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Some tough HOF cards in true high grade from the 50's & 60's (BASEBALL)

Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,263 ✭✭✭✭
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When I mean high grade, I mean great eye appeal not necessarily just because it's a PSA 8 or higher. Everyone join in and add your toughies from the 50's and 60's. I'm sure there is an early Bowman guy who can chime in on this topic.

1955 Topps Duke Snider
1954 Bowman Mays
1957 Mays
1957 Brooks Robinson
1959 Musial
1959 A.S. Mantle
1961 Aaron
1962 Frank Robinson
1962 Maris
1963 Berra---try finding a good NM-MT
1966 Mantle
1967 Aaron- this is a sleeper pick (find one well centered front and back)
1969 Brock
1969 Jackson (this card is loaded with potential problems)

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  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    1962 Gaylord Perry
  • Brian48Brian48 Posts: 2,624 ✭✭✭
    Heck, ANY card from the 1962 Topps set is hard to find in high grades.
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,263 ✭✭✭✭
    MBMiller,
    Oh yeah, 62 Perry. Very tough. I see some SGC 88's every now and then and they are overgraded.
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    1957 Don Drysdale is another pretty difficult card.
  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    1960 Willie McCovey
  • paleocardspaleocards Posts: 942 ✭✭✭✭
    Good list. Here are two more candidates:

    1962 Topps #300 Willie Mays (really tough to find without snow in the dark background, centered without the solid print-line along the top or bottom border, and of course no chipping on the wood.)

    1967 Topps #569 Rod Carew RC (very rarely dead-centered)

    These are mine:

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  • MBMiller25MBMiller25 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭
    1958 Orlando Cepeda
  • RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    57 Mantle/Berra. Find one centered without snow. Good luck.

    Concur on 57 Drysdale RC.
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
    Buying Woody Hayes, Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, and Jesse Owens autographed items
  • Mickey71Mickey71 Posts: 4,263 ✭✭✭✭
    I thought of the 57 Mantle/Berra and 62 Mays; but didn't want to dominate the thread with Mantle and Mays cards. Okay....I lied...I want the entire thread to be Mantle and Mays cards.image
  • leadoff4leadoff4 Posts: 2,392 ✭
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  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    1955 Bowman Cal Hubbard
    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.
  • mikeschmidtmikeschmidt Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭
    and I think the 1953 Bowman B&W Casey Stengel may very well be the toughest mainstream HOF card in the 1950s or 1960s to find in high grade -- I would love to see Marshall's PSA 9...centered, with good image contrast and corners, the card must jump!

    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.
  • RedglobeRedglobe Posts: 714 ✭✭✭
    Hello

    I just wanted to add:

    1963 Banks....plenty of cards in NM but try finding when well centered

    Rob
    Rob
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    '67 High Numbers. Brutal.
  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    61 Maris, 59 Gibson.

    "Molon Labe"

  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    '69T Frank Robinson
  • toothshuckertoothshucker Posts: 83
    1969 Seaver, man it is tough.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1953 Bowman Duke Snider
    I have never seen a PSA 8 with this kind of centering from this issue. It is almost never seen centered. Very tough issue if you ask me
  • NugenNugen Posts: 107 ✭✭
    1959 Topps Koufax. It took years to find one dead centered.
  • cpettimdcpettimd Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    1959 Aaron
    Collecting Clemente master (#6) and basic PSA registry sets, Hank Aaron master and basic sets, Mantle oddball issues, 1970's mega decade HOFs, 1967 Topps pin ups, and high grade Topps Clemente and Aaron. Numerous transactions with over 100 board members.
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