Another bugaboo is that there are a lot of cards that are commonly found with printer crop/cut lines. While TPGs may not severely penalize cards with this feature IMHO these really detract from the overall appearance. Ron Santo is noteworthy in that he is a high number and usually suffers from one of the following: print line at top, poor centering, tilt, a dark print splotch in the gray in the lower left. Took me a long time to find a nice one.
Another sore spot may be trying to find the all-stars well centered. The borders on these cards are so narrow compared to the rest of the set that many are very tough to find well centered in high grade.
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Ungraded Topps sets in progress
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1971 562/752 - 75% - NM+
1968 261/598 - 44% - NM+
1975 257/660 - 39% - NMMT
1969 229/664 - 35% - NM+
1974 216/728 - 30% - NM+
1957 098/411 - 24% - NM
Also looking to buy (non-sport) pre-1970 beer cans and pre-1950 beer advertising
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