 1963.

    I have and unopened 1963 Fleer pack. I wonder what the cookie would taste like now. Also, have you ever seen Fleer cards with cookie stains :-)
    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
    Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
    Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007

    Al
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    DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,422 ✭


    << <i>Mike-- I do not think there was any lawsuit. There were several FTC complaints involving Topps, but I do not think Topps sued Fleer. The Topps player contracts were only exclusive as to the sale of a players' likeness with gum or candy. That's why Fleer used a cookie in 63 and Leaf the marble earlier. Anyone could have sold player cards by themselves, but in the 50s and 60s Topps and Bowman were using cards to sell candy and gum, much like the cigaret makers before them.

    In the FTC cases I saw there were sales figures for both Topps and Fleer for 1963 and Fleer sales of their "first series" were so poor they apparently hung up on any plan to extend the set further. Kids apparently wanted gum rather than cookies in 1963. >>



    Fascinating. I think I read somewhere that this same gum/candy exclusivity is why in the early 80s
    donruss gave out puzzle pieces and fleer gave out stickers. Is that right?
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    MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations! NICE card!
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanx everyone for the kind words of encouragement on my Hansen pickup.

    I picked this one up for the centering - I try and try to find 8s but sometimes a card comes up and I lose all control.

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    I've been reviewing my set - and if I want to find "every" card in the set truly centered? We're probably talking about a 20 year process.
    Mike
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭
    Outstanding! How many cards are you away from completing your centered beauties?
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    NYY CollectorNYY Collector Posts: 214
    pm sent
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    FINESTKINDFINESTKIND Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    A great looking card. Congrats.
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    SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,091 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great looking cards Mike!

    They would even please we Superintendents of Centering image

    Steve
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    Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,351 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Great looking cards Mike!

    They would even please we Superintendents of Centering image

    Steve >>

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    Mike
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