December Pickups

[the 'stache]

Matt, I'll see your '78 Brett, and raise you a '78 Yount. Just came in today.



This '79 Yount will eventually go in for grading, too. Really nice example. Perfect centering, nice sharp corners and edges. A really beautiful card for considering it's 34 years old.

[MattyC]

Wow those are two sparkling examples. The 78 is CRISPY. Must say that card hits the eye as a GEM 10.

And what I love about that 79 is how, when you focus on the lower banner horizontally, it has no tilt. So many 79s seem slanted when you look at that banner on the bottom. Great cards! Now I need some more Younts! Here is a 79 card I have in the collection that has a similarly straight lower banner...

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Wow those are two sparkling examples. The 78 is CRISPY. Must say that card hits the eye as a GEM 10.

And what I love about that 79 is how, when you focus on the lower banner horizontally, it has no tilt. So many 79s seem slanted when you look at that banner on the bottom. Great cards! Now I need some more Younts! Here is a 79 card I have in the collection that has a similarly straight lower banner...

I've noticed that, too. So many of the 70s cards have a tilt, and the 79s are some of the worst. The '77 cards are awful, too. When you do find a card with decent centering, there's little white space between the bottom border and edge, and the tilt really jumps out when present.

I'm convinced the '77 Yount is going to be the hardest to find. There are 110 PSA 9s, but they rarely hit Ebay. It looks like the collectors that have them are stashing them away. PWCC sold one in mid December for $207.50. The last 9 before that was sold two months earlier. That's at least 3 x his second year card.

Really nice Molly, by the way. And while we're on the subject of nightmare cards, Molitor's rookie card is really tough to find with a clean white surface. So many of his rookie cards have that awful smudge. I've got a feeling that card in true mint is going to command a premium before too long.

[MattyC]

I agree on the Molitor RC, in terms of finding a clean one. It should command the kind of premium we see when a 51B Mick is somewhat centered with no print line, or when a Ryan has no tilt with good centering, or when a Rose RC has a print dot-free blue area. Here's my Molitor that's been with me for a while now...