After going through the entire 1971 Topps set card-by-card, we were emboldened and decided to dig into another extremely condition-sensitive issue: 1962 Topps. The “woodgrain” borders of the ’62 set are prone to chipping, much like the black-bordered 1971 Topps cards. Atrocious centering exacerbates the condition issues with this set, as do 1960s Topps print …
Over the past two days, I’ve been delicately removing 1971 Topps from their photo album. Yet another stunning discovery from the Texas find, these cards were quite clearly collected in 1971, and carefully stored away in the album shortly thereafter. The set is complete, each card in remarkably consistent condition. The ever-present edge chipping is …
Over the past week or so, we’ve been culling through binders of mostly modern material from the Texas find, pulling out some of the key cards for grading. Yesterday, we opened a binder that contained what we initially thought was a complete set of 1967 Topps hockey. Upon further review, we discovered that the last …
Several weeks ago, we were referred to a family in Texas that was interested in selling what was described to us as a “run of sets.” After a few phone conversations, the family agreed to consign the collection in its entirety to Love of the Game. During the last conversation, when we discussed how I would …
