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Originally Posted by hcv123 (Post 1493508)

Like many echoed sentiments here on the board - first and foremost I collect what I like. I have always loved the thrill of the hunt - Venezuelan cards have made for much more challenging "prey". I expect I will make a profit when the cards I own are sold. Regarding marketplace value - it would be taking a guess about the supply and demand equation - I feel relatively confident speculating that the supply side will not appreciably increase. Are there some left to discover - likely some, but not many - even if the population doubled - these are some rare cards. The demand side is the big question mark - will more people start looking for these rare Topps South American counterparts? I am surprised that the "completest" types have chosen not to define these as part of a complete Topps run - understandably from the perspective that it is unlikely any more than possibly 1 of them might complete a run. I only know of 2 collectors who have said they have a complete or near complete run of Venezuelan cards from 1959-1968 - they have been collecting Venezuelans for decades! Do more people learn about, get interested in and start pursuing these cards? That's the million dollar question! It wouldn't take many to start driving prices to the sky. The cards so far have been most popular with Team and player collectors. We'll see what the future holds.

I trying to get PSA to do a HOF registry for each of the Topps years.....

Old post, but man if you ever want to get rid of this let me know!

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps520925ab.jpg

Got some new VZs in yesterday! They aren't grade worthy, but I needed them for my collection so I'm stoked. :)

Great cards Ryan! I had a copy of that 68 Sonny for sale not too long ago, before you resurrected this thread.

I've already shown these in the Yaz thread, but wanted to show you my only 2 graded Venezuelans. I have 22 more that I'll be mailing to PSA this week or next.

http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...SA%20front.jpg
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...%20front_1.jpg

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Originally Posted by JustinD (Post 1493519)

Old post, but man if you ever want to get rid of this let me know!

http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/...ps520925ab.jpg

Haha, despite the fact that it makes me nauseous looking at it, it is probably going to stay in my collection for a while. If I do ever sell, I'll let you know though. There are something like four images of Mantle, so maybe a 4 times premium over a regular Venezuelan :)

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Originally Posted by quitcrab (Post 1403783)

I have always been confused about the 1972 Venz Stamps Are they a topps issue ? How can you tell the real from the fake ? What is the correct font for the names on the front of the card? Thick/heavy/ bold or less heavy thinner type ?

Quitcrab - don't know if anyone replied to you specifically, but see the thread linked below.

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=199484

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Originally Posted by DBesse27 (Post 1498627)

Dang! Those look awesome! Thanks for sharing. In my quest to collect every Topps Braves base card, I found myself collecting VZ as well. So far, I am 61 of the 90 cards possible, so I'm pretty stoked. I'm always looking out for new ones in my price range. Are you grading to sell later?

No, I'm grading to keep. I'll have 3 for my Yaz master set (with hopefully many more to come), I'm gonna start a 1968 Venezuelan registry (soon will have 19 in slabs) and a '64 Venezuelan registry (soon will have 4 in slabs).

That's awesome! Do you have your set listed somewhere where I can see them?

Also, just a question for you VZ collector's out there. Some of the cards I got appear to be very dry, is that normal? I always figured VZ as a tropical climate.

Also, best looking 1967 VZ I've seen yet, oh and it happens to be a Mantle...bidding's already exploded.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Topps-V...gAAOSwFqJWrmmB