Wanted to Buy (WTB) 1988 Topps PSA 9 & 10

printerdan

I'm interested in 1988 Topps baseball in PSA 9 or PSA 10. I am building the standard set, no Tiffany, no Traded.



Here is a link to my Registry. You may notice that I need 665 cards to complete the set. I've only been at it for a few months, and I'm chipping away at the 28% that has NO grade, through submissions.



Rather than post a want list, I'll post a HAVE list. If it's on the list, I don't need it.

Thanks for looking!



2 Don Mattingly (RECORD BREAKERS)

3 Mark McGwire (RECORD BREAKERS)

4 Eddie Murray (RECORD BREAKERS)

6 Nolan Ryan (RECORD BREAKERS)

10 Ryne Sandberg

14 Sparky Anderson (MANAGER)

18 Al Leiter

19 Mark Davidson

20 Kevin Gross

21 Red Sox Team Leaders (Wade Boggs, Spike Owen)

28 Jose Nunez

32 Mike Morgan

40 Orel Hershiser

44 Lou Piniella (MANAGER)

51 Baltimore Orioles Team Leaders (Cal Ripken, Eddie Murray)

60 Rickey Henderson

64 Ken Caminiti

78 Dan Petry

90 Dale Murphy

100 Jack Clark

101 Allan Anderson

106 Jim Walewander

120 Kirby Puckett

122 Tony Bernazard

128 Johnny Grubb

129 Greg Minton

133 Greg Mathews

134 Chuck Tanner (MANAGER)

141 Kansas City Royals Team Leaders (George Brett, Bret Saberhagen)

142 Andy Van Slyke

143 Mickey Tettleton

152 Jody Reed

165 Robin Yount

177 Frank Tanana

179 Charlie Puleo

184 Ivan Calderon

186 Rafael Palmeiro

189 Wes Gardner

200 Wade Boggs

210 Willie Randolph

213 Albert Hall

223 Stan Jefferson

236 Ted Power

237 Mike Heath

241 Damaso Garcia

248 Storm Davis

250 Nolan Ryan

258 Ed Nunez

269 Ellis Burks

272 Steve Ontiveros

280 Pete Incaviglia

283 Phil Lombardi

289 Dave Bergman

293 Doug Jones

295 Bert Blyleven

299 Steve Crawford

300 Don Mattingly

302 Jose Uribe

315 Dave Parker

322 Vicente Palacios

350 Will Clark

352 Bill Ripken

353 Ed Olwine

354 Marc Sullivan

360 Tony Gwynn

361 Greg Maddux

366 Chet Lemon

370 Jose Canseco

372 Matt Williams

386 Don Mattingly (ALL STAR)

389 Alan Trammell (ALL STAR)

392 Dave Winfield (ALL STAR)

396 Tom Henke (ALL STAR)

400 Ozzie Smith (ALL STAR)

418 Joel Youngblood

421 Ed VandeBerg

441 Rick Manning

459 Yankees Team Leaders (Dave Winfield, Willie Randolph)

460 Ozzie Smith

464 Jay Tibbs

468 Darren Daulton

474 Tom Brookens

475 Pete Rose (MANAGER)

480 Dwight Gooden

492 Doyle Alexander

495 Eddie Murray

500 Andre Dawson

501 Tim Birtsas

510 Dave Winfield

514 Pat Sheridan

528 Checklist 397-528

530 Gary Carter

531 Rich Yett

552 Mark Thurmond

556 Stan Clarke

575 Don Sutton

580 Mark McGwire

600 Mike Schmidt

605 Kirk Gibson

609 Minnesota Twins Team Leaders (Gary Gaetti, Kent Hrbek)

610 Keith Hernandez

626 Glenn Wilson

630 Darrell Evans

632 Steve Shields

661 Nolan Ryan (TURN BACK THE CLOCK)

664 Bob Gibson (TURN BACK THE CLOCK)

665 Stan Musial (TURN BACK THE CLOCK)

666 Mario Soto

668 Walt Terrell

671 Tim Laudner

672 John Davis

675 Jim Rice

676 Ken Dixon

688 Jim Winn

689 Tom Pagnozzi

699 Padres Team Leaders (Benito Santiago, Tony Gwynn)

709 George Frazier

728 Andy Allanson

737 Butch Wynegar

743 Larry Herndon

750 Bo Jackson

751 Jim Morrison

770 Lou Whitaker

777 Lonnie Smith

778 Keith Comstock

779 Tom Glavine

792 John Tudor

LarkinCollector

I just upgraded my #102 Larkin to a 10 so I've got a 9 available if you're interested.

gregmo32

That is definitely a labor of love! What is the significance of the set to you?

I remember opening packs and packs, rack packs, wax boxes, buying, trading and hoarding these when they came out.

Are you looking for the 778 Comstock error for your set?

Is that still a tough card nowadays?

printerdan

Building this PSA set is based largely on nostalgia. The 1988 set were the first cards I collected as a kid. I had a paper route, and would spend all of my hard-earned tips on Wax packs that I would collect and trade with my brother and our friends. Those cards were all lost to time, but can be bought now for next to nothing.



The decision to attempt the PSA set comes from my frustration with modern cards and infinite parallels. I've been collecting player rainbows for years, but can never keep up. With this, there is a set number of cards I am trying to acquire, and I could someday complete the set.



As for the Comstock, I have the corrected 'Blue Letters' in a PSA 10, but I would definitely be interested in the error in a 9 or 10 if you have one.

printerdan

Thank you LarkinCollector for the PSA 9 Barry Larkin! One more off the list....

gregmo32

I predict that you will have infinitely more fun collecting this set than you ever did with the modern parallel stuff.

I did the same thing several years back, with the first set I collected, and loved every second of it (still do, in fact, even though I had to sell off much of the collection).

You will be shocked to learn that even a modern issue like 1988 Topps will have its own idiosyncrasies which make it challenging to complete in high grade. I am trying to recall which singles I could never seem to find well centered as I opened countless packs back in '88. I look forward to hearing about your progress...

LarkinCollector

Originally posted by: printerdan
Thank you LarkinCollector for the PSA 9 Barry Larkin! One more off the list....

Glad it arrived safely and I was able to assist in your quest a little bit. Good luck and have fun getting it completed!

BeRoyalKC

I have an 88 vending case but I'm sure s/h costs you more than it would be worth to get them. Where are you pulling your cards to submit?

printerdan

The cards I've submitted so far have all come from a case of Rak-paks I purchased from Kruk Cards. I also bought two brown box complete sets on eBay for $0.99 plus shipping, but there are centering problems with the sets. You can tell from looking from the top that the set is divided into 6 sections, likely one for each press sheet. If one card is off-center in a section, they all are.



As for idiosyncrasies, I've noticed that there are no PSA 10 #405 Dwight Gooden cards. I bought a 100 count lot that was supposedly pulled from vending boxes, and every one was off center. The card is positioned near the upper right corner on the press sheet, so that may have something to do with the centering.

printerdan

Epic mail day! 12 new cards for my 1988 Topps PSA set. With the exception of the Puckett All-Star (pop 19) they are all pop 1.

Dboneesq

Congrats on the new additions. Enjoy your quest ... it seems like it will be a fun (and at times frustrating) project. This is what collecting is all about! Have fun and keep us updated.

cdst34

I have a number of 1988 Topps, but they have not been graded.