My Koufax Adventure/Project

gustomania · #1 02-01-2022, 09:18 AM

Been a while and struggled to find this one in a PSA 8 with a decent price.

So decided to grab a mid grade raw copy for a fraction of the price. This brings me back to my youth days of collecting and what I'm noticing is I'm less concerned about centering and more into just enjoying the card itself. So those that follow this thread I'm guessing I'm going to continue picking up a mix of raw and graded and continue to explore having fun.

So while this isnt a huge pickup or anything, it was sort of my test run on a cheap raw card and i'm really happy with the result

cjedmonton · #2 02-01-2022, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gustomania

Been a while and struggled to find this one in a PSA 8 with a decent price.

So decided to grab a mid grade raw copy for a fraction of the price. This brings me back to my youth days of collecting and what I'm noticing is I'm less concerned about centering and more into just enjoying the card itself. So those that follow this thread I'm guessing I'm going to continue picking up a mix of raw and graded and continue to explore having fun.

So while this isnt a huge pickup or anything, it was sort of my test run on a cheap raw card and i'm really happy with the result

Love this card! 60s/70s leader cards are really under appreciated with all the attention heaped on RCs. Talk about bang for the buck with this one�.3 HOFers for the price of one! Look forward to seeing more of these.

gustomania · #3 04-13-2022, 12:33 PM

Been a while but added one I don�t have, love these PSA 1 Venezuelans

gustomania · #4 05-08-2022, 03:27 PM

Added a few new ones, thanks to Bruce on the 57. Didn�t have this leader card and glad to add this one

jingram058 · #5 05-08-2022, 05:19 PM

Nothing but fabulous cards in this thread! I think Sandy Koufax is my favorite pitcher of all-time in the history of baseball. So happy to have 2 full game TV broadcast videos (Kinescope) from the 1965 World Series, including game 7, in order to see him in action, and also 2 partial radio broadcasts of 2 of his no-hitters, including the 1965 perfect game (only the 9th inning, but still, it's Vin Scully...).

cgjackson222 · #6 05-10-2022, 04:01 PM

Just a random thought: Sandy Koufax seems to have been spared by Topps as having none of his images duplicated on his different cards.

Even his close up head shot on the '55 and '56 are different. A lot of the other players, such as Clemente, Aaron, Mays, Banks all have the same head shots on the '55 and '56 cards.

The only Koufax image on the front of the card that I am aware of that was used twice is the small action picture on the '60 Topps was used as the '61 front.

I realize Koufax's career was relatively short, limiting the chance for duplicates, but it still seems like he lucked out.

You've got players like Willie Mays, where they used the same close-up head shot 3 years in a row ('54-'56) and the same image (just cropped) between '65 and '68 and again between '66 and '69.

gustomania · #7 05-10-2022, 05:31 PM

Agree, he has good diversity within his run, and a good amount of leader cards as well. Good catch, the Mays example probably wouldn�t bug me much if I collected him, but obviously would imagine all would�ve liked some variety!

Quote:

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Just a random thought: Sandy Koufax seems to have been spared by Topps as having none of his images used on his different cards.

Even his close up head shot on the '55 and '56 are different. A lot of the other players, such as Clemente, Aaron, Mays, Banks all have the same head shots on the '55 and '56 cards.

The only Koufax image on the front of the card that I am aware of that was used twice is the small action picture on the '60 Topps was used as the '61 front.

I realize Koufax's career was relatively short, limiting the chance for duplicates, but it still seems like he lucked out.

You've got players like Willie Mays, where they used the same close-up head shot 3 years in a row ('54-'56) and the same image (just cropped) between '65 and '68 and again between '66 and '69.

gustomania · #8 05-10-2022, 05:34 PM

Pretty cool, and agree on Mr. Scully�.

Wish there was a lot more video on him, would have been something to see him in person�.I always wondered if the buzz was different in the stadium back in the 60s when Koufax pitched compared to modern baseball.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jingram058

Nothing but fabulous cards in this thread! I think Sandy Koufax is my favorite pitcher of all-time in the history of baseball. So happy to have 2 full game TV broadcast videos (Kinescope) from the 1965 World Series, including game 7, in order to see him in action, and also 2 partial radio broadcasts of 2 of his no-hitters, including the 1965 perfect game (only the 9th inning, but still, it's Vin Scully...).

clydepepper · #9 05-10-2022, 07:03 PM

I've had this one for a while, but don't think I've posted it:

1961 Topps #344- SANDY KOUFAX SGC-96 Mint - Lionel Carter Collection.jpg

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
WTB '56 Adventure Schmelling - Raw	Tao_Moko	Boxing / Wrestling Cards & Memorabilia Forum	0	06-06-2020 08:16 AM
Looking to trade Adventure Gum	sb1	Everything Else, Football, Non-Sports etc.. B/S/T	0	07-15-2018 01:03 PM
New Collecting Adventure	Spiegel83	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	6	01-23-2013 07:45 PM
Custom card project -- a '57 Koufax alt	Bob Lemke	Postwar Baseball Cards Forum (Pre-1980)	6	06-25-2010 10:48 PM
1956 Adventure Max Schmeling.	Archive	Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions	7	07-28-2002 06:27 PM