Your top 5 postwar needs or want list

[sflayank]

1954 esskay jehosie heard
1953-54 briggs tommy byrne
1955 armour coin mickey mantle gold,silver
1961 gold mine bucks
1961 leader cleaners

[Seven]

If money was no object, in no specific order:

1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
1953 Topps Mickey Mantle
1953 Stahl Meyer Mickey Mantle
1952 Tip-Top Bread Mickey Mantle

There might be a pattern.......

Edit: I will also say I think the 1951 Bowman, 1953 Topps, and 1953 Stahl-Meyer will be doable in my lifetime. The Tip Top bread issue and his 52 Topps won't be, short of me hitting lotto.

[Cliff Bowman]

1. Most 1966 Pro’s Pizza, some 1967 Pro’s Pizza, and a few 1967 Pro’s Pizza discs
2. 1970 Topps Candy Lid Fergie Jenkins
3. 1973 Topps Comic Billy Williams
4. 1959 and 1962 Bazooka Ernie Banks
5. 1960’s Wilson Advisory Ron Santo card (not 8x10)

[here2havefun]

- 1967 Venezuelan Topps Clemente
- 1967 Venezuelan Topps Bob Gibson
- 1962 Venezuelan Topps Manager’s Dream Mantle/Mays
- 1968 Venezuelan Topps Nolan Ryan RC
- 1960 Venezuelan Topps Yaz RC

[ValKehl]

Although I'm mostly a pre-War collector, I am looking for these post-War cards:
- 1945 Centennial Flour Seattle Rainiers blue-tint card of Byron Speece.
- 1952 National Tea Bread Label of Mickey Vernon.
- Autographed 1953-54 Briggs Meats card of Pete Runnels.
- Autographed 1955 Don Wingfield postcard of Pete Runnels.
- Autographed 1961 7-11 card of Pete Runnels.

[Section103]

Its a weird list but wtf......nothing to lose.

1950-51 Denia (Puerto Rico) Les Peden
1962 Topps Green Tint - Wally Moon (NO HAT-graded)
1960 Fritos Ticket Folder - Wally Moon
1970 McDonalds Wichita Aeros - Lou Camilli
1970 Orioles Matchbooks - Dave Johnson

[campyfan39]

1963 topps Mays
1963 topps Clemente
1961 topps Berra
1961 topps Koufax
1961 topps Gibson

Prefer ungraded, centered, crease free EX or VGEX+ type cards

Will buy or possibly trade for some using a PSA 3.5 1958 Ted Williams

[Kutcher55]

75 Mini Sal bando. 75 mini Bill Buckner. 75 mini Frank Tanana. 75 mini George Foster. 75 mini #603. All PSA or SGC 8 range.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Section103

Its a weird list but wtf......nothing to lose.

1950-51 Denia (Puerto Rico) Les Peden
1962 Topps Green Tint - Wally Moon (NO HAT-graded)
1960 Fritos Ticket Folder - Wally Moon
1970 McDonalds Wichita Aeros - Lou Camilli
1970 Orioles Matchbooks - Dave Johnson

Hey, I have spent waaaaaaaaay too much time over the years studying the 1962 Topps set, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that the 1962 Topps Green Tint - Wally Moon (NO HAT-graded) is a phantom card. It's simply his regular non-Green Tint that PSA mislabeled. They did label a few that way, so the slabs do exist, but they are nothing more than mislabeled cards. The pop report is rife with problems regarding all of the cards with pose changes. PSA was really lost early on with their 1962 checklist.

For instance (this is off the top of my head, but you can check the pop report to see all of the errors):

1. They graded a #159 Hal Reniff with 'Green Tint' on the label, which is completely wrong. The only greenie of Reniff is his wrongly numbered #139 card, which shows him pitching, and not as a portrait. All of his #159 cards are the regular versions.

2. Like the Moon, they have #174 Carl Willey with four different versions - with and without a cap in both regular and Green Tint form. Even though they labeled them as such, there is no such thing as a Carl Willey No Cap-Green Tint.

3. I believe early on the #132 Angels Team with the inset photos wasn't labeled as a Green Tint, even though they all are. So, there are probably 3 or 4 versions of that card in the pop, too.


Edited to add: I just checked and they also wrongly labeled a #139 Reniff portrait as a greenie. No such thing exists. All portraits, regardless of the number on back, are the regular versions.

[paul]

1970 Topps Cloth Sticker Playoff Game No. 1, Seaver Wins Opener
1982 Fleer unissued proof of Tom Seaver

[Lucas00]

Easy ones for me all Red Schoendienst of course and I'm sure ones people get tired of me asking for.
Hard to pick just 5 but..

1. 1949 Schumacher Service station
2. 1952 tip top bread label
3. 1957 spic and span
4. 1956 team issue (Crazy short printed as he was traded early in the season)
5. Any salesman samples would be really cool

[egri]

Any of the signed 1953 Topps I still need for my set, but especially Bill Norman. He's the only one I haven't seen at all since starting nearly 10 years ago.

[quitcrab]

1963,64,65 Full bazooka boxes
1969 Toppps 4 in 1 Lou Brock WS card
1964 Bazooka Full Stamp panels #4,7,10
1968 Topps 3d Clemente
1964 Topps Stand Up Aaron PSA 7

[deweyinthehall]

In no particular order:

1973 Linnett Dwight Evans (any version)
1979 Vendor card Dwight Evans (either version)
1979 Vendor card Jim Rice (either version)
1975 Omaha Royals Top Trophies Jamie Quirk
1969 Topps Rookie Stars 567 w/o black border around words

Honorable mentions - they're out there but so far not willing to pay the going rates:
1968 Topps Mike McCormick white lettering
Venezuelan winter league Jim Rice

[carlsonjok]

1958 Topps Ernie Banks (#310)
1968 Topps Venezuelan Paul Blair
1971 Kellogg's Paul Blair (385 Runs)
1958 Packard Bell Johnny Antonelli
1971 House of Jazz Johnny Antonelli

[bnorth]

Really just one for me. A 1952 Topps Eddie Mathews that is kinda beat up with decent eye appeal.

[Section103]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Hey, I have spent waaaaaaaaay too much time over the years studying the 1962 Topps set, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that the 1962 Topps Green Tint - Wally Moon (NO HAT-graded) is a phantom card. It's simply his regular non-Green Tint that PSA mislabeled. They did label a few that way, so the slabs do exist, but they are nothing more than mislabeled cards. The pop report is rife with problems regarding all of the cards with pose changes. PSA was really lost early on with their 1962 checklist.

For instance (this is off the top of my head, but you can check the pop report to see all of the errors):

1. They graded a #159 Hal Reniff with 'Green Tint' on the label, which is completely wrong. The only greenie of Reniff is his wrongly numbered #139 card, which shows him pitching, and not as a portrait. All of his #159 cards are the regular versions.

2. Like the Moon, they have #174 Carl Willey with four different versions - with and without a cap in both regular and Green Tint form. Even though they labeled them as such, there is no such thing as a Carl Willey No Cap-Green Tint.

3. I believe early on the #132 Angels Team with the inset photos wasn't labeled as a Green Tint, even though they all are. So, there are probably 3 or 4 versions of that card in the pop, too.


Edited to add: I just checked and they also wrongly labeled a #139 Reniff portrait as a greenie. No such thing exists. All portraits, regardless of the number on back, are the regular versions.

THANK YOU Jolly - Ive struggled with and debated this card for a full decade. The lack of numbers always seemed like a real problem to me. At this point, Im frustrated by the entire green tint set.

[ALR-bishop]

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrN...6_6ZJZcF3utR0-

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrN...6_6ZJZcF3utR0-

A great site. Helped me so much when I put together my green tint set. Still refet toi it.

Mike

[skil55voy]

1962 Post Cereal Football Dave Baker
1953 Topps Baseball Don Lund
1954 Topps Baseball Al Kaline
1954 Bowman Football Bobby Layne
1961 Fleer Basketball Walter Dukes

Lund, Layne and Dukes are easy, I'm just looking for the right price.
Kaline and Baker.........ugh

[toppcat]

All types for me:

1955 Topps Stamp
1959 Bazooka Tee Shirt insert
1959 Topps dated Elect Your Favorite Rookie insert
1960 Topps Baseball Card Album insert
1966 Topps Punch Out
1970 Topps Cloth Sticker

Sorry, I went with the old Topps nickel pack version (6 cards)!

[Volod]

Originally Posted by sflayank

TOP FIVE LIST

I tried to find an emoji to use with my list, but could not get hold of one for a drooling nutjob in a straight jacket, so here 'tis:
1951 Topps MLAS Roberts EX
1951 Topps MLAS Konstanty EX
1951 Topps MLAS Stanky EX
1951 Topps Team NY Yankees EX
1951 Topps Team Cleveland Indians EX

[raulus]

You will all no doubt be shocked to learn than my list is all about my man Mays, and picking up the last few pieces on the master set, plus one that is optional, and one that probably should be on the master set:

1963 Post Cereal complete panel

1964 sports heroes stickers (oddly enough, I have the full sheet with Mays, which PSA has declined to slab, but I don’t have the individual sticker, unless I want to cut it off of my full sheet.)

1966 Dominican Republic

1968 American Oil left side

1971 Bazooka numbered complete panel

[raulus]

And since we don’t have a card yet on this thread, here is the complete sheet for the 1964 sports heroes.

[Cliff Bowman]

I’ll cheat and do a 6 through 10.

6. 1967 Topps Punch Out Billy Williams
7. 1967 Topps Stand Up Ron Santo
8. 1947 Tip Top Andy Pafko
9. 1969 MLB Pin B&W Pin Ken Holtzman
10. 1971 Stadium Pin Jose Ortiz

ETA, actually I need 11.

11. 1971 Bazooka Numbered Randy Hundley

[sflayank]

I dont see this in the master set
And you're right the sports heroes should be

[raulus]

Originally Posted by sflayank

I dont see this in the master set
And you're right the sports heroes should be

Well, my good man, it’s not on the master set because no one has attempted to add it. For that matter, I didn’t know that a fullly intact panel still existed. But now that I’ve seen one, I’ll have to add it to my list.

Along those lines, let me know if you ever decide to part with this one.

[sflayank]

The Mantle/bauer panel is also not in the mantle master set
And that one has been graded

[raulus]

Originally Posted by sflayank

The Mantle/bauer panel is also not in the mantle master set
And that one has been graded

In that case, someone who is collecting the set has to request it to be added to the master set. I think the rule is that you are required to have a minimum of 5% of the set completed before you can ask to have a piece added. And you can only request to add pieces that are in your inventory.

It could also be a case where someone just doesn’t want to make the list any longer, because there’s already plenty on the list as it is. Or it could just be that whoever owns it doesn’t give a flying leap about the set registry.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by Section103

THANK YOU Jolly - Ive struggled with and debated this card for a full decade. The lack of numbers always seemed like a real problem to me. At this point, Im frustrated by the entire green tint set.

Not sure if you've seen one of the mislabeled versions in question, but here's a pic from one of the threads I did many moons ago highlighting the problematic PSA Green Tints labeling miscues...

1962wallymoon190mislabeledGT.jpg

[Mark70Z]

I’m going to go with what is “somewhat” realistic to my budget:

1. ‘68 Topps test disc (silver background)
2. ‘57 Topps rookie in an 8 or above
3. ‘64 Bazooka stamp panel #3
4. ‘68 AS sticker complete (w/Brooks)
5. Topps Brooks Robinson proofs (any playing era)

[Section103]

Thanks again to both Jolly and Al for their support on the green tint versions. Clearly, I should have just asked a long time ago!!!

[jingram058]

I can't believe no one has added the all but impossible, elusive Topps dice game cards from whatever year in the early 1960s works best. Some say you had to be a Topps employee to even have a chance for access to them.

[irv]

Needs.
1952 Topps Eddie Mathews
1952 Topps Hoyt Wilhelm

Wants.
1954 Topps Hank Aaron RC
1952 Topps Joe Page/Sain bio black back
1957 Topps Mantle/Berra Power Hitters

[raulus]

Originally Posted by jingram058

I can't believe no one has added the all but impossible, elusive Topps dice game cards from whatever year in the early 1960s works best. Some say you had to be a Topps employee to even have a chance for access to them.

Well, for some of us, we've already got one.

And for the rest, it could be a matter of whether they're worth the cash.

[JustBradd]

Have a weird story related to adding items to the set registry.

I'm putting together the PSA Mays Master Set and I picked up a 1968 Topps (Milton Bradley) PSA 1 from a recent Goldin auction. I made the request to add this variation to the Mays Master Set after adding the card to my inventory and PSA responded by deactivating the cert #??? I've already sent a question to PSA asking what's going on here, any insight on this?

[bleeckerstreetcards]

1. 56 Topps Jackie Robinson signed
2. 49 Bowman Jackie Robinson signed
3. 52 Topps Jackie Robinson signed
4. 48 Leaf Honus Wagner signed
5. Any 1948 Leaf SP's signed

[Chstrite]

1. 1969 Transogram Boxes - Seaver, Callison, Swoboda, Banks, Allen
2. 1965 Bazooka Complete box - Brooks Robinson
3. 1961 Topps Dice Brooks Robinson
4. 1964 Rawlings Big 8 Glove Box with Mantle and Brooks and others
5. 1972 Rawlings Box with Glove Brooks and Clenente

[raulus]

Originally Posted by JustBradd

Have a weird story related to adding items to the set registry.

I'm putting together the PSA Mays Master Set and I picked up a 1968 Topps (Milton Bradley) PSA 1 from a recent Goldin auction. I made the request to add this variation to the Mays Master Set after adding the card to my inventory and PSA responded by deactivating the cert #??? I've already sent a question to PSA asking what's going on here, any insight on this?

I could be crazy here, but...

Does such a thing exist?

I wonder if whoever slabbed it just mislabeled it. Maybe it was just a plain jane 1968 topps, and they accidentally slabbed it as Milton Bradley?

So when you petitioned to have it added to the registry, they realized their error, and their brilliant solution was not to communicate, but instead to surreptitiously shut that cert down.

Looking at the listing, here: https://goldin.co/item/1968-topps-mi...JkSW5kZXgiOjN9

It does look like a plain old 1968 Topps. The back is orange, not yellow. And there's no white stripe on the front edge.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Chstrite

1. 1969 Transogram Boxes - Seaver, Callison, Swoboda, Banks, Allen
2. 1965 Bazooka Complete box - Brooks Robinson
3. 1961 Topps Dice Brooks Robinson
4. 1964 Rawlings Big 8 Glove Box with Mantle and Brooks and others
5. 1972 Rawlings Box with Glove Brooks and Clenente

Charlie - if memory serves, on the transogram boxes, you're looking for the assembled boxes, and not the flat, graded ones? Obviously I have a lot of the flat, graded ones, on eBay, albeit at museum prices.

[ALR-bishop]

I think have a 68 Milton Bradley Topps set and as far as I know Mays is not in it. They have frequently been miss diagnosed. By the way there are no Cox and Brinkman variations to the regular set. They are just MB cards

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrE....2geLmjX1N2gM-

[judgebuck]

wants:

1. 1969 Topps white letter Mantle PSA 7
2. 1954 & 1955 Stahl Meyer Mantle
3. Leaf Jackie Robinson rookie
4. 1959 Home Run Derby Mantle
5. PSA graded Mantle autographed card

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by raulus

Well, for some of us, we've already got one.

And for the rest, it could be a matter of whether they're worth the cash.

That's an awesome card!

[JustBradd]

Originally Posted by raulus

I could be crazy here, but...

Does such a thing exist?

I wonder if whoever slabbed it just mislabeled it. Maybe it was just a plain jane 1968 topps, and they accidentally slabbed it as Milton Bradley?

So when you petitioned to have it added to the registry, they realized their error, and their brilliant solution was not to communicate, but instead to surreptitiously shut that cert down.

Looking at the listing, here: https://goldin.co/item/1968-topps-mi...JkSW5kZXgiOjN9

It does look like a plain old 1968 Topps. The back is orange, not yellow. And there's no white stripe on the front edge.

Well that's the one I bought. I picked it up only because it was the Milton Bradley variation and the pop count was pretty low at the time. Of course I don't see the Willie on the pop report now so maybe they deactivated all the certs? Side by side with my regular 1968 Willie I could not tell the difference but I trusted in PSA. Oh well, slightly annoying to be sure but it wasn't a high dollar card.

[G1911]

Mays 100% doesn't exist in the MB set. Sounds like PSA to not communicate and just wipe the cert rather than admit they don't know what they are doing

[quitcrab]

I really like this thread . Was able to pick up a card I needed from another member ! Still Looking for other cards like 63-65 bazooka boxes and a 1969 Topps 4 in 1 Brock WS.

[JustBradd]

Originally Posted by G1911

Mays 100% doesn't exist in the MB set. Sounds like PSA to not communicate and just wipe the cert rather than admit they don't know what they are doing

At least I know what happened now! All thanks to you knowledgeable folks. Thanks for the help.

[JustBradd]

Top of my list is certainly the 1952 Berk Ross Willie Mays, after that, it's a bit of a toss up:

1. 1952 Berk Ross Willie Mays
2. - 5.+ 1964 & 1968 Bazooka Willie Mays; any solo Venezuela Topps Mays; 1956 Topps Pins; Hires Root Beer, etc etc

[Griffins]

1962 Bell Brand- Norm or Larry Sherry in PSA 5 or better
1956 Topps Pins- Diering, Aaron or Rizzuto
1958 Hires Test- Mays with Tab (looking at you Nicolo!)
1962 Salada- Williams (name on right) and Brandt Orioles
1963 Pepsi- Bateman
1953 Topps Salesman Sample

[commishbob]

One of these

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