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

47 / 132

Raw Cards

USD $863.40

(ave. $18.37 / card)

Cards Graded

1 Grading Costs

$75

Total

$938.40

Returned Graded Cards

1966 Topps Otis Taylor

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

List of raw cards out for grading

Card	Player	Cost	Looks-Like Grade	Actual Grade	Certificate	Poss. Value	Notes
1	Tommy Anderson	14.91	8.0				Nicely centered and didn't think one that looks like a 9 will come along anytime soon
2	Houston Antwine	30.12	8.0				Beautifully centered and nice corners, super clean
3
4
5
6
7
8	Ron Hall	35.22	8.0
9
10	Jon Morris	22.05	8.0
11
12	Babe Parilli	51.21	9.0
13
14
15
16
17	Glenn Bass	7.13	9.0
18
19	Al Bemiller	9.31	8.0
20	Butch Byrd	38.36	8.0
21
22
23	Elbert Dubenion	10.29	8.0
24	Jim Dunaway	27.87	9.0				Incredible - sharp, nice corners and as clean as I've ever seen of this card
25	Dick Hudson	9.44	8.0
26
27	Daryle Lamonica	11.02	8.0
28	Tom Sestak	16.98	8.0
29
30
31
32	Cookie Gilchrist	53.15	8.0
33
34	Wendell Hayes	20.09	8.0
35
36
37
38	Charlie Janerette	6.55	8.0
39	Ray Kubala	23.35	8.0
40
41	Leroy Moore	26.57	8.0
42	Bob Scarpitto	7.13	8.0
43
44
45	Lionel Taylor	23.69	8.0
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55	Willie Frazier	10.86	8.0
56	Freddy Glick	16.00	8.0
57	Charles Hennigan	5.51	9.0
58
59	Rich Michael	20.78	8.0
60	Don Trull	9.03	8.0
61
62	Fred Arbanas	59.63	9.0
63
64
65
66
67
68	Jon Gilliam	16.86	8.0
69	Sherrill Headrick	6.26	8.0
70
71
72	Curtis McClinton	9.00	8.0
73
74
75	Otis Taylor	130.52	9.0	9.0	49404190	1,150.00
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83	Bo Roberson	46.67	8.0
84	Jack Spikes	15.49	8.0
85	Jim Warren	8.89	8.0
86
87
88
89
90
91	Sam Deluca	17.51	8.0
92
93
94
95
96
97
98	Gerry Philbin	53.12	9.0
99	Sherman Plunkett	5.51	8.0
100
101
102	Matt Snell	22.68	8.0
103	Jim Turner	20.09	8.0
104
105	Bill Budness	7.45	8.0
106	Billy Cannon	40.16	8.0
107	Clem Daniels	29.83	8.0
108
109
110	Claude Gibson	4.64	8.0				Nice edges and corners, well centered
111
112
113
114	Gus Otto	33.70	8.0
115
116	Art Powell	7.13	8.0
117
118
119
120
121	Steve Delong	1.62	8.0
122
123
124
125
126	Walt Sweeney	41.45	8.0
127
128
129
130
131	Ernie Wright	37.59	8.0
132
	Total	1,122.42
	USD	863.40				1,150.00
	Ave. / Card	21.06