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February Special Poppage (all over the place)

bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭
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(Moved from BST -- didn't look where I was posting)

I was expecting majority of 7s, sprinkling of 6s, maybe one or two 8s. I had to miss a crease/wrinkle on the Garcia card. I have no clue on the 5s. I checked and rechecked every card in this sub for wrinkles/pds/tears/etc. I suppose there could have been something else I was overlooking (discoloration due to age?) I know I pulled all the off register printings I saw. At any rate -- not a horrid sub overall, but only 13 of 30 cards at the mark I was shooting for (or over) is a mildly tough pill to swallow. I kind of dread the results from the group sub at this point.

I did get two 9s that were totally unexpected and 6 cards at 8 or better is awesome in my book. (One of the 9s is a 'none higher' variety).

Also awesome turnaround time -- logged 2/25 -- if they ship tomorrow I'll have them on Saturday.

1 1 16412387 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 47 TOMMY GLAVIANO Card US
2 1 16412388 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 36 GUS ZERNIAL PHILADELPHIA IN BIO Card US Yay!
3 1 16412389 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 4 VERN STEPHENS Card US
4 1 16412390 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 46 BILLY GOODMAN Card US
5 1 16412391 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 21 LARRY JANSEN Card US
6 1 16412392 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 33 WILLIAM WERLE Card US ?!?!?!
7 1 16412393 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 51 EDDIE ROBINSON Card US Yay!
8 1 16412394 MINT 9 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 18 GERRY COLEMAN Card US WooHoo!!!!
9 1 16412395 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 50 MONTE IRVIN Card US
10 1 16412396 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 29 BOB KENNEDY Card US ?!?!?!
11 1 16412397 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 40 MIKE GARCIA Card US SUPER ?!?!?!
12 1 16412398 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 32 HENRY THOMPSON Card US Yay!
13 1 16412399 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 24 HANK BAUER Card US ?!?!?!
14 1 16412400 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 49 AL ZARILLA Card US ?!?!?!
15 1 16412401 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 37 WES WESTRUM Card US ?!?!?!
16 1 16412402 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 30 WARREN SPAHN Card US Knew this was creased/wrinkled
17 1 16412403 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 39 TED KLUSZEWSKI Card US ?!?!?!
18 1 16412404 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 5 PHIL RIZZUTO Card US ?!?!?!
19 1 16412405 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 31 GIL HODGES Card US
20 1 16412406 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 34 GRADY HATTON Card US
21 1 16412407 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 45 ANDY SEMINICK Card US
22 1 16412408 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 26 LUKE EASTER Card US
23 1 16412409 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 3 FERRIS FAIN Card US
24 1 16412410 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 44 SID HUDSON Card US
25 1 16412411 EXCELLENT 5 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 14 WAYNE TERWILLIGER Card US ?!?!?!
26 1 16412412 NEAR MINT-MINT 8 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 43 MAURICE McDERMOTT Card US Yay!
27 1 16412413 NEAR MINT 7 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 13 DALE MITCHELL Card US
28 1 16412414 MINT 9 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 12 JIM HEGAN Card US WooHoo!!!!
29 1 16412415 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 42 RAY SCARBOROUGH Card US
30 1 16412416 EXCELLENT-MINT 6 1951 TOPPS RED BACK 8 EARLY WYNN Card US

Got these slabbed for the heck of it
31 1 16412417 GOOD 2 1933 GOUDEY 15 VICTOR SORRELL Card US
32 1 16412418 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1933 GOUDEY 59 BING MILLER Card US

Comments

  • bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭
    Does anyone here have experience grading Red Backs? I have been going through the ones I have on hand already trying to determine rhyme or reason for grades. I have 5s and 7s which seem to look the same to me. I'm just not sure what I need to look for, or what I might be missing on these.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    1951 Topps Red Backs are notorious for having hidden wrinkles, straight out of the pack. It was a production issue back at the time. I imagine that if you have a high power light, look at examples of some of these cards [preferably raw] under that lamp at a tilted angle, you will be able to see where the wrinkles are.

    Marc
    I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
  • bziddybziddy Posts: 710 ✭✭✭


    << <i>1951 Topps Red Backs are notorious for having hidden wrinkles, straight out of the pack. It was a production issue back at the time. I imagine that if you have a high power light, look at examples of some of these cards [preferably raw] under that lamp at a tilted angle, you will be able to see where the wrinkles are.

    Marc >>



    Thanks -- that's the only thing I can presume at this point. I know I checked all these cards several times. I bought a raw set a couple years back and pulled 22 of them for creases/wrinkles/paper loss/etc. Some were barely visible under different lighting to the naked eye.

    I was grading my wrinkles/creases on a 1 (could only see it at the correct angle under good light) to 10 (noticed immediately upon looking at card) and the only one I sent in with a crease I saw was a '2' on the Warren Spahn. The 5 there is expected (was actually thinking it might be a 4).
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