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  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No Namath - but a sweet HOF'er landed !!

  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    https://youtu.be/6h6BaDu5I2o?si=-INoeRENV2-P7Qb0

  • 80sOPC
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    Beautiful, the colour on pack fresh cards is awesome

  • gemint
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    Beautiful card! Congrats. The '66 football are much like '67 football and '66 baseball. Most cards look like they were cut from sheets with dull scissors. So it's a lucky score when you find examples with sharp cuts.

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  • mintonlypls
    mintonlypls Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like a definite 9, congrats Chris!

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  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 29, 2025 4:18PM
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    Congrats on a HOF!!!

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  • threeofsix
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    Sweeeet!!!!!!

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  • BBBrkrr
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    Always such a huge Biletnikoff fan. He was so cool and I’ve always felt he never gets the respect he deserves.

  • balco758
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    edited March 30, 2025 4:32AM
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    How did the gum look?? !!!

  • 1all
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    Amazing that those beautiful cards came out of such a beater of a wax pack.

  • Yankees70
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    @UFFDAH said:
    Here are the rest of the cards. There were actually 6 cards in this pack.

    Very nice. Very happy for you.

  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well centered for the most part congrats!!!

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  • balco758
    balco758 Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The fuzz is awesome.

  • 1982FootballWax
    1982FootballWax Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    centering on the Graham looks nigh perfect

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  • handyman
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    What was the funny ring in the pack?

  • 1982FootballWax
    1982FootballWax Posts: 2,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    As Ted Williams would advertise ; That took Moxey

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    Not even a minute do I buy the whole buh buh buh I'm a man-child japery - Me (2025)

  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @handyman said:

    What was the funny ring in the pack?

    I honestly didn't pay much attention. It was pretty stained and junky and I tossed it with the gum. I was definitely distracted by the Fred B.

  • threeofsix
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    @UFFDAH said:

    @handyman said:

    What was the funny ring in the pack?

    I honestly didn't pay much attention. It was pretty stained and junky and I tossed it with the gum. I was definitely distracted by the Fred B.

    It’s been a week… I’m still distracted by it!

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  • Yankees70
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    edited April 2, 2025 12:05PM
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    @UFFDAH said:

    FRESH from a 59 year old pack - 2nd year Fred Biletnikoff

    Wow there's only 6 graded PSA 9 with none higher. Only 63 PSA 8's. In your opinion what grade do you think it will receive?

  • sayheywyo
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    I subbed this one. Yep, old label. The backs are tough and my pictures suck.

  • estang
    estang Posts: 1,527 ✭✭✭
    edited April 8, 2025 8:42AM
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    I got this over the weekend at a card show & wanted to post to see how it compares...

    PSA would likely give it a "4" these days... to me, it looks more like a "6".

    Enjoy your collection!
    Erik
  • 1954
    1954 Posts: 2,956 ✭✭✭
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    The way PSA is grading right now, I could see the Biletnikoff getting a 5/6/7/8/9. One of these grades for sure. PSA has been extremely hard on all grading, and I don't know the reason. I have heard that PSA is doing a pop control and have stopped grading cards in high grade. I sure hope this is a bad rumor and not reality.
    I sent in 400 vintage cards last month and the grades were all PSA 7/8 with very little PSA 9's. I felt most of the cards were one grade low than they deserved.

    Looking for high grade rookie cards and unopened boxes/cases
  • UlyssesExtravaganza
    UlyssesExtravaganza Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In this year, is the wood at the top of the TV supposed to be the same in the bottom of the TV? If so, think the card pulled from the pack in this thread has a lot more space at the bottom than the top. It still presents well and looks very nice. I know some issues the centering is not straightforward. But if top and bottom are supposed to be similar think the centering takes 9 off the table. Not necessarily 8 off the table by the grading standards but cant rely on those these days. Strictness may make 8 a challenge too.

    Very cool and appealing card whatever the grade is and sounds as if the grade is not a serious concern.

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  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Grade is of course a concern. I just quit publicly discussing etc. because of what 1954 just outlined.

  • gemint
    gemint Posts: 6,290 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I did get a PSA 9 on a Jim Palmer rookie late last year. I think if you get an experienced vintage grader, you can still get good results. But is that 1 in 2 subs? 1 in 4? I haven't sent enough submissions in over the past few years to get a feel for those odds.

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  • HOMETOWNSPORTS
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    I think there could be a grader performance evaluation policy that prolly rewards lower grades than if a grader gives out higher grades (I'm primarily referring to pre 1990 vintage cards)...It could be like they average out all the grades a specific grading employee gives to determine there skill where lower grades are considered to be a tough GOOD grader...This is the only likely reason I'm seeing batches 1-2 grades most always lower than the "real" grade. Think about this especially when you send in a highly selective batch of vintage cards and they get grades ranging from 4-8 averaging a 6...Been assessing card condition for 35+ years and there is definitely something inhibiting the "real" grade from being higher. never had this issue until about 2 years ago. Its some fundamental policy change. Pretty scary if you ask me ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH DOLLAR STARS....

  • mintonlypls
    mintonlypls Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice centering on the top card…

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  • jordangretzkyfan
    jordangretzkyfan Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Let’s go!

  • 1959
    1959 Posts: 694 ✭✭✭✭
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    Here's Johnny!

  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    How many cards in the 1959 pack? Series 1 is card #1 to card #?

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  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Early_Milled_Latin_America said:
    How many cards in the 1959 pack? Series 1 is card #1 to card #?

    I believe 1-88.

  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @1959 said:
    Here's Johnny!

    Oh man - that would be Sa-Weet!!

  • coinspacks
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    edited April 30, 2025 2:08PM
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    Is that a split on the wrapper front?

  • tsalems1
    tsalems1 Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great looking pack!

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  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @coinspacks said:
    Is that a split on the wrapper front?

    Yes it is.

  • 1all
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    @UFFDAH said:

    @coinspacks said:
    Is that a split on the wrapper front?

    Yes it is.

    Yikes. I guess I missed the "can include a complete split spanning the entire width of the pack" in the PSA 7 cello grading standards.

    Perfect rip candidate!

  • UFFDAH
    UFFDAH Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @1all said:

    @UFFDAH said:

    @coinspacks said:
    Is that a split on the wrapper front?

    Yes it is.

    Yikes. I guess I missed the "can include a complete split spanning the entire width of the pack" in the PSA 7 cello grading standards.

    Perfect rip candidate!

    I'm sure the split came later after grading. Some of the old cellophane is really fragile and susceptible to change.

  • mintonlypls
    mintonlypls Posts: 2,911 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2025 11:58AM
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    Gorgeous, Chris! Congrats! All you need now is a 1952 Topps wax pack…to christen it.

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  • Yankees70
    Yankees70 Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Awesome setup.

  • WildWestHalfDollars
    WildWestHalfDollars Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Amazing place!!!

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  • ssdawg77
    ssdawg77 Posts: 1,233 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very nice!!

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  • ElMagoStrikeZone
    ElMagoStrikeZone Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Good sir, I do not wish to complain, but that Jagermeister belongs in the freezer.

  • lahmejoon
    lahmejoon Posts: 2,019 ✭✭✭✭
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    Beautiful!

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