Putting together a 1968 Topps set...

[onlyvintage62]

It's IMO a very nice set. Always liked it because of the fact that they seemd to have a card of "everybody" even those at the bottom of the rosters.

If you notice, and this cound be a nice post, Topps in those years had cards of players printed who had not been expected to make the team.

Because the last series were printed in mid April, guys such as Roy White, Dick Nen, Don Shaw, Andy Kosco, Bill Short and other were printed.

Thanks for the responses, guys. Very helpful. I think I'm going to really enjoy putting this one together.

[quitcrab]

I remember Joe Sparma card..Tiger.... maybe card 505? 506? That was the toughest one for me.

I wonder why the Tigers are so tough. Any ideas? I guess they were single prints ,but its pretty crazy to think that all of the tigers fell into that catergory.

The Burlap border is different in the first series compared to the rest of the set.
There are some variations on the checklist.(copyright/cropping)
Cards 49 and 400 are found both in yellow and white team letters(senators)
Card 400 in white is hard to find. Brinkman and ?

I'm typing this off the top of my head ...I think I got the card numbers correct

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by quitcrab

I wonder why the Tigers are so tough. Any ideas?

The Tigers won the World Series in 1968, thus the added demand for their cards from the 68 Topps set. The same holds true for 69 Mets cards from the 69 Topps set....some of the 69 Mets (like the 68 Tigers) are slightly tougher to find than other commons.

[mattsedate]

I've seen some 1968 Topps PSA 10's on Amazon recently.

[goheels]

3 WL McCormick's. Will listen to reasonable offers for the cello pack under B/S/T.

[ALR-bishop]

Carlton- the one in the Xmas pack looks pretty good.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by NewEnglandBaseBallist

Thanks for the responses, guys. Very helpful. I think I'm going to really enjoy putting this one together.

A nice supplemental set from 1968 is the Milton Bradley set...here is a checklist for you

http://www.oldbaseball.com/MegaCheck...dley&year=1968

[ALR-bishop]

Here are the two 107s listed in that CL. It is a fun set. And, the Brinkman and Cox cards often listed as yellow letter variations to the regular 68 set are in all cases really just MB cards (yellow versus orange backs ) as listed in that CL

[mintacular]

I've always felt the "burlap" card design helps hide condition wear, so the eye appeal of mid-grade+ cards is higher than the average condition sensitive set. Here are my (4) 1968 cards:










I also think the design while some find ugly is unique and cool in a way...

[mojorob]

I was looking over my 68 Set last evening and ran acrossed this thread this mourning, so I figured I'd throw up a scan for you guys.

[Rich Klein]

I once sold like 6 Lee May cards at an Albany NY show back in the day. I had no idea at the time just how good it was. I have had a few in the past year and they have all sold for me and quickly. ANd yes for passably centered cards, I'm getting full Beckett of $10

Rob Veres of Burbank once told me that Joe Sparma was the hardest card for him to acquire from the 68 set. He thought it was the shortest printed card in the set.

Yes, all the semi-hi and hi # Tigers cards are tough to real tough to find.

Rich