I'm starting a 1952 Topps Set (Please Help)

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• ChrisStufflestreet Posts: 145

  August 8, 2009 12:57PM

  Are you doing a specific back for your 1-80 subset? They're found in either all black or black and red. Should you decide to do 1-80 with black backs, are you going to look for the Sain/Page variations?

  Chris Stufflestreet
  Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
  Vintage Baseball Cards website:
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• Cldroescher Posts: 160

  August 8, 2009 1:12PM

  I was planning on doing black back.
  I'm not sure about what you mean by the "Sain/Page variations"
  I want to have fun doing this but i don't what to lose money at the end so which way do you think would be the best from that point of view?

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• 1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭

  August 8, 2009 2:48PM

  1952 is more like pain than pleasure . . .

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• baseballfan Posts: 5,469 ✭✭✭

  August 8, 2009 11:19PM

  sounds like a goal, i'm hoping for the low numbers 1-310
  
  raw and in the psa 4-5-6 range
  
  where do you usually sell your sets once they are done?
  
  good luck

  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
  
  

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• WinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭

  August 9, 2009 3:18AM

  Yeah and what sets have you done?
  
  
  Steve

  Good for you.

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• ChrisStufflestreet Posts: 145

  August 9, 2009 5:41AM

  
  
  << <i>I'm not sure about what you mean by the "Sain/Page variations" >>
  
  
  
  The cards of Yankee pitchers Johnny Sain and Joe Page are found in two variations. It's a little hard to see at first, but if you read the biographical write-up on the back, you'll see that Sain is called "Joe" in the error and Page is referred to as "Johnny."
  
  Here's a link to a page I wrote about the 1952 Topps set, complete with a set checklist, pictures of both back colors and a pic of an unopened 5-cent wax pack.
  
  The Page/Sain error was corrected before the red backs were printed, so they may be a factor in how much you end up paying for those two cards.

  Chris Stufflestreet
  Vintage Cards Specialist/Hobby Historian
  Vintage Baseball Cards website:
  http://www.obaks.com/vintagebaseballcards/index.html

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