Post your favorite Yaz items

[DBesse27]

Here are 2 Yaz items that arrived yesterday:



This nice OPC was bought from Tom Salems, OPCBaseball.com



There are 2 variations of this checklist. I already had both in PSA slabs, but this one is a huge upgrade, from a 5 to a PSA 8.5 !

1967 was the best year of Yaz's career, so he's featured prominently in the 1968 sets. Just counting the base sets of Topps products (Topps, OPC, Venz) he has 20 cards. This doesn't include inserts or test issues. I recently decided to make those twenty 1968 cards a sub-project for me. Here is where I currently stand, in term of PSA hollered copies:

OPC = 1/5
Topps = 5.5/8 (still want to upgrade the other CL version)
Venz = 3/7

Total = 9.5/20

[JollyElm]

Hey Dan,
Not sure if you are aware, but there are actually at least 4 different versions of the 1968 Yaz checklist.

The two cards on the left have the same backs (with the inclusion of the word "GAME"). But the round pictures are cropped differently. The top card shows a good amount of the 'B' on his hat cropped off and a sliver of his bat (at lower right) is visible. The bottom card has a much more fuller 'B' and the bat is unseen.

The two cards on the right have the same backs (no word "GAME"). And again the round pictures are cropped differently. The top card shows a good amount of the 'B' on his hat cropped off and a sliver of his bat (at lower right) is visible. The bottom card has a much more fuller 'B' and the bat is unseen.

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[DBesse27]

Sorry Darren, Al and I have discussed this too, but I don't buy it. I've seen various degrees of the B showing or not showing. There aren't 4 distinct versions, but numerous ones, each with subtle differences. I don't consider those variations, and I don't plan to seek them all out. I am convinced there are 2 versions of the checklist, as are Beckett, SGC and PSA.

[JollyElm]

You're certainly free to feel however you want, and sure, there are tiny differences between the cropping of the photos with regard to how much of the 'B' appears. I definitely agree with that. But they all undeniably fall into one of two distinct categories: the 'B' is either severely cropped off (and the bat appears in the lower right) or it isn't severely cropped off and it appears to be a full 'B' (and the bat is non-existent, or in some cases, just a microscopic sliver appears). There is also the telltale feature of a larger light colored area to the left of his hat in the full 'B' version. Taken together with the differing back verbiage, I have no problem cataloguing 4 different versions of this card on my variations list.

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[DBesse27]

Today was a monster mail day for me. I was approached last week by a guy who wanted to trade for some of my Yaz items. I've never traded items out of my master registry, but he has deep pockets and was able to blow me away. I traded away 3 items and got 7. Every item I got was one I either never thought I would find or was in a grade I couldn't have otherwise afforded. And to top things off, I've already purchased raw replacements of 2 of the items I traded away. Without further ado, here are the new additions, in chronological order:



Check out the cutting job on this one. Beautiful!



Very happy to finally own a nice copy of this.



This transfer is pop 6, with only 3 higher.



The Transogram might be my favorite from this haul. They are so tough to find and always pricey. The cutting of this one makes it an automatic "authentic," but I've seen a lot worse. This card looks great to me. Pop 4, only 3 higher.



Value-wise, this 76 is the crown jewel among today's arrivals. A big upgrade over my PSA 8.



This is my first Hostess panel and it has tremendous star power. The wavy cut hurts the eye appeal here and I'm debating whether I have the balls to crack it out, try to trim it, and resub.



I've had other Yaz collectors tell me it's surprisingly difficult to find this gold variation of the 82 Perma Graphics. The scratch is on the slab, not the card. Pop 5.

Thanks for looking, everybody. If you couldn't tell, I'm over the moon with these new additions!!

[David W]

Thanks for showing the Yaz collection.

You have some real cool stuff.

[DBesse27]

Originally Posted by David W

Thanks for showing the Yaz collection.

You have some real cool stuff.

Thanks! I had hoped more people would post more stuff when I started this thread, but it looks like I do the bulk of the posting.