1968 Topps Plaks checklist cards

frankhardy · #1 02-05-2015, 09:00 AM

I absolutely love these topics about Topps test issues. I am a Cardinals team set collector and am on a quest to get several of these issues that I still need. I am the proud owner of one of the National League checklists. I have had it for a couple of years. The catch with mine is that it is signed by Pete Rose. I think that is why I was able to get it as inexpensively as I did. As far as the distribution I do not know. It would be interesting to know. As far as the plaks themselves "flooding" the market, I wish I could find that "flood" . I am still in need of a Orlando Cepeda plak. I own a Tim McCarver already. It is an individual piece not on a sprue. I think there is a Cepeda on eBay right now but it is in a sprue with two others. I am only interested in the individual piece.

judgejules1 · #2 02-05-2015, 09:55 AM

I just had a Checklist #2 through PSA. The card, to me, looked in pristine condition with no damage to it. It received an authentic vs a numerical grade. Not sure why yet. Has anyone ever sent back an authentically graded card and received a numeric grade? I can post a picture of the card later.

hcv123 · #3 02-06-2015, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by judgejules1

I just had a Checklist #2 through PSA. The card, to me, looked in pristine condition with no damage to it. It received an authentic vs a numerical grade. Not sure why yet. Has anyone ever sent back an authentically graded card and received a numeric grade? I can post a picture of the card later.

PSA will grade as authentic any card that they determine to be sheet cut. Most of the Plak checklists in the market were sheet cut. See my earlier post in this thread. You could call and ask them why it graded "A" - they have always told me when I asked.

judgejules1 · #4 02-06-2015, 03:28 PM

Thanks for the information Howard.
Here is the promised picture.

Plak.jpg

toppcat · #5 02-06-2015, 05:16 PM

The Mile High find came from an ex Topps Duryea employee's home and I don't believe there were any wrappers or checklists associated with it. I do think the checklists were packaged with the sprues, or at least some of them.

I bought an AL checklist at the AC National over a decade ago. I brought it to SGC to get graded and when I came back they said it could not be holdered; not because it was sheet cut but because it had an odd factory cut and they could not cut a gasket for it:

You can see how the top curves off to the right on both sides. The grader thought it was the result of high speed cutting.

I would think that in addition to those inserted into packs and those that were sheet cut, some would have been cut and left at the factory when the test fizzled and found their way to Card Collectors Co or Bill Haber eventually. Leftover sheets could even have been cut at the factory for the third party reseller.

Combined PSA/SGC pops are 49 checklists graded, of which 19 have number grades and the rest are Auth. There is only one high grade checklist, an SGC 96 NL. 21 AL and 28 NL have been graded overall.

frankhardy · #6 02-06-2015, 08:51 PM

I checked out the Mile High site. I don't think I will be paying $1350 for a single Cepeda. I paid $100 for my McCarver.

quitcrab · #7 02-07-2015, 09:23 AM

Thanks for all the info. The question is still unanswered... Can anyone confirm that the checklist where put in packs ? I think toppcat said "thinks they were put in some packs." I have never found any info confirming that the checklist were in packs. Thanks. Scott

hcv123 · #8 02-06-2015, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankhardy

I absolutely love these topics about Topps test issues. I am a Cardinals team set collector and am on a quest to get several of these issues that I still need. I am the proud owner of one of the National League checklists. I have had it for a couple of years. The catch with mine is that it is signed by Pete Rose. I think that is why I was able to get it as inexpensively as I did. As far as the distribution I do not know. It would be interesting to know. As far as the plaks themselves "flooding" the market, I wish I could find that "flood" . I am still in need of a Orlando Cepeda plak. I own a Tim McCarver already. It is an individual piece not on a sprue. I think there is a Cepeda on eBay right now but it is in a sprue with two others. I am only interested in the individual piece.

Mile High card co unearthed "the find" and I believe still has plenty for sale:

http://www.milehighcardco.com/viewus...?pn=ToppsPlaks

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