A New Area of Collecting for Me: Building a 1969 Topps Football Set
jmaciu
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As many of you know, I am an av1id collector of 1970 and early 80's Topps and OPC baseball cards. Plus, no matter how hard I tried to fight it, I am a set builder at heart. While this is my passion, I hit the proverbial "Brick Wall" earlier this fall. I became frustrated with how a couple of my sets were going. I felt like I needed a breath of fresh air, plus a little more focus. After much thought, I decided to dip into football cards. After doing some research, I decided that the 1969 Topps football set was one that I would like to tackle. My plan is to complete this set in NM or better, with all cards being clean and free of staining and major chipping. I want to collect all of the start and RC in PSA form (PSA 7 or better).
For those of you who have not seen this set, it is a beautiful one. The first series cards (#1 - 132) have wonderful color that bleeds out to the edges. They are stunning, but more difficult to achieve in high grade, because corner and edge defects are easily detectable. The second and final series (#133 - 264) features white borders and less bright colors. There is one major variation in the set, and that is the second series checklist card, which comes in either the white border and non-white border form.
So far, I am 106 cards into the set, and having a blast. I would like to thank mojorob for giving me a lot of advice as far as this set. I thought I would share a some first series cards first, both raw and graded.
Look at the nice sharpness and color of these raw specimens:
I hope to get the Roman Gabriel in PSA 8 form at some point, but this nice raw version will do nicely for now.
I have been able to conquer 2 of the great QB's of the era in PSA 8 form, so without further adieu, I give you Johnny U and Broadway Joe:
Finally, I will share a couple of the big Rookies of the set. Here is Bryon Piccilo, who was the inspiration of the movie, "Bryon's Song," and also Larry Czonka, who was a key part of the Dolphins' undefeated Super Bowl run:
Thanks for looking. I am excited to see this set continue evlolve. I will update this thread with some second-series cards plus will share more first series cards as I add them.
For those of you who have not seen this set, it is a beautiful one. The first series cards (#1 - 132) have wonderful color that bleeds out to the edges. They are stunning, but more difficult to achieve in high grade, because corner and edge defects are easily detectable. The second and final series (#133 - 264) features white borders and less bright colors. There is one major variation in the set, and that is the second series checklist card, which comes in either the white border and non-white border form.
So far, I am 106 cards into the set, and having a blast. I would like to thank mojorob for giving me a lot of advice as far as this set. I thought I would share a some first series cards first, both raw and graded.
Look at the nice sharpness and color of these raw specimens:
I hope to get the Roman Gabriel in PSA 8 form at some point, but this nice raw version will do nicely for now.
I have been able to conquer 2 of the great QB's of the era in PSA 8 form, so without further adieu, I give you Johnny U and Broadway Joe:
Finally, I will share a couple of the big Rookies of the set. Here is Bryon Piccilo, who was the inspiration of the movie, "Bryon's Song," and also Larry Czonka, who was a key part of the Dolphins' undefeated Super Bowl run:
Thanks for looking. I am excited to see this set continue evlolve. I will update this thread with some second-series cards plus will share more first series cards as I add them.
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1994 Pro Line Live
TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject
Love the colors and poses of most of the cards.
Some of the pink backgrounds have a tendency to have small print dots.
Been looking for a nice psa 8 Bob Griese for quite a while now.
Good luck
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
T222's PSA 1 or better
1994 Pro Line Live
TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject
Looks like you're off to a great start.
Look forward to your updates.
Jim
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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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.