Just Got My Now All Time Favorite PSA 10

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Mefer
Mefer Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭
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I just received this beauty back from grading:

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According to the pops, this is the first PSA 10 card graded in the second series of 78 Donruss KISS. I have submitted most of the KISS cards that are in the pops and this is my first 10. These are very tough!

I am now over 90% done on this set but it still has a lot of work, including needed upgrades. So if you ever get an itching to submit KISS cards, I am your buyer!

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  • rbdjr1
    rbdjr1 Posts: 4,474 ✭✭
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    Congrats!

    U gotta luv they way Ace's make-up is running! (After a solid hour or two of "rockin' out")

    rd

    Quicksilver Messenger Service - Smokestack Lightning (Live) 1968

    Quicksilver Messenger Service - The Hat (Live) 1971
  • julen23
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    rock on.

    background on the kiss cards, where were they distributed back in the day? alongside baseball cards or what?

    julen
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    RIP GURU
  • baseballfan
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    great card!
    great set!
    great band!
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • yankeeno7
    yankeeno7 Posts: 9,256 ✭✭✭
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    That is a kick A$$ card!
  • ldferg
    ldferg Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭
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    mefer,
    great card. did you pull this yourself? the series 2 are hard to find at a decent price...great jub.


    Thanks,

    David (LD_Ferg)



    1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
  • jimtb
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    Reminds me of my Ace smokin guitar poster that was on my wall as a kid. Great card!
    Collecting all graded Alan Trammell graded cards as well as graded 1984 Topps, Donruss, and Fleer Detroit Tigers
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  • Mefer
    Mefer Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭
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    I pulled this card myself fresh from a series 2 wax box. To answer your question Julen, I remember the KISS cards back in the day being right next to the baseball cards in the candy aisle. I still wish I could buy them at 15 cents a pack!

    I plan on doing an article for the SMR about the KISS cards. Do you guys think there would be interest in such an article? I am already kicking some ideas around for it.
  • julen23
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    only if you wear makeup!

    julen
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  • ElectricPrune
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    Post a few more from your collection. That is a sweet card!
    #10 PSA Set for Topps Baseball currently on eBay under seller deeppurple1.
  • Publius
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    Prune
    where in the hell did you get the JR Bob Dobbs head moniker? Book of the subgenious is one of my favs. Read it in college

    My Steve Largent Master Set
  • GDM67
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    I was wondering the same thing. Haven't read that one, but I have read Rev. Stang's High Weirdness By Mail, which is sublime.
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  • ElectricPrune
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    Believe it or not, it's actually listed as a choice on the forum avatars. You can show all of them in your edit area. Many don't show up, but this one did. I can't believe someone else actually knows who he is!
    #10 PSA Set for Topps Baseball currently on eBay under seller deeppurple1.
  • ctsoxfan
    ctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
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    What a cool card - thanks for sharing the scan! Yes, I would love to read an article in the SMR about this set - I remember buying these cards when I was a kid as well, but sadly, none of them survived the many moves and life changes since then. How rare are the wax boxes to find today?
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  • Mefer
    Mefer Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭
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    The wax boxes pop up fairly frequently though they are relatively pricey. A series one box will set you back 150 to 200 and a series 2 box can fall between 200 and 300. Making it even more fun, 98% of the cards you pull will be complete garbage. I have yet to see a pristine box.
  • ctsoxfan
    ctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
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    Why is that, exactly? Are the cards just poor quality, or just very condition sensitive?

    Thanks for your info mefer - and I look forward to that article in the SMR if you do put it together!
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  • 5STAT
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    Just Got My Now All Time Favorite PSA 10

    "SHOUT IT....SHOUT IT....shout it out loud!!!"

    I can't here you Detroit..do you want to party????

    edited to add: BTW keep an eye on bennett_stamp_and_coin on Ebay. He has alot of these boxes in storage and put them up through out the year. I used to do alot of business with him back in the day!!
  • Publius
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    Prune
    Jr Bob was a classic book in college for me. Such funny stuff. Im actually surprised someone else gets it, i used to laugh my a$$ off at that book, actually ordered the T-sirts, bumper stickers etc, drank the Kool-aid I guess.

    Great card btw, not a huge kiss fan, but any card that old in psa is an awesome pull

    joe
    My Steve Largent Master Set
  • GDM67
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    Not a big KISS fan, either, but any PSA 10 that features a Les Paul is automatically cool image

    IIRC, the card stock on these was rather thin, kind of like their 81 Baseball set.
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  • Stingray
    Stingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
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    Dude, you do not realize how jealous I am!!!!
  • ctsoxfan
    ctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
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    << <i>Not a big KISS fan, either, but any PSA 10 that features a Les Paul is automatically cool image

    IIRC, the card stock on these was rather thin, kind of like their 81 Baseball set. >>



    Ah, that makes sense then - those 81 Donruss cards are just about the worst quality cards ever printed! It drove me nuts, even as a kid then, to see how shoddy those cards were straight from the pack. If the Kiss cards are like that, I can see how getting high grade examples would be a serious challenge.

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