July Pick ups

[ZiggerZagger]

A surprising amount of pickups the last few weeks, when I had just been figuring to sit it out until the National. I guess you just never know what's going to pop up.

The '55B's round out a PSA 6/7 run of Stars, which was nice to finish on behalf of this much-maligned set


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[hammer]

zigger great 69 Jackson rookie

[bobc88]

Nice '55 B Gil Hodges!

[vintagetoppsguy]

[ALR-bishop]

Nice Williams David...and a blue line variant as well

[Peter_Spaeth]

A couple of mainstream rookies and one not so much.

[ALR-bishop]

Steve Carlton for Rick Wise is still painful for me

[irv]

Originally Posted by Dewey

Deckled edge. I learn something new every day on net54. Neat card.

Loving those 52s Dale. Such an amazing set.

Sorry, Dewey. Just going through all the July cards again and I noticed I missed your comment.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by DBesse27

My scanner sucks at SGC slabs. In hand, the sig is bold and beautiful.

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Forgot to post these (since one was on hold/sale)

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

A surprising amount of pickups the last few weeks, when I had just been figuring to sit it out until the National. I guess you just never know what's going to pop up.

The '55B's round out a PSA 6/7 run of Stars, which was nice to finish on behalf of this much-maligned set

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A couple of mainstream rookies and one not so much.

Great cards, everyone!

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

David,

I love those blue line '56 Topps...here is my contribution. I am trying to collect complete boxes in the '71 set

Z

[mickey7mantle7]

Great hauls guys. Really nice...

[jfkheat]

This Williams was delivered today.
James

[Exhibitman]

Thank a ton, Adam. I would love to learn more about the SPs - those are the ones that were the key to winning the redemption cash prizes, is that right? Given that, they must be really, really short, right -- who are they?

thanks again, mike

UPDATE: actually, I found your Net54 thread, Adam, from a few years ago. Osteen is one of the short prints? And in total there are 10+Checklist other short prints? Is that right?

Does anyone know if anyone has ever put a complete set together? The SP's are about impossible.

I've got most of the regular cards, but none of the SP's.


I've never heard of a complete set. I've asked every 'advanced' collector I can think of and the usual response I get is to just forget about it because you will never find the SPs.

There are 10 SPs plus a non-player redemption piece that could be used to get a booklet of stats and records. That one can be found, though it isn't too easy. The SPs are one of those 'unicorn' issues that I am always searching for.

About 20 years ago there was a decent find of unopened packets. I suspect that the few SPs that have surfaced came from that find or similar rediscovered caches of cards since there is no way that someone would have left a cash prize unredeemed had they known of it. What I am really curious about is whether anyone ever cashed in the grand prize tickets (Agee and Freehan, worth $2,500 each in 1968) or whether those are still floating around. I haven't seen a set of odds but I have a hard time believing that there was more than one of each. Wouldn't those be something to come across in a junk box at the National?

Obviously, someone had to have seen them since they are checklisted.

For now I just content myself with trying to assemble a nicer condition base set.