Building a complete high quality set of 1966 Topps football cards

A difficult set to build is an exciting challenge. The 1966 Topps football series is a tough series to collect in high quality due to the cheaper paper quality and damage from cutting and is ripe for the challenge. A complete set of PSA 8’s (priced individually) is worth around $10,000.

Centered with Good Corners

The mandate is to shoot for graded PSA 9’s but settle for a complete set of PSA 8’s. The minimum criteria for a 1966 card must be PSA 10 centering and a clean mark-free surface, letting all other elements of the card dictate the balance of the grade. At this point, the primary element with an impact on value is the corners, however 8 corners are the bare minimum. One of the main criteria for this decision is that a number of cards in the series are virtually impossible to find in a grade higher than 8.

Start Date

April 2020

Cards Acquired

40 / 132

Raw Cards

USD $780

(ave. $19.50 / card)

Cards Graded

1 Grading Costs

$75

Total

$855

Returned Graded Cards

1966 Topps Otis Taylor

PSA 9
Population 1 of 13
None higher
Cert#: 49404190

Raw Cards out for grading

Card	Player	Cost	Looks-Like Grade	Actual Grade	Certificate	Poss. Value
1	Tommy Anderson	15.00	8.0
2	Houston Antwine	30.00	8.0
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	Jon Morris	23.00	8.0
11
12	Babe Parilli	54.00	9.0
13
14
15
16
17	Glenn Bass	7.00	9.0
18
19	Al Bemiller	10.00	8.0
20	Butch Byrd	41.00	8.0
21
22
23	Elbert Dubenion	11.00	8.0
24	Jim Dunaway	22.00	9.0
25	Dick Hudson	10.00	8.0
26
27	Daryle Lamonica	11.00	8.0
28
29
30
31
32	Cookie Gilchrist	56.00	8.0
33
34	Wendell Hayes	21.00	8.0
35
36
37
38
39	Ray Kubala	24.00	8.0
40
41	Leroy Moore	28.00	8.0
42	Bob Scarpitto	7.00	8.0
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55	Willie Frazier	8.00	8.0
56
57	Charles Hennigan	6.00	9.0
58
59	Rich Michael	22.00	8.0
60
61
62	Fred Arbanas	62.00	9.0
63
64
65
66
67
68	Jon Gilliam	18.00	8.0
69	Sherrill Headrick	6.00	8.0
70
71
72
73
74
75	Otis Taylor	137.00	9.0	9.0	49404190	1,150.00
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83	Bo Roberson	49.00	8.0
84
85	Jim Warren	9.00	8.0
86
87
88
89
90
91	Sam Deluca	18.00	8.0
92
93
94
95
96
97
98	Gerry Philbin	56.00	9.0
99	Sherman Plunkett	6.00	8.0
100
101
102	Matt Snell	24.00	8.0
103	Jim Turner	11.00	8.0
104
105	Bill Budness	8.00	8.0
106	Billy Cannon	42.00	8.0
107	Clem Daniels	31.00	8.0
108
109
110	Claude Gibson	6.00	8.0
111
112
113
114	Gus Otto	35.00	8.0
115
116	Art Powell	7.00	8.0
117
118
119
120
121	Steve Delong	2.00	8.0
122
123
124
125
126	Walt Sweeney	43.00	8.0
127
128
129
130
131	Ernie Wright	39.00	8.0
132
	Total	1,015.00
	USD	780.77				1,150.00