how tough is Topps (circa 1970) baseball supers grading?

CapeMOGuy · February 1, 2010 1:23PM

I remember asking about deckle edge toughness a while back and was scared off from submitting. How do the supers hold up and what should I look out for?

Thanks to all who read and BIG thanks to any responders.

otwcards · February 1, 2010 2:25PM

Watch out for the roller lines on the front and the edge crimps and machining marks on the back. A little chipping on the back won't kill you and as long as the cards are clean, PSA 8's should be a reasonable expectation. I've seen these graded very leniently and very conservatively. The same card has come back in a PSA 7 and when cracked and resubbed, in a PSA 9...

Nathaniel1960 · February 2, 2010 1:23AM

Interesting points. I have a 70 Super Set and and 71 Super Set. The difference from what I can tell is that the 71's have those annoying wrinkles on the back at the very edges. Because of their consistency, I imagine they originated at the factory, as the rest of each card shows minimal handling. Therefore I haven't subbed any. Now the 70's on the otherhand have no such problems. In fact, I have a 70 Boog Powell that is just plain sick, I need to get that thing subbed ASAP.

scotgreb · February 2, 2010 2:33AM

Agree with the comments with one to add . . .

Watch for the mysterious (ST) qualifier -- I've seen a few where I simply cannot find the (ST).

Scott

alnavman · February 2, 2010 8:37AM

anyone have any experiences with the 1986 jumbo cards? are they also hard to have graded??? I was considering submitting some but the last time I did the grades were really brutal.

how tough is Topps (circa 1970) baseball supers grading?

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