Topps Venezuelans

[RayBShotz]

How tough?

Your thoughtful comments would be appreciated on this topic.
Thanks.
RayB

[hcv123]

I think a really good way to answer this question is with PSA pop reports -

1959 - USA - 174,583 graded
Venezuelan - 147 graded

1960 - USA - 154,516 graded
Venezuelan - 396 graded

1962 - USA - 122,650 graded
Venezuelan - 614 graded

1964 - USA - 105,841 graded
Venezuelan - 740 graded

1966 - USA - 93,995 graded
Venezuelan - 1231 graded

1967 - USA - 124,457 graded
Venezuelan - 698 graded

1968 - USA - 160,601 graded
Venezuelan - 405 graded

Imho, these cards are completely under appreciated. Many collectors don't know they exist or how to recognize one if they saw it raw. Are you collecting them? Selling them? If you're selling drop me a line - I am always looking to add to my collection. Thanks.

-Howard

[David W]

There are a number of them on Ebay, however, I have been looking for a 68 Lou Brock World Series card for years.

I"ve found all the other Lou Brock cards.

I imagine if you were trying to put a set together, it would be pretty tough.

There were several people at the National with large quantities of Venezuelan's.

Also, high grade does not seem to exist, that may be another reason, aside from scarcity why the pop reports are so low.

[RayBShotz]

Howard - Looking for V cards for my collection especially 66's.
Aside from the expensive batch of graded examples on eBay these appear to be exceedingly rare.
David - The Nationals might be my next best shot at acquiring some more.
RayB

[bcbgcbrcb]

IMHO - pretty scarce, not very popular to mainstream collectors (as mentioned previously) probably because they are hard to identify via the internet by anyone except the most educated collectors. Based on these two criteria, I believe they are currently fairly priced for the market based on supply/demand.

[Rob D.]

A couple of years ago there was a 1967 Lajoie "Retirado" on eBay. I thought I put in a snipe that would be more than enough -- by a lot. Turns out I was wrong. Maybe it was a case of there being one other person out there who was as goofy as I was with a snipe, but I've yet to come across another example.

[RayBShotz]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

A couple of years ago there was a 1967 Lajoie "Retirado" on eBay. I thought I put in a snipe that would be more than enough -- by a lot. Turns out I was wrong. Maybe it was a case of there being one other person out there who was as goofy as I was with a snipe, but I've yet to come across another example.

Rob - 1967 Retired Players seem to be hugely sought after by "player collectors" and thereby have an unusally higher demand.