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Can I sub this '64 push/pull with my freebie?

HoofHeartedHoofHearted Posts: 2,537 ✭✭
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I'd like to get this card slabbed. Could I just send it in with my 6 free subs? I'd just like to get it authenticated for my estate. Thx!

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A little blurb about the size from a fun read:

1964 Push-Pull (3)

R-414-UNC

Another innovative design from the folks at Topps. These "cards" are actually two photos sliced up like brownies and interleaved. The photos are encased in a shutter, which has slats and by pushing or pulling the card itself up or down as per the attached tab (which says Push-Pull, in case you were wondering) a different photo magically appears (or disappears). At 2 1/4" x 4 11/16" this 36 card oddball issue has an oddball size. The Mantle/Berra card has soared to some lofty heights, but they are pretty hard to come by. Gehrig/Ruth and the Stengel card are better bets, but you'll still pay through the nose. The set is popular with non-sports collectors, so you may have to scramble to get what you need. Non Sports guides generally list this as a 1964 issue, Baseball guides usually go with 1965.
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  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,228 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'd like to get this card slabbed. Could I just send it in with my 6 free subs? I'd just like to get it authenticated for my estate. Thx!

    imageimage

    A little blurb about the size from a fun read:

    1964 Push-Pull (3)

    R-414-UNC

    Another innovative design from the folks at Topps. These "cards" are actually two photos sliced up like brownies and interleaved. The photos are encased in a shutter, which has slats and by pushing or pulling the card itself up or down as per the attached tab (which says Push-Pull, in case you were wondering) a different photo magically appears (or disappears). At 2 1/4" x 4 11/16" this 36 card oddball issue has an oddball size. The Mantle/Berra card has soared to some lofty heights, but they are pretty hard to come by. Gehrig/Ruth and the Stengel card are better bets, but you'll still pay through the nose. The set is popular with non-sports collectors, so you may have to scramble to get what you need. Non Sports guides generally list this as a 1964 issue, Baseball guides usually go with 1965. >>



    Of course the problem with slabbing it is you'll only ever get to see the one picture...not that it's any big deal because it isn't much of a picture, but those push-pulls are cool.
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭
    Hi Mike,

    PSA does NOT slab the Push/Pulls, but SGC does.

    PoppaJ

  • HoofHeartedHoofHearted Posts: 2,537 ✭✭


    << <i>Of course the problem with slabbing it is you'll only ever get to see the one picture...not that it's any big deal because it isn't much of a picture, but those push-pulls are cool. >>



    I thought of that. I suppose I'd have to put in a special request to have them keep The Mick displayed.
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  • HoofHeartedHoofHearted Posts: 2,537 ✭✭


    << <i>Hi Mike,

    PSA does NOT slab the Push/Pulls, but SGC does.

    PoppaJ >>



    Thank you for that update! I've never subbed to SGC. I guess I should at least leave a note with some of these oddball items that it should be appraised before disposing of it after I'm gone.

    (BTW, I'm not on my deathbed or anything. I'm still at least 10 years from retirement, but ya just gotta start thinking about these things some time...)
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  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    It would be a very popular set to collect for the set registry so I'm surprised PSA wouldn't try to figure out a way to slab them. They're probably worried about the top shifting and making the picture of the person even harder to see.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i don't see a purpose in grading them, it takes away from the intended idea behind making them.....i think its authenticity is pretty well established, but maybe an appraisal from a collector of such things would help you determine a value.

    just my 2 pesos. image
  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    The same logic would apply then to any Topps card then. Most people are capable of looking at a card for authenticity, but grading also adds an assessment of condition and therefore establishes a value. What's an authentic looking Mint condition 1971 Topps Clemente worth? What's it worth if you later find out it has been trimmed or recolored. The same issues apply to anything of value and the push-pulls, especially Mantle, have a great deal of collector interest and therefore value. Where there's value there's incentive to doctor a card, and it's nice to have PSA be able to grade it like anything else like a 1964 Standup, 1967 Giant, 1955 Doubleheader, 1970-71 Story Books and Scratchoffs.
  • PoppaJPoppaJ Posts: 2,818 ✭


    << <i>It would be a very popular set to collect for the set registry so I'm surprised PSA wouldn't try to figure out a way to slab them. They're probably worried about the top shifting and making the picture of the person even harder to see. >>



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    PSA does have holders to fit them. I was told that the reason for not slabbing them is because they are in 2 separate pieces.

    SGC slabs them with the most prominent player's face showing.... ie: card #6 Mantle/Berra with Mantle's face showing.

    PoppaJ
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