1969-77 Topps Basketball and Hockey HOFers (254), Rookies and Stars (1,650)

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This is an old-time auction lot with samplings from many of the great vintage basketball and hockey issues from the 1960s and 1970s, a group loaded with 254 Hall of Famers and stars (110 basketball, 144 hockey), found in a relatively wide condition range and offering a unique opportunity to pick up so many valuable and coveted cards in one setting. In some of the years – typically the ones with larger card totals – there can be some duplication, often touching the key cards in the issue. The hoops lineup features the likes of Pete Maravich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, David Thompson, Earl Monroe and Dr. J, to name a few, with cards from 1972-75 broadly in Excellent to Near-Mint condition with some below, and mostly Near-Mint of better after that. In the listings that follow, the cards listed are the players’ regular-issue version unless otherwise indicated. Here’s the breakdown: Basketball - 1972 Topps (75) – including Maravich, Issell, Daniels, Barry and Unseld, plus eight (8) Playoff Subset cards and 14 League Leaders; 1974 Topps (56) – including West (mk), Bing, Bellamy, Goodrich and nine (9) Team cards; 1975 Topps (61) – eight (8) Hall of Famers; 1978 (320) – with 56 Hall of Famers, including Maravich, Abdul-Jabbar (2), Erving, Thompson, Walton and Frazier (2); 1979 Topps (71) – with 30 HOFers, including Maravich (2), Abdul-Jabbar, Monroe (2), Walton (2), Murphy (2), Cowens, White, King, Maxwell, Goodrich, Lanier, Unseld, Birdsong (2), Archibald and McGinnis; there are a half-dozen cards from the Tri-Card 1980 Topps set, including the Long/Magic/Boone Rookie, plus six (6) of the famed “Tall Boys” from 1976, including Barry, Erving (Very Good), Cowens and McGinnis; Hockey – Condition range is similar to the basketball group, mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt with some below for 1971, Very Good to Excellent for a handful of 1972 Topps, Excellent to Near-Mint in 1974 and mostly Near-Mint or better from 1975 forward - 1971 Topps (58) – including Orr (2), Hull, Howe (Good – mk), Bucyk, Park, Vadnais, Cheevers, Goldsworthy, Mahovlich, Hodge, Gilbert (2), Smith, Cashman and Sanderson; 1972 Topps (16) – Mikita (Very Good), Tony Esposito, Smith, Worsley and Martin, plus five (5) Trophies (Nos. 173-175, Good); 1974 Topps (107) – including Lafleur, Dryden (2), Clarke All-Star, Bruins Leaders (Orr), Francis, Shero, Parent (Good), Leach, Cherry, Gilbert (2), Schultz, Parent All-Star and Goldsworthy (3); 1975 Topps (42) – 10 Team cards; 1976 Topps (70) – Mahovlich, Sanderson, Cashman, Marcotte and four (4) Team cards; and 1977 Topps (484) – including Potvin (2), Ratelle (3), MacLeish (2), Sittler (2), Savard (2), Giacomin (2), Dryden (4), McDonald (2), Bucyk (3), Vachon (2), Marcotte (6), Tony Esposito (2), Smith (4), Leach (2), Perreault (2), Dionne (4), Cheevers (2), Pronovost (2), Gilbert, Sanderson, Phil Esposito, Parent, Clarke, Martin and Potvin, plus 11 League Leaders, five (5) Checklists and 24 Team cards; 1977 Topps Glossy (50) – including LaFleur (2), Clarke (5), Dryden, Dionne (3), Cashman (2), Park (5) and Vachon (5); 1978 (143) – including Federko Rookie, Bossy Rookie (Near-Mint to Mint o/c), LaFleur, Park, Vadnais, Cheevers, Leach, Dionne, MacLeish (2), Cashman, Pronovost, Savard, Robinson and Berenson; and 1979 (82) – McLeish, Tony Esposito (2), Cheevers, Schultz, Dryden (2), Vadnais, Dionne, LaFleur (2), Federko (2), Smith (2) and four (4) Team cards; and a dozen or so miscellaneous cards.