1971 Topps Baseball presenting a high-number dilemma! 

Well I'm very glad to see that you're still collecting because I know that loosing cards can be traumatic especially knowing what we about which ones are valuable. You're a million percent correct that at the very least she saved the right ones. I got back into collecting full-time around 2010 but when I went looking back at some of the cards I know I owned I couldn't seem to find some of them. The one that sticks out to me the is my hockey Mario L. Rookie, which I still do not own to this day. I will find a way to own one soon enough I suppose. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👍

That's an amazing story. What a great memory indeed. Being a ball boy must have been the coolest especially given some of the greats who were still roaming around the club at the time, but it seems each of us has a favorite set that has a lot more to do with a memory that those sets trigger for each of us. I think that, more than anything, is why I love this hobby so much. It's a picture history of the sports we love and to the memories they bring back. 👍

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 Yes, absolutely correct. No memories more important than our childhood memories. I think its a blessing that collecting cards as a child can still be enjoyed throughout our adult life. They still resonate and bring much joy. Baseball Cards are snapshots that trigger memories frozen in time. I'm now 66 and I enjoy building sets and adding to player collections as much as ever. Hopefully I will for another 20, 30 years. Enjoy the game and the hobby!!

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 A lot of times it's the very first set you collected. With me, it's 1968. I was only 6 years old, which is an early age to start collecting, but I had an older brother who was collecting, so I naturally fell into it. Not a favorite set with collectors, but because it was a favorite with me, many years ago I set about getting it complete, which is why I got the prized Nolan Ryan rookie (and a Johnny Bench rookie) when they were cheap. And by cheap I mean less than a dollar. 1971 has one card collecting memory for me. Among your group of collecting friends, there would be prestige in being the first one to buy a pack of that year's cards. No one knew what they would look like till then. In 1971 it was me. I still remember the first card I saw from that set when opening the pack-Jerry Davanon of St. Louis. Not a star player, but I still have that card, 52 years later.

Agreed and so should Dwight Evans. Thanks for watching 👍

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 And Dave Concepcion.

@@RRaquello definitely a 👍 on Conception as a HOFer.

None belong before Steve Garvey !

I've got a lot of complete sets for sure and it would be amazing to one day own an OPC baseball complete set. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍

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 👍

Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍 I think this one is going to be tougher because of the high-number stars. Slow and steady will get it done.

Thanks. It's been a fun journey so far. Thanks so much for watching and for supporting the channel 👍

Truer words have never been spoken as it pertains to short prints and high numbers from the sixties and seventies sets. I'm getting hit with a large dose of that right now lol. Thanks so much for watching and commenting and supporting the channel 👍

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 For sure. I am doing the whole run. Shoot me an email if you are still looking to fill. I have several hundred usually at all times of any vintage year. I have completed the 71. Pain in the a#* Reggie centered was by far the longest card for me to find one that I liked in mid grade. Every set has some anomaly like cut and sheet placement or the whole series print run that was so poorly OC. Some so bad PSA and SGC are aware as it's prominent throughout the entire print run, similar to an UER uncorrected error card. 51 Bowman will get a pass for wax on back of card simply because of the 1 card per pack or other releases with 5 or less cards per pack. That means a large portion of the entire print run will have some wax on the back. You can wipe wax from a gloss paper card front, but the dull rear of a card will absorb that wax. So you will see nice mid grade cards with wax being able to get nice grades without the ST stain qualifier. Always subtle nuances within the hobby especially vintage. I am always up for trading as well so feel free to reach out if I can ever assist. I love set building, and even do the modern as well, just baseball. Nice video and keep up the good work 🇺🇲⚾️✌🏽

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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 👍

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 👍

I agree that hi# are underestimated, and another reason last series was more scarce was football cards were coming in !

One of my favorites of the decade, probably behind the 1975 for me. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👍

Thanks for the offer. You can always reach out to me on my email which is in the description of most of my videos. It's easier to send pictures that way. Thanks for watching 👍

I do love the 71 Topps but not so much the sharpie idea, lol. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍

First, welcome and thanks for your subscription. It really helps support the channel. Second, I have a playlist of all the sets I'm building or have built so you can check that out as well if you wish. I do love the 71 set and hopefully soon I will be able to call it complete. I am also working on a mountain of cards in monster boxes but now that I have the added space, I'm really committed to getting it organized and posting the extra cards. I know how you feel when it comes to that. Thanks again for watching the video and supporting the channel 👍

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 your welcome.

The blyleven is certainly a nice one to have. Glad mine is out of the way. This set is just so iconic. TBH, I can't even really wrap my head around the fact that it's almost there. The younger version of me would have never predicted that I could do it, lol. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 I remember when the 71 set came out. At first I didn't like it because I didn't like the backs. I don't know how much card collectors consider the backs of cards, but I think they're important. I always liked the cartoons and I also liked to have the complete career records of players. 1971 had neither of those. Plus it was the first set with the backs printed on grey stock instead of white, and I found them hard to read. The fronts were beautiful, though, and it had the added benefit of being the first set with action pictures, and some of those were great (Thurman Munson, Ken McMuillen, etc.) Now take the fronts from 71 and the backs from 1970 and you have a perfect card! (BTW, I do know that earlier card sets had grey stock backs. I have a lot of cards from 61 & 62, which are grey stock, but 71 was the first time they showed up on a current set when I was buying cards.I think from 63-70 they were all on white card stock.)

@@RRaquello I consider the backs of cards very important as well for two of the main reasons you said. I also prefer career stats on the back for every year and the career and dark card stocks they make it hard to see the numbers are incredibly annoying when it comes to sorting cards.

I agree with that. I found out like 4 or 5 years ago he wasn't and I was kind of stunned because he was a perennial All-star when I was a kid. Thanks so much for watching and supporting the channel 👍

That's a great story on the Cubs. I did not know that. Another reason I really enjoy doing this channel is because I learn a lot of interesting details about cards and sports in general. Thanks so much for watching 👍

Noted. I come from Massachusetts so a lot of times the H is silent. So even though it looks like chat-ham and stone-ham, or we say it chat -am or stone-am. I guess that's why Bill was becoming Free-an. Thanks so much for watching and for supporting the channel 👍

So to answer your question I just looked it up, if the cards are high number series, the prices seem to average 4-6 dollars a piece in ex plus and you might be able to get more if you are set up at a flea market selling them yourself. That seems to be the average price, so people might be reluctant to go more. If it's low series cards of common players, they tend to sell in lots of eBay in ex plus for 1.50 to 2 on average. Again selling them yourself you might be able to put them out for $2 a piece and somebody might take them. If you're selling to a dealer, then you can't expect to get less and that all depends on the individual dealer.

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 great response, thanks a lot!

@@DrSleep-ep6cw anytime 👍

2 corrections to above, 2 typos, typed 1972, ment to type 1971, same size as topps, next sentence i typed in 62, ment to type in 72, fingers too darn fat, sorry

The 71 opc is a real challenge...during most of the 60's, 70's...opc sets printed at less than 10% of topps sets, as for 71 last 2 series, rumor has it that only 1000 sheets were ever printed...very difficult to find

Now that is a comment. So much good information for anyone putting together o-pee-chee versions of those sets. I appreciate additional knowledge and self corrections. Thanks so much for providing the info and for watching 👍

@@michaelkrug6972 this makes a lot of sense because I rarely ever see even just a handful of loose ones here and there. I almost never see them and I buy lots of collections.

I have completed all Topps sets from 1973 to the present. And I have all the significant Fleer and Donruss sets from the 1980s. I am very close on 72, 71, 70, 69 and 68. Every other baseball step beyond that I just picked them up and lox when I can and build the set out that way.

@@vintagesportscardfinds964 that's really a accomplishment, good luck with the rest of your sets.

@@Brian-pf7qq 👍 thanks

Will do. Thanks for watching as always 👍

Wow I didn't know that. Interesting 🤔 for sure. They've never brought it up to my attention but I'll definitely keep that in mind.

@@Ingermort my fault. I can provide a list when I get home.