1970 Topps Baseball: An Overlooked Classic
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- The inspiration for the 2019 Topp Heritage set, the 1970 set
seems to be an ugly duckling amongst vintage collectors. A deeper look at the set reveals a lot of interesting features that make it worthy of collecting.
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Love this set! Totally underrated. The second year I bought cards as a kid. Thanks for the video.
1970 was my first to collect when I was a kid. Completed it and then gave it away when the new 1971’s come out!!!!!
Just collected and finished it for a second time during Covid.
My first year as a baseball fan with my first crack at collecting. Memories of NBC's Game of the Week with Curt Gowdy and Tony Kubek, and Expos Baseball with Hal Kelly and Don Drysdale ("Twin D") , Wednesday nights on CBC. Oh what fun after the Stanley Cup and Bobby Orr. Thanks for your presentation.
0:33 - thank you for mentioning the backside of the card, which has 50 percent of the real estate on a card yet so seldom mentioned on any youtube video. The colors, easy to read stats and the artwork. Today topps common all look the same on the back, year in and year out.
The best feature of the '70 Topps is the cool yellow and blue backs! Easy to read and very sharp contrast to the grey front. Great video as well! Keep it up!
Thanks Greg. Yes, those backs are super-easy to read. I wish Topps always paid attention to detail like that.
Yeah they were called the Blue backs in 70 and the red backs in 69 at least that's what we call them back then
1970 is a very underrated set for sure. Thanks
Thanks Ray!
I had an absolutely beautiful Johnny Bench from this set. At the time I bought it in late 70s, this was the most expensive Johnny Bench card out there due to it being a high number. Even more than the rookie. Wish I still had it.
Nice set! Definitely an underrated set. Im passively working on this set as I’m nearing the end of my 62 set. Love the Ryan and Clemente. Great video.
I’ve always really liked that design!
Yes, thanks...a lot of people do love the '70 set. More than I thought!
Great video. This was the first set I ever collected; started late in the year so the high numbers are more familiar to me than the first few series.
I don’t have that many ! But I still love 1970 s tops baseball cards
Love your channel!
An amazing video. Loved it.
Thanks Tim. I appreciate hearing that. I should do a video on another set of that era sometime. There's a lot of good stuff in each of these sets.
The 2 towers you were talking about is old Rendezvous park in Mesa Arizona where the Oakland As used to practice from 67 -75
Thank you for sharing that! I couldn't find a lot of information online about it.
Beautiful video! Im trying to assemble the 70 set now, 2022-2023. The prices have dramatically increased in the 3 years since this video. But I do what i can when i can. The portrait style photography of this and other vinatge sets are in vast contrast to what I try to collect today. Topps Stadium Club has some beautiful actiin photos! I also have the majority of the 2019 Heritage set except for the 400-500 SP cards. Thanks for the video!
Awesome. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and commenting Kevin!
I know this video is a few years old but I just watched it, and I think it's excellent. The 1970 Topps set is one of the classics, in my opinion. I love the beautiful gray borders They give the set a stately and calming feel. The pictures are uniquely different and interesting, while the beautiful penmanship of the signatures and the simple, tasteful placement of the player's position and team name, create a wonderful measured balance to these cards. The blue and banana yellow backs are one of the best Topps ever devised.
Thanks for the comment; that's a great description of what makes the 1970 set pretty special. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
great video! I love the way 1970s Topps baseball looks! to me it's a classic compared to today's bland looking cards!
This is the first baseball cards I ever collected at 10 years old so I'm prejudice to its look. I finished the set in the mid to late 90's in mid grade condition. I have all Topps sets from then to 2019. I'm done with the new stuff though and hope to someday work on the 1969 set. Your videos are amazing and well thought out and of coarse more entertaining than most TV shows these days. Keep them coming. Dan
Thank you so much for that praise Dan, I really appreciate it! I try to make videos that I would want to see myself.
The 1969 set is very cool. I have it completed, and am working on upgrading the centering of many of the cards now. I built it very differently from 1970. For the 1970 set I bought a complete set and then did a lot of upgrades. For 1969 I built it card by card and used some larger lots for the commons. For the key cards I bought PSA 5 graded cards and broke them out. It's a really nice set, with a lot of great cards. Both sets were really fun to build.
(I have 1968-1981 Topps sets complete. I would like to go earlier, but too expensive.)
Keith: it was nice hearing from you about my comment. I appreciate that you even give care to your viewers responses. It shows your character as a human being. I think I may finally bite the bullet and do the 1969 set. I'm sure it won't go down in value. Who knows, when I get it, I may reach out and share a video clip of my set with you or my other sets. Take care. Dan
I have six oversized cards from this year - about 4'' by 2'' hard cardboard
Some really great facts about the different players and some really good research on the percentage of PSA 10. I know that information is all readily available online but you compiled it and put it together in a video which is a great service. Thanks.
Thanks a lot for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Just a note that #609 Buck Martinez, like KIlkenny, has his card number inside a white circle instead of yellow.
Yes, that's right...thank you Todd. I hadn't noticed that before.
Hey great set. I’ve been working on my set for two years. Still chasing the Bench and Ryan. Have several of the Munsons and Aaron’s and Clemente’s. Just can’t seem to wrangle the two biggies. Lol anyway! Great content and video! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thanks Todd! At least with those cards it's not a question of supply. Have you ever considered buying a mid grade SGC/PSA/BVG example and busting it out?
@@vintagecardcurator great idea! I’ve been picking up a few graded cards but the Ryan is so expensive even a psa 3 is high. I will probably have to wait until the price come back to earth again before I can complete the set. Love your content keep up the great work!
Juan Marichal also has "San Lrancisco" misspelled on his card
Awesome video, I love the 1970 Topps set, thanks for sharing!
Thank you!!
Nice video. Interesting and informative. I'm in the process of putting together a 1970 set. I like its look. Just noticed #35 Joe Horlen has first name spelled "Joe" on the front of the card and "Joel" on the back. The Ryan and Bench cards will be the most expensive to procure. Both are high #.
Spot on, thanks for the comment! When I bought my set I had to replace and upgrade the Ryan and Bench cards to get them to my liking. Not cheap!
At , 1st , i did not care for them much . But as I started to put this set together & seen the nice photos of the cards , they grew on me ? The gray borders is nice from the dull white borders they do SO MUCH of , on there sets . Nice video , still waiting on you doing my 1972/1973 Bench card thing in a past video .....LOL !
lol, thanks Robert! I did look at that '72 and '73 Bench and I believe you are right, that they used the same pictures.
Lately I've been so bogged down with trying to make a video about the "Buyer's Club" that it's taken over everything else.
@@vintagecardcurator I added Willie's 1973 card on that same play , too . But , i think I'v nailed it any way , they couldn't have played more then a hand full of games in S.F ?
Thanks for making this video. The 1970 set was the first I really collected as a kid. To this day I can remember opening packs and a memory of pulling a Tom Seaver (which I still own). Since I grew up near Shea Stadium, I loved seeing Shea in the backround of many of those cards.
Thanks for the comment Mark. I grew up a Mets fan, a few years behind you, but it was nice to see Shea in the background of so many cards growing up. I bet the 1970 set was a fun one to collect as a kid.
Very informative. Next set I would like to complete after my 73T less than 15 to go.
1973 was the last set of the '70's I completed. It just wasn't a big fan of it, but it's grown on me. It has some quirky features to it.
I like collecting the 73T variations but cant tell the difference on the Stan Bahnsen card.
I'm not familiar with that one. I'll have to look it up.
On the bottom rights side of the card it has like a break of the black line going around the card. I saw it somewhere recently but cant remember where.
Made a random purchase today. I picked up a 1986 Topps PSA 10 of Fernando Valenzuela. Those '86 Topps cards are tough to find in high grades. Can't wait to see it
Awesome pickup. Valenzuela's rookie card is a very elusive treasure for me. There has never been a PSA 10 grade ever assigned to one. Enjoy your card!
I continue to really enjoy your analysis, and areas of focus. I have not spent any time thinking about this set, and learned a lot from your video. Thank you.
Thanks for the comment and feedback Chuck. I really appreciate it!
I'll tell ya 2 years are the most difficult sets to acquire in NM/M condition, Especially the 71. Unfortunately I've abandoned many years ago pursuing these 2 years. Good research, thx
Yes, they are tough. The centering on the 1970 cards are pretty rough. I'm glad my set is finished. It's in EX/EX-Mint. The Ryan card was the last card I needed.
@@vintagecardcurator the locals around Philly are paying exuberant amounts for Ryan cards. One neat thing some of us do is several times a year, usually the World Series, we gather up some show off things. Last time I brought the 65 and 75 sets. Both are NM condition. Amuzingly nobody wanted to handle any of the 65 cards. Guess what, numerous people looked at the 75 Herb Washington card. What would be the point of having a Lamborghini if you don't let your friends and family enjoy it too!
I'm also building a 1970 set,just need a Nolan Ryan
Awesome as always my friend. Your videos certainly stand out from the masses. Thank you once again for the video and for all the work you put into them.
Thanks for that comment! I really appreciate it and it motivates me to do even better next time.
Just curious, why do you choose binders over stand up card boxes with protection of course? Aren't you afraid of damage to inside and corner cards?
I prefer binders for the ease of looking at the cards. For the most part they are worth more as a set than individually but I'm not too worried about damage. Maybe I should be.
I thought 1970 topps was cool still would love to have certain players in that set!!
This is the oldest set that I still have a lot of my original cards, bought in the pack from the candy store. I bought cards in 1968 & 69, but most of them disappeared. About 400 of my 1970s made it through all these years. Not in best condition, of course, but I was only 8 years old when I bought them, and in those days you actually touched your baseball cards. You didn’t seal them in plastic. I upgraded around 1975 when I bought the complete set from Wholesale Cards for 40 bucks. Those are in good condition.
Amazing. Yes, I started similar...getting some cards in 1973 and 1974 and then going in earnest in 1975 (but still not completing the set).
@@vintagecardcurator 1975 was a big baseball card year for me. I was 13 years old and got my first summer job, and spent most of the money I made on baseball cards. I splurged on the 1975 cards because I tried for once in my life to complete a set by buying packs at the candy store, so I ended up with a ton of 1975 cards (about 2000), and that was a good year to buy a lot of cards because that set has become very popular over the years. I also ended up with multiples of the George Brett and Robin Yount rookie cards (8 or 9 of each), which I still have. And, no, I came about 8 cards short of completing the set (I later did complete it by buying at card shows). I also used my summer job money to go back and buy complete sets from 68, 69, 70, 72, 73 & 74. I meant to get the 71 set, but finally did run out of money, so that's the one gap in my early 70's card collection. I wanted the 67 set, which is my all time favorite, but the dealer I bought from didn't have it complete. The late series 67 cards were already rare by that time, and I understand they fetch a big premium after all these years.
That's a great story. I tried from 1977-1981 to collect complete sets via buying at the stores. I think 1980 was the first year I successfully did it. It was nearly impossible to do it on a kid's allowance. We would trade in the neighborhood, but there were no card shows or shops. I didn't complete the earlier sets until I was an adult and could get to a card shop.
@@vintagecardcurator The first card show I ever went to was I think 1978 or 79. Believe me, it was not in any fancy hotel. It was in the basement of a church, near Lincoln Center in Manhattan. There were dealers tables set up, but it was purely hobby stuff. Not the business it became just a couple of years later. It was also the first time I ever saw the plastic card sheets, which were just coming out around that time.
To this day, I still don't have my cards in albums because I already had too many cards when the plastic sheets came out to ever catch up. I have a couple of albums, where I stuck the more valuable cards, but almost all my cards are in the flat 5,000 count boxes I bought almost 40 years ago. They're organized not by sets but by players, in alphabetical order.
One day I've got to go through them and figure out exactly what I do have. None of them have ever been graded, but I have sets, like the 1980 set, I bought and basically never touched. They have to be at least near mint, and I understand the Rickey Henderson card from that set is worth a bunch in mint condition, and it's just been sitting there. From the 70's, I know what I have, but in the 80's I was still buying some cards (not as much) and I'm sure a lot of it is junk, but from watching videos, I know I have to have at least some of the cards people are paying a lot of money for.
YES! Fantastic job! I love all of the random trivia. You must must must check out the recent Wax Ecstatic episode on this set!
I will check them out! Thanks for the tip and comment!
Lots of great learnings! Interesting that the 1953 set was the only other Topps set with no HOF rookies
Thanks for the comment! I was surprised to learn that too about 1953.
PLEASE do the same tribute for the 1965 and 1972 Topps sets! Great channel!
Hmm, I don't have much connection to the '65 set at all. I would like to do something on '72. It's a very interesting set. My next set will be the '71 however. I probably won't get to it for a few months though.
Wow! I can’t believe this, a channel that doesn’t have people saying "I was two when this set was issued". Don’t know your age but I don’t feel like a great grandfather when I watch and listen! Thank you so much! I do collect what I love, so am trying to put together a Topps 1951 set of both blue and black backs. Can you get me some figures on them, mostly availability. The highest rated card I have is a 2.5 PSA. So don’t care about that as much as finding them. My wife thinks it’s "interesting" Topps and I were born the same year! What do you think? It’s only money!
I've thought about collecting the '51 set. This would seem weird for modern collectors to hear but back in the '70's, the '51 set was considered by many of us to be the more desirable set than the '52 because it was the first one.
I think eBay is the best place to collect the '51's. I've seen Heritage sell complete sets of them. That could be an option too.
BTW, I'm 53 and started collecting in 1975.
Thanks for all your comments and subscription.
I learned much from this video...awesome presentation.
Thank Rick! The '70 Topps set was aspirational for me as a kid. As an adult I appreciate it even more.
I was really into baseball cards back then, and my childhood collection really only spans the '69, '70, and '71seasons. The '70 season was my best collection, with 602 cards. I specifically remember how difficult it was for me to get the Steve Renko card, number 87. I used to mark up my checklist card, and that one always had that blank 87 to tease me. I had all the rest. But today when I look at my collection, which is in a binder very much like the one shown here, I do have the Renko but I don't have the Yastrzemski. I wonder if the ten year old me traded the Yaz for the Renko. I might have, although I'm not sure why I'd be without the Yaz. I'm not really sure how these cards would be graded today but I was definitely a careful kid who didn't abuse his cards. (So maybe a 4?) I have no idea how much my incomplete set would be worth but I'd hope it would fetch $1,000 (although I have no particular desire to sell.) I do have the Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson cards, which apparently have some value. And as a Phillies fan, I have a memory of Lowell Palmer being color blind, which might explain why he's wearing the dark glasses.
Great comment, thanks! I didn't know Lowell Powell was color blind...that explains a lot. No one every talks about that.
How did you store your cards back then? I started collecting in 1975 and we had plastic binder sheets, but I don't recall seeing those when I was collecting Wacky Packages just a year or so before.
The values of the '70 set seem all over the place. Beckett lists them as a range of $1,000-2,000 for NM cards in a complete set. Of course, the value is determined by the presence and condition of the top cards: Ryan, Bench, Clemente, Mays, Aaron, Rose.
@@vintagecardcurator I had old shoe boxes that I stored my cards in. I sometimes had them sorted by team, and sometimes by numerical order. I used to collect them along with my best friend who lived next door. We'd often go to the store to buy packs. It was always such a thrill to open them, always hoping for the elusive card you didn't have. I can actually remember being dejected when I'd get that same Mantle card again and again, not realizing that fifty years later it'd be so damn valuable. I have no doubt I would have excitedly traded a spare Mantle for that elusive Renko card if the opportunity ever arose! My cards from '69 and '70 are in decent shape, I guess. My '71 cards look better, probably because my interest in collecting was waning by then and I didn't "handle" the cards that much. I only have 85 cards from that year, but one of them is the Nolan Ryan, and it looks nice...better than a lot of them that I see advertised on ebay. I kept those cards in shoe boxes for years and years. About twenty or thirty years ago, I purchased some proper card collecting binders and have stored them like that. I remember talking to my friend when we were adults and he told me he sold his collection (his was better than mine) for about $600. But that was about 35 years ago, I suppose. Incidentally, I'm not 100% sure on the Lowell Palmer thing, although I'm certain that that was what we were led to believe. P.S. -- love your videos. I'm trying to navigate a little through the hobby, just trying to figure out the value of my paltry childhood collection. My father's collection is massively more impressive. He even has the '51 Bowman Mantle!
@@vintagecardcurator Topps used to sell a "baseball card locker". It was cardboard and divided into 24 sections, one for each team. Of course you had to fit it together yourself. If you see old wrappers, you might see this offered as a premium (“send one dollar and five topps baseball picture card wrappers"). I had one and would keep the current year in there. The old cards would go into good old fashioned shoe boxes. Hell, I still have some cards in shoe boxes. They've been in those same boxes for almost 50 years.
such a great video! thank you for all the work that you do
It's all for the love of the game and the Hobby! Thanks for the feedback!
The unique card in this set to us kids in 1970 wasn’t the Reggie Jackson all-star card. It was that Bob Locker card, because it was the only card in the set where the team name was in green, so it couldn’t get beat if you were playing colors. (Update: looking at the flip-through, I see one other card with green-Lou Klimchok, right next to Locker. But for some reason back in 1970, it was the Bob Locker card that’s had all the notoriety. Klimchok was such a 1960's player, who even knew he had a card in 1970?)
wow, I had no idea. I pulled out my binder and found 1 other card with the green lettering: Dick Hall, #182. I wonder why Topps would do something like that?
@@vintagecardcurator I bet kids don't play "colors" any more, LOL. But I got a lot of cards that way. Colors was pure luck, but if you were determined, you'd win out in the end because you kept playing till you did and the other kid would quit before you had all his cards. Flipping cards had more skill involved, but I didn't like it because you damaged the cards. Not only would the corners get dinged, but some kids would flex the cards until they had a crease running down the middle from top to bottom, and even if you won, you'd end up with a creased card. Collectors nowadays would faint if they saw how kids treated baseball cards in 1970, creasing a Johnny Bench card in order to have more control over its flip in order to win a Hal King or Phil Roof.
Flipping must have been out of favor by the time I started in 1975. None of us ever played, or knew the rules of how to play it.
@@vintagecardcurator Flipping was pretty simple. The first guy flipped the card, meaning, standing up, you flipped the card so it turned over a couple of times, then however it hit the ground, face up or face down, the next guy flipped his card. If it came up the same as the first guy, you won and got both cards. If it came up different, the first guy won and got both cards. The main variation was throwing several cards. So if you threw three cards and two came up heads and the other tails, the other guy had to match it to win the whole bunch. There was an element of skill in this game. You could get good at managing your flips, though most kids relied on pure luck.
Colors, you'd each start with a stack of cards, face down, and turn the cards over, one by one. First guy would put a card down, then the next guy would put his card on top of it. You'd keep going until the colors matched, and then you'd win the whole stack of cards that had piled up underneath. What the "color" was based on changed every year. Say in 1969, it was the little circle with the player's name. In 1970, it was the color of the team name. Same in 1971. In 1972, it was the whole psychedelic frame that had to match. In 1973, I think it was the color of the circle behind the silhouette of the player that showed his position, but by then I wasn't playing colors any more. It was too risky.You could win (or lose) a whole bunch of cards in a hurry with this game.
One very quick way to lose your cards was to have the teacher catch you with them in school. Teachers had a thing about confiscating any baseball card they saw in the classroom. I lost some cards this way, but I also scored a whole bunch of 1971 cards when I stole them back out of the teacher's desk one day when the class was out for lunch. I not only got my cards back, but everyone else's cards as well. I don't know if I should admit that, but I guess the statue of limitations has run out by now.
Man, that's enough right there to do a whole video on. That was great.
Grrreat video & content. I thank thee for sharing all. As a young adult back in thee day & even today I enjoy everything about Baseball...
I think this era of 1968-1980 is destined to be overlooked compared to the postwar years and the boom in the junk wax era. So let's keep bringing it to life. Thanks for the support.
I must admit the way I'm going about collecting this set is with a little help from wikipedia. Go by which teams had the worst records in each league. The White Sox finished 56-106 and the Padres finished 63-99. Tommy John is probably the most valuable card for the Sox and Tommy Dean for the Padres.
So you focus on those cards first? I have noticed that in buying cards for other sets. Expos, Padres, etc. are usually the cheapest cards. Mets and Yankees the most expensive.
I agree but once you get up to 74 75 and 76 the Willie McCovey and Gary Carter cards can get a little pricey in auctions.
Another great video! I know it takes a lot of time to create these and I always look forward to them.
Thanks! Unfortunately, I haven't been able to cut down the turn around time for putting these videos together. And once I'm done with one I feel I need a few days off to recuperate. ha ha It's been very gratifying to see the response from fellow collectors.
Wow, great videos and education. Thank you for taking the time to put these videos together (and all your research)
You're welcome! It's all a labor of love for me.
Great video again Keith!! This is really cool for someone like me who wasnt alive in 1970. I personally dont find the set super appealing but it was fun to hear about the funny backgrounds on cards. Also, I'm a Brewers fan so the Pilots cards are interesting as well. Until next time, take care and thanks for the vid!
Thanks Scott! I'm glad you found some things to appreciate about the set. When I went through and upgraded mine I got a lot deeper appreciation for it. Certainly more than before I bought it.
Awesome throwback video. Well done. Those white print lines are all through the set too . Centering is so tough like you said.
Thanks a lot! I appreciate the comments and sub. Yes, the white lines are on a lot of those '70 cards.
I'm on the LOVE side!! I've been putting this set together for well over a decade now, always hunting for nice cards and it's hard.
awesome this is the only complete tops that I have the 1970 Topps set of course look at my screen name I love railer in addition the only complete football said I have is the 1970 Topps football set in addition I happen to have 85 PSA cards of that year
Ray Oyler , I have the complete 1970 set and an extra 85 psa cards of same set. set is not bland
Thanks for the comment. It's a good set to collect as the prices are generally more reasonable than the sets before or after it.
Damn man, this is an awesome video, you really put together some great info.
Thanks man! It was a lot of work, but a labor of love for sure.
Great showcase !!!! Very informative
Thanks!
Was given a shoebox of a bunch of old 1970 and 1971 Topps baseball cards when I was about 13. It was so cool pulling out all the star cards like Clemente, the All Star Cards, a Vida Blue rookie and the Thurmon Munson rookie. I still have a pretty large lot of these, although they show their age, they are fun to look through from time to time. I love some of the strange photography in the 1970 set. Also in the shoebox was a large number of 1972 Topps football Hi Numbers which I have been slowly parting with over the last couple of years. There is quite a demand for those 72 football Hi Numbers.
Thanks for the comment. The current Beckett Vintage Collector has an article about 1970's Topps football cards. Those 1972 high numbers are the most in demand of all the 1970's football cards.
Thanks for sharing those memories. I started collecting in 1975, so the 1970 cards were pretty rare in my neighborhood. They were something I definitely aspired to as a kid.
@@vintagecardcurator Thanks for the reply. I really enjoy your analysis on checking price trends on some preferred cards. If possible I'd love to pick your brain on a few things. I've began developing spreadsheets on a few cards including the 1954 Jackie Robinson and 1961 Topps Mantle All Star as well as the 72 Clemente. My brother wants to invest a fair sum into some high end graded vintage cards, and have me do the buying and selling, since I'm the card guy.
send me an email at: backyardmysteries@aol.com. I'd love to chat off-line. I'm always thinking about prices and updating my spreadsheets every week or two. My next video will likely be some analysis of prices of the first three months of the year.
I’m probably in the minority but I’ve always liked the 1970 set. I also prefer the still portraits as opposed to the action shots.
I like the 1970 set a lot too, obviously. But I prefer the action shots...at least when they are well composed!
Check out error card for Tony Cloninger 705. Wrong stats.
Thanks for pointing that out Mike. I just spend 15 minutes diving into the card and trying to figure out what Topps did. I couldn't find anything on the web about it. Topps put his pitching stats into a batter's format. Very strange!
@@vintagecardcurator working on my 70T set n always had a fascination for Tony Cloninger n looked at his stats. Was like the numbers dont match n out of align the columns. I found an error card! Couldn't find anything either. Guess it was never corrected.
You make a great content. Very informative.
Thank you my friend! I really appreciate that!
That's a low price set that used to be like $2,700 time for a complete set
I hate when TH-cam doesn't recommend these videos to me and I need to go out and find them myself. I'll never get over how great your editing skills are and I ascribe to reach your level.
Will you be going to the Shriner's show in Wilmington, MA next weekend? If so, I'll be assisting Philmington at his table on Saturday. Can't miss us with our shirts on. I'll also be the annoying guy walking around with a tripod filming as much as I can in the cases.
Bowman1951 Yes, I’ll be at the Shriner’s show on Saturday, the 27th. I’ll make sure to find you. I usually find some good stuff at that show. Looking forward to it!
Thanks for the compliment, let me know if you need any editing help/suggestions. I’m completely self taught so it’s not rocket science. There are some intuitive products out there and if you watch enough TH-cam you have a good sensibility for what works and what doesn’t. Unfortunately my videos are getting ridiculous: I need to cut back on the length because they take way too long to produce.
Email me at: backyardmysteries@aol.com and I can give you some specific editing tips.
Love the video. I liked the 1972 and 1975 sets the best of the 1970's.
I can't argue with those choices...definitely favorites of mine. Every set has its strengths, but those have a lot of positive things throughout.
Thanks for the comment and continued support!
I have one that is half cut would it be worth any money
a card with a tear? No
@@vintagecardcurator no tear just cut wrong
Pilots team card and rick reichardt 7th series my 2 faves
I like that Pilots team card in old Sicks Stadium. I may pick up a graded one sometime. Rick Reichardt is the last card in the series, isn't he?
Yes 720 last card hey you make great videos! Any tips 4 a new guy?
John C yes, not sure if you are looking for content or production advice, but here are some thoughts:
-watch a lot of videos and decide what you like and don’t like about them
-respect your audience ‘s sense of time, don’t waste it
-good video editing takes 2-3x as long as it did to record the video
-offer something unique that people can’t get anywhere else
-don’t release crappy videos
Ty
Nice job i rem having a bunch of 6th series clemente howard._..Etc
Great Video! I am collecting cards from this set as it was the year I was born and I like the design. I picked up a PSA 8 OC Harmon Killebrew yesterday. How much does the OC designation hurt the price of the card?
The rule of thumb I hear from other collectors about a qualified (OC) grade is that it's like marking it down two grades without a qualifier. So that would make it on the level of a straight 6. PSA on their Auction Prices Realized website will have records of completed auction sales and you can compare what 6's vs 8 (OC)'s sell for.
I personally don't like or buy qualified cards. I think it really hurts the resale value. But I would buy one to break out of the case and put into a binder. It might be a cheaper way to buy a card vs raw.
Boring set - the backs are better than the fronts. Nothing can touch '54 & '55 for front and back beauty.
Some of the Yankee players aer "Yankees" while others are "Yanks"
This set, and 1969, are the only sets I don't have one card from. Both are boring.