Great video John, this is my 2nd favorite set from the 1970's with 1972 being my favorite. If I could pick one card from 1976 it would be the Bench. To me, it is the best looking card in the set and I'd take the Aaron second.
Thanks! I love that Bench as well. You can tell that the image is from some play that just took place, so it's not your usual portrait or even regular action shot of a player.
Hi John. I have to agree with you that the 76 cards were the best looking of the 70's. I was surprised also that the Eckersley wasn't higher. Also surprised that the Jim Rice was as low, being a second year card, like the Brett was. Seems like Rice just doesn't get the love I think he deserves. Thanks for the work John.
Thanks Stephen. I'm not too surprised with the Rice and Eckersley. While it's Rice's second year and Eckersley's rookie, they just aren't as popular in the hobby as the other players that made the list. I think the only reason why the Simmons made the list was the low population.
The fact that a PSA 10 Simmons sold for for $170 in 2015 goes to show how crazy and unsustainable the prices of graded cards have gotten. Also, that the Aaron has only one graded a 10 while the others have dozens shows PSA grading is biased.
The sale of the Simmons was before he was elected to the hall of fame. Once he did, there were a bunch of collectors who now need his cards for hall of fame runs, etc. So with so little supply, especially in a PSA 10, I'm not too surprised that the price for that PSA 10 jumped up quite a bit. As for the Aaron, I don't know if being card #1 in the set has anything to do with the lack of PSA 10 copies. Usually the first cards in a set have more condition issues as back then they would be at the top of a stack of cards, usually kept together with a rubber band or in contact with whatever they were stored in. The Brett is just so hard to find well centered as I believe is was on the end of a sheet with a larger border so when they were cut many have a larger border on the left than the right.
I have 8 of 10 of those from when I was young, I sold the RC of schmidt for $650, yes, I know its was not a 1976! But I have a number of the George Brett for 1976 so maybe I will send them to get em graded, though I think PSA is ripping us all off at the prices they charge and news of them smugging cards is not good, maybe try someone else!!
I like the 1976 set it's a nice set in my top 10 it's not first place it's not last place it's around 6th or 7th place or soQ!! that is a very nice image of Johnny Bench , when me and my friend use to do card shows back in the day I want to say around the early 90's I bought a George Brett and sold it for a profit.
Thanks for the video, John. Surprised that the Eckersley rookie didn't rank # 1 or 2 or there are no PSA 10's of Hank Aaron ( nice last issued card of him). We can only speculate what some of the other ranked cards would sell for in higher grades, especially the Ted Simmons, seeing that he's a recent elected member of the HOF.
Thanks Kevin. I'm not too surprised that Eckersley didn't rank higher. While it is his rookie card, there are a good number of graded examples in an 8 and he's not as popular in the hobby as some of the other players that made the list.
Thank you very much much for the detailed video! Is the evaluation of the George Brett baseball card only for the centered cards or does it include the off center as well?
It's just based on the number grade. It's possible that for lower grades (7 and lower) that one card could be a little more off center than another and both get the same grade. But once you get up to an 8 and higher, there is less chance you would have a card that is off center (unless it's really bad and they label it as off-center or miss cut). If so, a PSA 9 card marked off-center would usually sell for what a well-centered PSA 7 card would sell for.
Great video. Super cards from a great set. Did not know that information about George Brett. Did not realize that he would be that high. Thanks for sharing.
Great video John, this is my 2nd favorite set from the 1970's with 1972 being my favorite. If I could pick one card from 1976 it would be the Bench. To me, it is the best looking card in the set and I'd take the Aaron second.
Thanks! I love that Bench as well. You can tell that the image is from some play that just took place, so it's not your usual portrait or even regular action shot of a player.
Hi John. I have to agree with you that the 76 cards were the best looking of the 70's. I was surprised also that the Eckersley wasn't higher. Also surprised that the Jim Rice was as low, being a second year card, like the Brett was. Seems like Rice just doesn't get the love I think he deserves. Thanks for the work John.
Thanks Stephen. I'm not too surprised with the Rice and Eckersley. While it's Rice's second year and Eckersley's rookie, they just aren't as popular in the hobby as the other players that made the list. I think the only reason why the Simmons made the list was the low population.
The fact that a PSA 10 Simmons sold for for $170 in 2015 goes to show how crazy and unsustainable the prices of graded cards have gotten. Also, that the Aaron has only one graded a 10 while the others have dozens shows PSA grading is biased.
The sale of the Simmons was before he was elected to the hall of fame. Once he did, there were a bunch of collectors who now need his cards for hall of fame runs, etc. So with so little supply, especially in a PSA 10, I'm not too surprised that the price for that PSA 10 jumped up quite a bit. As for the Aaron, I don't know if being card #1 in the set has anything to do with the lack of PSA 10 copies. Usually the first cards in a set have more condition issues as back then they would be at the top of a stack of cards, usually kept together with a rubber band or in contact with whatever they were stored in. The Brett is just so hard to find well centered as I believe is was on the end of a sheet with a larger border so when they were cut many have a larger border on the left than the right.
I have 8 of 10 of those from when I was young, I sold the RC of schmidt for $650, yes, I know its was not a 1976! But I have a number of the George Brett for 1976 so maybe I will send them to get em graded, though I think PSA is ripping us all off at the prices they charge and news of them smugging cards is not good, maybe try someone else!!
Hi David. Nice. While I prefer PSA, another good option (cheaper and faster) to send cards for grading is SGC.
I like the 1976 set it's a nice set in my top 10 it's not first place it's not last place it's around 6th or 7th place or soQ!!
that is a very nice image of Johnny Bench ,
when me and my friend use to do card shows back in the day I want to say around the early 90's I bought a George Brett and sold it for a profit.
Thanks for watching Mark!
Thanks for the video, John. Surprised that the Eckersley rookie didn't rank # 1 or 2 or there are no PSA 10's of Hank Aaron ( nice last issued card of him). We can only speculate what some of the other ranked cards would sell for in higher grades, especially the Ted Simmons, seeing that he's a recent elected member of the HOF.
Thanks Kevin. I'm not too surprised that Eckersley didn't rank higher. While it is his rookie card, there are a good number of graded examples in an 8 and he's not as popular in the hobby as some of the other players that made the list.
Super interesting seeing the prices these cards go for. I think that Pete Rose was my favorite image. Thanks for sharing John!
Thanks Doug!
Good stuff John. There are definitely some great cards in this set, but the Rose and Bench are hard to beat.
Thanks Russel. They are two great looking cards for sure!
Thank you very much much for the detailed video!
Is the evaluation of the George Brett baseball card only for the centered cards or does it include the off center as well?
It's just based on the number grade. It's possible that for lower grades (7 and lower) that one card could be a little more off center than another and both get the same grade. But once you get up to an 8 and higher, there is less chance you would have a card that is off center (unless it's really bad and they label it as off-center or miss cut). If so, a PSA 9 card marked off-center would usually sell for what a well-centered PSA 7 card would sell for.
Great video. Super cards from a great set. Did not know that information about George Brett. Did not realize that he would be that high. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ed! Yeah, I'm always shocked what some people will pay for a 10. The demand must really be out there.
Great video
Thank you!
Keep up the great videos
Thanks as always Titus!
The Brett card was on the coner of the sheets. That's why there off center.
Thanks. I figured the centering issues were due to where he was placed on the sheet, but I didn't know that he was a corner card.
Hey did you ever see 1976 card like this with a circle around the border
Not sure what you are referring to. What circle?
Suprised no Gary Carter.
Well, PSA 8s only go for around $60. Even PSA 9s only go for around $155.