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btcarfagno 09-19-2018 07:58 AM
Notoriously Off Centered 1970's Topps Cards
 
Would like to pick everyone's brains regarding the baseball cards from the 1970's that are notoriously difficult to find well centered. Talking about the front only. I have heard of a few but I know there are a bunch more that I am not aware of. Commons, stars, HOFers...I want to hear about them.

I'll start with the ones I have heard about in my very limited exposure to these years:

1970: Most or all of the all-star cards

1971: Claude Raymond

1972: Hank Aaron In Action

1976: George Brett

1979: Ozzie Smith

Which others are incredibly tough to find centered?

JollyElm 09-19-2018 01:11 PM
1971 Lou Brock

texmrsport 09-19-2018 01:27 PM
1973 Topps Del Unser Nolan Ryan
1976 Topps Rick Miller Joe Torre Al Cowens

Vintagevault13 09-19-2018 04:48 PM
1972 Harmon Killebrew IA
1971 Lee Maye (not May)

bobbyw8469 09-19-2018 05:29 PM
1959 Bob Gibson

RedsFan1941 09-19-2018 05:48 PM
t206 green cobb

btcarfagno 09-19-2018 07:37 PM
Thanks everybody for you replies so far. Down the road once finances stabalize again I may look to do centered sets from the 70's. I'm OCD regarding centering and am slightly afraid of what I might find!

savedfrommyspokes 09-19-2018 08:12 PM
Many of the lower series IA cards from the 72 set are tough to find centered. Still looking for a nicely centered Mays IA in my price range.

JollyElm 09-19-2018 09:16 PM
Everyone is thinking it, so I'll say it...the problem with a thread like this is nobody really wants to share their 'secrets,' because then they will suddenly find themselves needlessly competing (and hence paying more) for the cards mentioned here on ebay and/or in other places. :eek:

Gr8Beldini 09-20-2018 10:57 AM
1975 Frank Tanana

Baseballcrazy62 09-20-2018 11:06 AM
1971 Thurman Munson

olecow 09-20-2018 12:20 PM
1979 Ozzie Smith

stlcardsfan 09-20-2018 12:35 PM
1973 Joe Morgan and Yaz

Here's proof on Morgan:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Topps-...EAAOSwxMRbmsYQ

GasHouseGang 09-20-2018 01:17 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JollyElm (Post 1814062)
Everyone is thinking it, so I'll say it...the problem with a thread like this is nobody really wants to share their 'secrets,' because then they will suddenly find themselves needlessly competing (and hence paying more) for the cards mentioned here on ebay and/or in other places. :eek:
Exactly what I was thinking.

savedfrommyspokes 09-20-2018 02:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by JollyElm (Post 1814062)
Everyone is thinking it, so I'll say it...the problem with a thread like this is nobody really wants to share their 'secrets,' because then they will suddenly find themselves needlessly competing (and hence paying more) for the cards mentioned here on ebay and/or in other places. :eek:
IMO, the registries make it painfully obvious which cards are typically o/c as they are the cards with low pops in higher grades. Not sure if any secrets are being revealed in this thread as not only the registries, but past sales history make it fairly apparent which cards are tough to find centered .

rats60 09-20-2018 05:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes (Post 1814049)
Many of the lower series IA cards from the 72 set are tough to find centered. Still looking for a nicely centered Mays IA in my price range.
Bob Barton, Vida Blue, Paul Schaal and Hal McRae.

1975 Topps Mini Tommy Davis & Claudell Washington
1979 Topps Steve Brye, Dave Skaggs & Junior Kennedy


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