I hit a bunch of dual autos ripping Leaf, I sent the best one in under the New Year Special. I'm probably going to list them closer to the draft. For the ultra modern stuff, I give Leaf (and Wild Card) credit for some imagination. The Panini product this year looks lazy in lot of cases.
I have been looking for a '54 Banks Auto for quite a while. Early on I avoided any Cubs out of a fervent hatred for those obnoxious northsiders -- as a die-hard Brewers fan (Go Crew!), but eventually I got over that ridiculousness. When I started looking there were lots of great examples available, and I look back now having haggled over $50 here or there, at cards which would sell for upwards of $10K, with regret. Then with the recent boom the prices really jumped above what I was comfortable spending on this one... but... they have began creeping back down and I found this on eBay in auction of all places. I threw my max bid out early in the week and surprisingly it held. Solid place-holder in my RC HOF Auto set.
There is one out there which has a beautiful blue marker signature and a "512 HRs" inscription which I let slip through my fingers... Until I find that one again, this will do.
@ndleo said:
I hit a bunch of dual autos ripping Leaf, I sent the best one in under the New Year Special. I'm probably going to list them closer to the draft. For the ultra modern stuff, I give Leaf (and Wild Card) credit for some imagination. The Panini product this year looks lazy in lot of cases.
@hankcaddy said:
Couple highlights from a 56 card sub
I love seeing all your Bryce cards posted up. Looking forward to a full season out of him this year!
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
I’ve wanted one for a while and one popped up in decent enough condition and a fair enough price to snag it. These groupings of his premiums are now a whopping ninety years old and - at least for me - have lost none of their charm. Whether it’s the 8x10s, the flip books, the rings, the scorers fob, the pins or this one, you simply can’t beat the thrill of vintage baseball memorabilia featuring the Great Bambino.
1934 Quaker Oats Babe Ruth Premium Baseball Cap
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
@1951WheatiesPremium said:
I’ve wanted one for a while and one popped up in decent enough condition and a fair enough price to snag it. These groupings of his premiums are now a whopping ninety years old and - at least for me - have lost none of their charm. Whether it’s the 8x10s, the flip books, the rings, the scorers fob, the pins or this one, you simply can’t beat the thrill of vintage baseball memorabilia featuring the Great Bambino.
Don't know if its the grader of death or PSA's new grading standards - but the order just received has got to be the WORST outcome I've ever gotten back from the left coast - and they held it since September 2023...
It was a 43 card submission!!
That said the cards shown below are the only saving grace from the submission.
One for my Embossed Set, One for my Decals Set and a couple Star/HOF'ers for the PC.
I may be able to get my grading fee back with the extras that I'm going to sell.
First - The Set Winners:
PC Adds:
For Salle and Hopefully Cost Covering:
Steve Saldutti sjjs28@comcast.net Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
That Kaline is some actual proof that centering is waaay more important these days than corners and edges with PSA. I have cards recently returned with better corners that were 5/6 because centering wasn't perfect.
It's really getting insane trying to figure how to properly assess which cards to submit since their standards seem to be changing about every 5 or 6 months.
@sjjs28 said:
Don't know if its the grader of death or PSA's new grading standards - but the order just received has got to be the WORST outcome I've ever gotten back from the left coast - and they held it since September 2023...
It was a 43 card submission!!
That said the cards shown below are the only saving grace from the submission.
One for my Embossed Set, One for my Decals Set and a couple Star/HOF'ers for the PC.
I may be able to get my grading fee back with the extras that I'm going to sell.
First - The Set Winners:
PC Adds:
For Salle and Hopefully Cost Covering:
Pulled a ton of those decals back in the day. Never got close to a set.
@sjjs28 sounds like you had some disappointments in your sub, but those are some awesome hits! That Post Yaz is incredible and must be low pop, since VCP shows no sales in that grade in almost 4 years.
Thanks DBesse27
I was grateful I got something out of the submission - and the Yaz does help. (I know it hit home for you!)
Interestingly, and certainly not as wide an appeal as the Yaz, the two extra 1969 Decals PSA 9 that came out of the submission have similar "delays" between sales - the Gonzalez hasn't sold in that Mint grade since May 2020 and the Ward hasn't sold in that Mint grade since April 2020....
Maybe there is something "karma-like" about cards that sold in 2020!
Steve Saldutti sjjs28@comcast.net Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
@sjjs28 said:
Don't know if its the grader of death or PSA's new grading standards - but the order just received has got to be the WORST outcome I've ever gotten back from the left coast - and they held it since September 2023...
It was a 43 card submission!!
Based on the cards you've shown, especially the Yaz decal getting a PSA9 with that color registration and the 67 Kaline getting PSA8s, calling the guy the "grader of death" is pretty unfair.
I've hesitated buying 69 decals because I wasn't sure how the centering affected PSAs grading.
Now I know, it doesn't seem to matter.
A little outside my normal purview but once I saw it I wanted one. This is one of those new graded records from VMG. Straight from the source it arrives we’ll packed and shipped:
Inside the great packaging job is a beautiful record:
The label features a ton of info, too:
The case is very sturdy - like BVG plastic - and it presents the item beautifully. Love it!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
Won these for a song...actually had other items in the lot, including a second 1972, a Mickey comic and some large posters. I like it all, of course, but here's the stuff I was really after...
1970 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
1972 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
1973 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
I have to pull some of my recent graded rookies back out to snap a pic, but sharing this one that arrived this week:
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
@1951WheatiesPremium said:
A little outside my normal purview but once I saw it I wanted one. This is one of those new graded records from VMG. Straight from the source it arrives we’ll packed and shipped:
Inside the great packaging job is a beautiful record:
The case is very sturdy - like BVG plastic - and it presents the item beautifully. Love it!
Glad that you are happy with it! These seem to be fairly cheap for a Mickey Mantle related item from his playing days.
@1951WheatiesPremium said:
A little outside my normal purview but once I saw it I wanted one. This is one of those new graded records from VMG. Straight from the source it arrives we’ll packed and shipped:
Inside the great packaging job is a beautiful record:
The label features a ton of info, too:
The case is very sturdy - like BVG plastic - and it presents the item beautifully. Love it!
That's awesome. I had someone give me a copy they found at a yard sale but it looks amazing slabbed like that. Very cool!!
Don Mattingly, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson, Brian McCann and Topps Rookie Cup autograph collector www.questfortherookiecup.com
Funny story, but I was home at my dad's for Christmas and discovered 3 Sandy autos that I got through the mail back in the 80s when I was a kid. Still in a binder. I pulled them out and will send them for slabbing soon.
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I hit a bunch of dual autos ripping Leaf, I sent the best one in under the New Year Special. I'm probably going to list them closer to the draft. For the ultra modern stuff, I give Leaf (and Wild Card) credit for some imagination. The Panini product this year looks lazy in lot of cases.
Some additions to my Football HOF set:
Couple highlights from a 56 card sub
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 77.97% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.26% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
Glad they did not penalize your Reggie for a touch on the upper left corner.
I have been looking for a '54 Banks Auto for quite a while. Early on I avoided any Cubs out of a fervent hatred for those obnoxious northsiders -- as a die-hard Brewers fan (Go Crew!), but eventually I got over that ridiculousness. When I started looking there were lots of great examples available, and I look back now having haggled over $50 here or there, at cards which would sell for upwards of $10K, with regret. Then with the recent boom the prices really jumped above what I was comfortable spending on this one... but... they have began creeping back down and I found this on eBay in auction of all places. I threw my max bid out early in the week and surprisingly it held. Solid place-holder in my RC HOF Auto set.
There is one out there which has a beautiful blue marker signature and a "512 HRs" inscription which I let slip through my fingers... Until I find that one again, this will do.
I love seeing all your Bryce cards posted up. Looking forward to a full season out of him this year!
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
I’ve wanted one for a while and one popped up in decent enough condition and a fair enough price to snag it. These groupings of his premiums are now a whopping ninety years old and - at least for me - have lost none of their charm. Whether it’s the 8x10s, the flip books, the rings, the scorers fob, the pins or this one, you simply can’t beat the thrill of vintage baseball memorabilia featuring the Great Bambino.
1934 Quaker Oats Babe Ruth Premium Baseball Cap
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
One for the 61 auto set:
Don't know if its the grader of death or PSA's new grading standards - but the order just received has got to be the WORST outcome I've ever gotten back from the left coast - and they held it since September 2023...
It was a 43 card submission!!
That said the cards shown below are the only saving grace from the submission.
One for my Embossed Set, One for my Decals Set and a couple Star/HOF'ers for the PC.
I may be able to get my grading fee back with the extras that I'm going to sell.
First - The Set Winners:
PC Adds:
For Salle and Hopefully Cost Covering:
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
That Yaz is AWESOME.
Always loved that 67 of AK.
That Kaline is some actual proof that centering is waaay more important these days than corners and edges with PSA. I have cards recently returned with better corners that were 5/6 because centering wasn't perfect.
It's really getting insane trying to figure how to properly assess which cards to submit since their standards seem to be changing about every 5 or 6 months.
Pulled a ton of those decals back in the day. Never got close to a set.
Home from slabbing.
Snake eyes!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
@sjjs28 sounds like you had some disappointments in your sub, but those are some awesome hits! That Post Yaz is incredible and must be low pop, since VCP shows no sales in that grade in almost 4 years.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Thanks DBesse27
I was grateful I got something out of the submission - and the Yaz does help. (I know it hit home for you!)
Interestingly, and certainly not as wide an appeal as the Yaz, the two extra 1969 Decals PSA 9 that came out of the submission have similar "delays" between sales - the Gonzalez hasn't sold in that Mint grade since May 2020 and the Ward hasn't sold in that Mint grade since April 2020....
Maybe there is something "karma-like" about cards that sold in 2020!
sjjs28@comcast.net
Collector of 1964 Topps Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game and 1969 Topps Decals
Registered Sets: 1964 Stand Ups, 1965 Embossed, 1968 Topps Game, 1969 Topps Decals
I’ve had this book on my pile to read for a long time. The autograph is legit. Not especially valuable but a cool bonus.
Just back from Boca.
Based on the cards you've shown, especially the Yaz decal getting a PSA9 with that color registration and the 67 Kaline getting PSA8s, calling the guy the "grader of death" is pretty unfair.
I've hesitated buying 69 decals because I wasn't sure how the centering affected PSAs grading.
Now I know, it doesn't seem to matter.
A little outside my normal purview but once I saw it I wanted one. This is one of those new graded records from VMG. Straight from the source it arrives we’ll packed and shipped:
Inside the great packaging job is a beautiful record:
The label features a ton of info, too:
The case is very sturdy - like BVG plastic - and it presents the item beautifully. Love it!
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
Great, now I need to collect a graded record of the Impossible Dream feat. the song “Carl Yastrzemski.”
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Mail today:
Won these for a song...actually had other items in the lot, including a second 1972, a Mickey comic and some large posters. I like it all, of course, but here's the stuff I was really after...
1970 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
1972 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
1973 New York Yankees Tri Fold- Yankees Team
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
1 closer on my 70 team set
2004 spx
1989 topps psa 10
1959 phillies
Phillies of the 70's
5x All-Star, 2000 NL MVP, 4x Silver Slugger
Nic
Guides Authored - Graded Card Scanning Guide PDF | History of the PSA Label PDF
I finished my Willie Wood run.
I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/
I have to pull some of my recent graded rookies back out to snap a pic, but sharing this one that arrived this week:
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
This NEVER happens!
Opened a 1987 Fleer Glossy update set today.
An upgrade...
1961 Manny's Baseball Land - Mickey Mantle
Curious about the rare, mysterious and beautiful 1951 Wheaties Premium Photos?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987963/1951-wheaties-premium-photos-set-registry#latest
A couple BB highlights from my first sub in a long while. Looking forward to when it makes sense to sub to PSA again:
Those are some great cards.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
Thx Dan, all from wax I busted years ago.
Great stuff everyone! I added a few more Munsons to the basic set.....
My other graded pickups over the last month-plus.
Main collecting focus is Patrick Roy playing days 85/86-02/03, expect 1/1, National/All-Star stamped cards.PC Completion: 2,548/2,952; 86.31% My Patrick Roy PC Website:https://proy33collector.weebly.com
I ripped a Leaf product that I don't usually rip........I should rip more.....1 of 1. It's pretty cool!
Glad that you are happy with it! These seem to be fairly cheap for a Mickey Mantle related item from his playing days.
Been loading up on mid to high grade 70’s of Bench and Ryan lately. Think these cost me less than $80-90 total for the pair.
That's awesome. I had someone give me a copy they found at a yard sale but it looks amazing slabbed like that. Very cool!!
www.questfortherookiecup.com
Not my pickup but these were just done and thought others may enjoy seeing them.
Those are awesome Koufax autos.
Funny story, but I was home at my dad's for Christmas and discovered 3 Sandy autos that I got through the mail back in the 80s when I was a kid. Still in a binder. I pulled them out and will send them for slabbing soon.
2013 Topps Travis Kelce ERROR Rookie Card #31 HOLY GRAIL!!!
3 Errors!! Has ANYONE Seen Another Card Like This??? Pls let me know!!!
Yes, missing foil is not as rare as you might think. With that said, it’s also the RC of a future HOFer, so I’m sure it has some value. Cool card.
Yaz Master Set
#1 Gino Cappelletti master set
#1 John Hannah master set
Also collecting Andre Tippett, Patriots Greats' RCs, Dwight Evans, 1964 Venezuelan Topps, 1974 Topps Red Sox
So You've seen Another TK Card like this???" if so WHERE????
Killebrew run is done.
I collect hall of fame rookie cards, https://www.instagram.com/stwainfan/
Last post for the month. I hit 3 Stroud Autos from a frankenstein case of Bowman Chrome University that I pieced together from 5 dealers.
PSA HOF Baseball Postwar Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 77.97% Complete)
PSA Pro Football HOF Rookie Players Set Registry- (Currently 19.26% Complete)
PSA Basketball HOF Players Rookies Set Registry- (Currently 6.02% Complete)
Love that Puckett, such a badass pic. I find he has some or the best imagery on his cards.
That is a Nice Puckett Card... a bit off centered to the Left and Down... but looks like it has Sharp Corners.... PSA would give you a Solid 7
No doubt. That 85 Fleer may be my favorite of all his pics. Dude just took great action shots.