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Nice pickups.👍For years, it was the 1987 Topps Football and the 1987 Topps Baseball sets. I hand pieced each one together, one card at a time, until they were completed. Those were the first cards I remember collecting as a kid, and I wanted to build those sets. Honorable mention goes to the 1989 Topps Baseball set. That one didn’t take me quite as long to complete.
Well the 1987 Topps baseball set was a nice looking set kind of reminded me of the 62 set but it wasn't very hard to put together. The 1987 Topps football set is a real nice one because it does have the first NFL rookie of like Jim Kelly and some other players in there that may get it a nice little set. Thanks so much for watching 👍
Great pickup especially with the graded cards! Agree that Bonds and Clemens were HOFers before ever using. PED. What do you think of the 84 Donruss baseball set? My LCS has one for around $70 and the three big rookies look to be pretty sharp.
@@vintageonvintage817 I haven't sold a 1984 Donruss in a while or bought one in a while but a year ago or so that 84 Donruss set was selling for around $100 on eBay plus shipping so I got to imagine that $70 seems pretty fair. Thanks so much for watching 👍
Poor Howard Porter passed away in St Paul….trying to get his life on track….Colclaugh is the ‘pride of Quincy, MA’ I’ve been told…..Terwilliger coached the Saints here in St Paul well into his 80s….Boog Powell hit a Big Papi-like HR to the bullpen at my first Sox game….so I’ve always been a bit of a fan….nice video….nice cards
@@lesliesmith5661 I was pretty excited about it. Football vintage still so affordable so whenever I get a chance to pick it up, I do so. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍
Of the three you mentioned, I like the 64 set the best decision wise. For the whole decade I would have to save my favorite set is the 65 and 1960 probably..
I noticed that you didn't mention Rich Allen on the Dodgers which is a SP and I would bet it will be one of your toughest find. The superstars you need should be easy to find , it's just do you want to pay the price. 71 Topps baseball are usually easy to find on EBAY, COMC, or your local card show, and I agree that in my opinion 1972 Topps baseball is tougher to complete than 71. One last thing, I love the backs of the 1971 OPC, the design on back is fabulous !
Funny you should mention Allen because I recently acquired his card along with some of the other key cards including Ryan and Aaron in a purchase I made from the reviewer of the channel. I was able to pick up half of the cards I needed and some for the 1972 set. Although the 72's were not nearly as awesome. I think their is a video of the purchase on the channel. I agree with you the OPC cards for 71 are awesome. They are much better than the dull backs on the Topps version. Again, thanks so much for watching and all the insightful comments 👍
I am 87 cards away from completion!! Great set but quality control was a huge issue then with centering. I am like you as I do not worry about it too much as long as they have good corners, no creasing or writing.
That's pretty close to completion. Mine is complete but I am always looking to upgrade centering when I find a lot and there is a few cards I would like to upgrade in the future. Thanks so much for watching 👍
Very informative video on the 71 set. I feel your pain as I just completed a 72 topps set and dealing with the high numbers, lol. I will work on 71 when I finish 73 and 75. Thanks for the video.
I need so many of the high numbers for 72 that it'll probably be the last set I complete from the 1970s. I recently picked up some big cards for the 71 set and the guy I got them from said he had more 72s than he had 71s, but he had 18 cards I needed for 1971 and only four or five from the 72. Those high numbers from 1972 are a quest. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍
People underestimate Topps high numbers in value. Story goes the stores didn't purchase last series of cards cause they had so many left over from earlier series
That makes sense and the high numbers for 71 are much tougher to find for sure, but I think the 72 high numbers might actually be worse because I'm having much more of a devil of a time finding those. Thanks so much for watching 👍
Thanks. I was most pleased with the Nolan Ryan even though it's in lower grade. It is a card that I've wanted for a while and it is my earliest Ryan. But of course the Clemente and the Aaron are awesome 👍
Yeah this turned out to be a really nice lot. I was thrilled by the condition for sure. When I list cards on eBay I try to under grade so that when the person receives the cards they're usually pleased. So for example if I believe the card is near mint, I might list it as excellent to near mint or if I think it's ex I listed as vg-ex. But you are correct that some people list cards in VG and they're not really strong cards and many times they contain creases. To me, and this is only my opinion, I consider a VG card a card that has rounded corners maybe, but no creases. If a card has creases I usually listed as G or low grade. But again this is all in my humble opinion. I'm not sure how the grading companies rubrics set their cut-offs for a VG card.
Yeah which was wild for the three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust days. It still amazes me how affordable vintage football cards are. Thanks so much for watching.
@@vintagesportscardfinds964 yes I heard that last night. I used to hang out with George Blanda’s brother and he was friends with Roman. Used to talk about him a lot.
Loved the condition on the Mantle for sure but the Aaron really blew me away. I was really psyched to get those at a good price. Thanks so much for watching.
That’s a fun set! Congrats on finishing it! I think you did good considering the graded cards with that beautiful Aaron! Nice Mantle too! Of course I love the Yaz! I think centering is the biggest problem with this set which is why it’s hard to get high grades
Interesting that you say that about the centering because as I was incorporating the cards I purchased into the cards I already had in my 1968 binder, I really started to notice just how off-center a lot of cards are. I was thrilled to finish the set and to get the Aaron in a 5.
Thanks. When you start adding up the graded cards with the Mantle, it really helps me recoup some of those funds with the doubles, which is always a good thing.
I thought the Reggie and Seaver were really nice, but that 53 Topps was a banger. I'm just used to seeing those all chewed up. Thanks so much for watching 👍
Tony Oliva's RC is '63 Topps. There are some exceptions, but most cards with the ASR trophy on them are not going to be true RC's - especially after 1962, as they were usually on a multiplayer card first. In Tony's case - they actually gave him two like that - '63 Topps (where he was "Pedro" Oliva) and then again in 1964. Lou Pinella actually had three of the multiplayers - in 1964, '68, and '69. They finally got big and gave him his own card (with the trophy) in 1970.
Yeah when I did a search after I recorded the video I realized that it was not his rookie but for some reason I thought that Oliva was one of those exceptions but of course my memory turned out to be incorrect. I do always appreciate the quality info on specific cards and players. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍
