1968 Topps Baseball Plaks

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Posted By: Karl

Larry, thanks for the reply, and my apologies for not seeing your other Plaks post.

I would not swear to ever owning a Drysdale plak. It was nearly 20 years ago, and I kept no evidence. My recollection is that I owned 13 individual Plaks, and none of the 5 "missing" ones except PERHAPS the Drysdale. I believe I sold most of them through SCD classifieds (and, I think, to 707 Sportscards). If anyone has all the SCDs from about 1986-1991, it's possible I listed what I had in those classified ads.

I think it's interesting that collectors assume some things don't exist just because no one has many ownership claims over the decades (but in the absence of evidence, I guess it's the safest assumption). I was a very private collector. I started in 1981 when I lived in Minneapolis. A work transfer took me to Philly from 1984-86, and that's when I had the opportunity to really acquire stuff. I had to move 2 more times in the next 5 years, and consequently just sold off everything. I got the itch to collect again about 5 years ago, but I've limited it to Harmon Killebrew stuff.

Anyways, despite all the deals I did with Rosen and the major dealers on the east coast, none of them would have a clue as to who I am or what I owned. This is the first baseball card board I've ever posted on, and I only stumbled across it after researching a non-sports question via Google.

I'll probably make an offer on Mile High's Killebrew Plak, but I probably won't be comfortable paying much more than 1/2 their asking price. Having sold mine for somewhere around $80 less than 15 years ago, paying 4 figures would be painful. I also wonder how many of each player they really found? I've been involved in other hobbies where the "finds" were much greater than disclosed, and the items "bled out" over time so as not to crash the values - but the values ultimately went down dramatically.

FYI, besides the Plak, I'm also looking for some other Killebrew test issues: 1967 Stand-Up (had a chance to buy this for $300 15 years ago and thought it was too expensive at the time), 1970 Candy Lid (Columbia City has one, but I'm not sure I like the condition or the price), 1968 Disc (I've never seen this one). I also need the 1961 Franklin Milk carton which has proved elusive.

Thanks.