Topps Super

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

If you check the old CCC ads; they ran some "fire sales" after the fire occured. That should give you the final answer to your question

Rich

Yes, there are a lot of EX slabbed 69's with water damage out there. I wonder what else was destroyed/damaged in that fire. I also don't understand the grades on these, they should be lower if there is water damage.

[mintacular]

Cool Stargell, he looks like a big baby face in that photo

[frankhardy]

I was looking through some of my first posts here and saw the story about the 1969 Topps supers and some of them possibly being rescued from a fire and water damage. Has someone confirmed that story? I still have my Cardinals team set and I remember my Bob Gibson having some water damage.

[quitcrab]

I love the Supers, especially the 1969. These have doubled in value in the last 10 years. I am in search of a 1969 Rich Allen in a PSA 8,9,or 10 holder.
I have a handful of graded 69s if anyone is looking for anything special.
The 69 Supers are in alphabetical order by team city with 3 players from each team.
The McNally,Rojas and Allen card gave me trouble. Not sure why.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by frankhardy

I was looking through some of my first posts here and saw the story about the 1969 Topps supers and some of them possibly being rescued from a fire and water damage. Has someone confirmed that story? I still have my Cardinals team set and I remember my Bob Gibson having some water damage.

Yessir on the fire; I've found CCC ads with singed 1971 Greatest Moments mentioned, can't trace the singed Supers yet but I have an ad somewhere mentioning.

[ALR-bishop]

The 69 Super set is my 2nd favorite Topps set. I am not a graded collector but ended up with several of these graded as purchased, including a Mantle PSA 9 ST, which might be related to that issue

I also have a straight PSA 10 Rose and straight 9s of Mays, Allen, F Robinson, Horton, McClain and Stottlemeir , and a Clemente 8, and a Tiant GAI 10. All bought many, many years ago. Several other 8s but many ungraded.

[frankhardy]

Neat article! I was 1 year old in 1976!

Here are my 1969 Topps Supers. It wasn't Gibson that had water damage...it was McCarver.

Mine 1970 with stats