#6 - Steve Garvey
by delias man on May 14, 2011 10:10 AM PDT
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So why is this card #6 on my list? It is all about the chase for the PSA 9. I know i will not be able to afford a PSA 9 of his rookie card anytime soon with those sensitive black borders on the 1971's. So here you have the next best thing. the 1972 is a high number edition as you see with #686. Topps used to roll out the cards as the season went along in different series, and I think this was the last of the 6 series. Since it was the last series, and it comes out late in the season, they do not produce as many, and the cards are a bit harder to find. For example, in 2011, Topps will have 2 series, and a traded/update set later. Series 2 comes out in June.
I had a PSA 8 card forever and I always wanted a 9. I held that 8 for almost 5 years, and when card prices tumbled a couple years ago, cards that used to sell for 3-400 were now available around 200. That is when I jumped in, and have this great card. Although the card is quite ugly in design, it has a great picture of Steve, and the stripe on the sleeve is visible. I love that blue stripe on the uniform.
What stadium do we think that is? Riverfront?
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Although the card is quite ugly in design
After the great designs in 1970 and 1971, the remember being disappointed when I opened my first 1972 wax pack (we didn’t called them “wax packs” back in the day). I still bought a lot of ’72 cards though.
@davidyoungtbla - The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
And I remember those high series being hard to find. The first cards I ever bought were 1971s – wax packs, plus from a vending machine, 6 cards for 5 cents! I only stumbled into the 1970 cards because a store I went into 1971 still had old ones from ‘70, I didn’t notice the packaging difference at the time. They were all high series cards.
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