1964 Topps Curt Flood and 1961 Topps 242 Hal Smith

[Rich Klein]

was always one of the most famous examples of this as for whatever reason that card is almost impossible fo find in high grade. Don't be surprised is a real nice raw nm/mt or better card has a premium

Rich

[71buc]

http://1964topps.wordpress.com/2010/...03-curt-flood/

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

was always one of the most famous examples of this as for whatever reason that card is almost impossible fo find in high grade. Don't be surprised is a real nice raw nm/mt or better card has a premium

Rich

When I put my 62 set together 7-8 years ago, I would sell of my raw dupes on ebay and several cards that sold well beyond my expectations and stick out in my mind were the 323 Landrum, 301 Cisco and as mentioned the Witt card. I had not looked in a while until today, but a well centered PSA 7 Landrum recently sold for almost $400 (another less centered copy sold for $45??) even though there are 110+ PSA 7s and less than 20 higher.

I just did not put either the 61 242/64 103 cards into the same group as these tougher 62s. Reason being, is while these tougher 62s command premiums at higher grade levels but not typically as lower grade cards, the 61 242/64 103 command a premium as both higher and lower grade cards.

If you think the 1964 Topps Flood is tough, try the 1964 Venezuelan:

[nolemmings]

I browsed the completed listings for the Smith, and you can see from the examples shown that most are off-center. Still, good examples seem available at a decent price. Here is a PSA 7 that sold for $9.99: