November Pickups

[CobbSpikedMe]

Bill

Beautiful Koufax. And congrats on finishing the set. It's always been one of my favorites.

Best

AndyH


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[VinTX]

awesome Koufax! I'm actually just getting started on a graded '56 set. Is your entire set graded of just the stars? Have you got it all scanned would love to check it out!

[almostdone]

Very nice Koufax. Congrats on completing a nice set!
Drew

[ALR-bishop]

Bill -congrats on both finishing the set and closing with a great card.

Hopefully you didn't "need" it so bad as to give a Brian Rusk to get it

[brob28]

Thanks a bunch guys. This set is actually the one that brought me back into the hobby after a 20 year hibernation. In the time it took me to build this one in Ex/Mt or better (about 7 years) I finished the entire 70's decade and started 61 topps, 55 Bowman, 64 standups, 71 greatest moments and T206 HOF portoraits. No lack of projects here!

Travis, I don't have the entire set graded or scanned but I have attacehd a few that are scanned. Congratulations on starting the set to me personally I think it's second to none as far as beauty is concerned. I found Martin and Reese difficult to find well centered at a reasonable price, somewhat settled on the Martin but it works for me.

P.S. Al - I did "NEED" the Koufax oh so badly, but kept it sane!

Some more scans for Travis.

[CobbSpikedMe]

I just started working on the 1964 Topps Giants and picked this up to get started.

Thanks,

AndyH


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[hammer]

Those 56's are just awesome congratulations on the pick ups

[ALR-bishop]

Andy- I have always been a fan of the 1964 Giant set. Great photography. Topps did other big sets, 80, 81,84, 85 and 86 come to mind, but this one was their best in my view

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Andy- I have always been a fan of the 1964 Giant set. Great photography. Topps did other big sets, 80, 81,84, 85 and 86 come to mind, but this one was their best in my view

Al,

Since I'm just starting getting into this set, I'm not too familiar with the nuances of it. Are there any SP's or variations that I should know about or is it a fairly straightforward checklist?

Thanks,

AndyH


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[ALR-bishop]

Not aware of any variations Andy. Nor have I heard that any particular card is hard to find. I think a warehouse "find" put a lot of these into the market at some point. There is a discussion of that in a prior thread "Topps 1964 Giant Cards" you can find with the search function at top

[David W]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

Al,

Since I'm just starting getting into this set, I'm not too familiar with the nuances of it. Are there any SP's or variations that I should know about or is it a fairly straightforward checklist?

Thanks,

AndyH


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There are about half a dozen short prints, but they are pretty easy to find. I think Koufax and Mays are 2 of them, but they are still readily available on Ebay and affordable. The set is easy to put together and won't cost much