August Pickups

[jb67]

Bill,
I am doing the Bench basic set (which includes Fleer and Donruss) and will then probably move to the Topps set. No interest in the Master set for me even though I may pick up a few of the items. Nice looking Yount set you have going. Are you going for the master set of Yount?

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by 39special

Nice Gibson Bill!

Thank you, Steve. I was very happy to get that one.

Originally Posted by jb67

Bill,
I am doing the Bench basic set (which includes Fleer and Donruss) and will then probably move to the Topps set. No interest in the Master set for me even though I may pick up a few of the items. Nice looking Yount set you have going. Are you going for the master set of Yount?

Jb, I'm not sure yet, as that would include All Star cards, team checklists, highlights, etc. I think I'll do the basic sets, That's 20 Topps cards, of which I now have 5 graded in a PSA 9 (I added his 1976 Topps second year last night).

My goal is to get the basic Topps set for Yount and Clemente both done. I'm making progress, slowly but surely.

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

My goal is to get the basic Topps set for Yount and Clemente both done. I'm making progress, slowly but surely.

Good luck on the journey and beautiful cards! I have been working on my player set for 7 or 8 years now, so I can understand the slowly but surely thing.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

Good luck on the journey and beautiful cards! I have been working on my player set for 7 or 8 years now, so I can understand the slowly but surely thing.

Chris,

Slowly but surely is fun, but I've been going at a crawl for a while, and I'm about to start hitting it. I've been working hard on build my savings back up for the last 4 months or so. I am almost at my target benchmark, then I'll just keep adding to it a little more each month.

I just added a PSA 9 '76 Yount beauty last night (perfectly centered), so I've got '76, '78, '79, '80 and '81. The later ones will be pretty easy. The '77 is tough to get as a 9. I'm looking at about $300 for that one, and probably a little more than that for the '75 mini. The standard '75 in an 8.5 will probably be about $500.

Clemente I've got two really nice ones, his '73 and '71. So I'm going to start working on him.

[jb67]

My most recent Bench pickup! Was not planning on getting this one so soon because it is not part of the Bench basic set but I justified it since I will be working on the Bench Topps set after I complete the basic. Never hard to find a good reason to purchase a card of your favorite player.

[the 'stache]

Here's the '76 Yount, just came in today. This thing is beautiful, and I love the new PSA cases.

[Yossarian]

Very nice Yount, Bill.
I have not focused on/looked at the '76 Topps set very much, but this card makes me want to jump in. Well done.

[MattyC]

What a fantastic baseball card that 76 Yount is. The cloudy background takes it to another level.

[jb67]

Bill,
Outstanding 76 Yount both front and back.

[toppcat]

Fresh from PA, probably a 1970's internal "team" item from Topps:

[KingFisk]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Here's the '76 Yount, just came in today. This thing is beautiful, and I love the new PSA cases.

That is a thing of beauty. Nice score!

[the 'stache]

Thank you, everybody.

Originally Posted by brewing

The 1976 is very under appreciated/rated. It's rare to find a 1st ballot HoFers 2nd year card so cheap.

I agree, Brent. I've been looking for this one in particular for a while, and when I saw it for $60 delivered, I had to jump on it. It's simply sublime.

Originally Posted by zachtruitt

Nice Yount, Bill! I don't see any flaws in that "9". It could be a 10 if the grader got lucky the night before!

Originally Posted by brob28

So true Zach, I'd love to see a 10 next to that, there would be no visible difference. Nice pickup Bill.

I would agree with you both. I looked at it again tonight under my 10 x loupe, and to be honest, it really looks like it could be a 10. But it doesn't matter to me, really. My Yount cards will all be 9s except for the '75, which I might start off with an 8.5 on both the regular issue and the mini. There are too many other cards I want to own, and a half point isn't going to cost me sleep at night.

[Davino]

Originally Posted by KingFisk

That is a thing of beauty. Nice score!

that deserves a 10!!!!!!!!! [Re: '76 Yount]