toughest high number series from post 50's baseball

[toppcat]

66 or 67 probably are the toughest. I never completed my 66 set but those SP's are tough. Same with '67. There must have been issues with both because the scarcity of high numbers and how Topps correlated their print runs with series breakdowns changed after 1967.

I think there are more 52 highs out there than we have been led to believe. Sy Berger's story of the garbage scows dumping them is BS IMO.

[Zach Wheat]

I have to agree with Dave on '67 being one of the toughest sets to complete due to high numbers. I also have to chime in that if the condition/centering issues are taken into consideration, I would probably add a few different sets to the list - including '71 Topps

Z

[moeson]

On top of the tough SPs, 66 High numbers seem to have more miscuts than the earlier series. The same could probably be said for the 72 highs, but at least those are much easier to complete.

[Zach Wheat]

Agreed re: '72's. The set is so large and the semi-hi num's are difficult to find as well.

Z

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I have to agree with Dave on '67 being one of the toughest sets to complete due to high numbers. I also have to chime in that if the condition/centering issues are taken into consideration, I would probably add a few different sets to the list - including '71 Topps

Z

Zach-- don't you just hate when you have to agree with Dave

[tedzan]

I have completed (piecewise) Topps sets from 1960 - 69. My favorite of these sets is the 1966 (which I have completed 2 sets
in ExMt to near Mt condition).

Here is a list of the tougher Hi #s which I ran into while completing these 2 sets ......

#526 Twins team
#527 Bell
#535 Davis
#538 Allen
#540 McLain
#543 Craig
#545 Green
#547 Clarke
#552 Tebbetts
#556 Queen
#557 Mantilla
#558 Geo Scott rookie
#561 Coleman
#563 Tovar rookie
#565 Piersall
#566 Cuellar
#570 Art Mahaffey
#583 Tigers team
#589 Klimchock
#590 Skowron
#591 Grant Jackson rookie
#593 Camilli
#598 Gaylord Perry (in Nr Mt condition)

and,
Semi-Hi # 490 Bobby Richardson



TED Z
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[ALR-bishop]

At least you and I are now in the correct era Ted. Not bad for old guys

[tedzan]

Hey Al

These younger guys have to cut me some slack

I hastily read this thread's title and I thought: "post '50"....so, I posted my 1952 Topps stuff.


Al.....these guys are just jealous of us older dudes, because we were kids during the decade of the 1950's and grew up watching some of the greatest BB players,
and BB games in modern history.

For example: I was glued to our TV on Oct 8th 1956, seeing Don Larsen's Perfect World Series game. It doesn't get any better than that. And what was the "icing
on the cake" in that game was watching Mickey Mantle chase down Gil Hodges' tremendous drive deep into Yankee Stadium's "death valley".


TED Z
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[ALR-bishop]

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hey Al

These younger guys have to cut me some slack

I hastily read this thread's title and I thought: "post '50"....so, I posted my 1952 Topps stuff......


TED Z
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Ted,

My first memory of you in a pre-war post had something to do with the belief you were contemporaneous with dinosaurs. . Your knowledge and insight is always appreciated.....

Z

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by alr-bishop

zach-- don't you just hate when you have to agree with dave

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