August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
It was the very first baseball card set that Topps produced all at one time, bypassing the traditional series release over the spring and summer, giving 1974 Topps a distinctive ranking among its 1970 contemporaries. This particular offering is essentially as good as it gets, a blazing master set with the Washington variations and the Traded and Checklists inserts, all in a startling Near-Mint to Near-Mint to Mint condition, with a few Ex-Mt and the set pretty evenly divided between the first two grades. Five key cards have been slabbed by PSA, offering a nice glimpse into the wider condition range: No.98 Blyleven – PSA 8, No. 250 McCovey (Washington) – PSA 8, No. 280 Yastrzemski – PSA 8, No. 456 Winfield Rookie – PSA 8 and No. 542 Gossage – PSA 8. Breakdown of keys: No. 1 Aaron – Near-Mint, 2 Aaron Special – Excellent, 3 Aaron Special – Nr-Mt o/c, 5 Aaron Special – Ex-Mt o/c, 6 Aaron Special – Ex-Mt-Plus, 7 Hunter – Nr-Mt, 10 Bench – Near-Mint to Mint, 15 Torre – Nr-Mt, 20 Ryan – Ex-Mt, 29 Niekro – Nr-Mt, 40 Palmer – Nr-Mt to Mt, 50 Carew – Nr-Mt, 55 Frank Robinson – Nr-Mt to Mt, 60 Brock – Nr-Mt, 61 Aparicio – Nr-Mt to Mt, 80 Seaver – Ex-Mt, 85 Morgan – Nr-Mt, 95 Carlton – Nr-Mt to Mt o/c, 98 Blyleven – PSA 8, 100 Stargell – Nr-Mt to Mt, 130 Jackson – Nr-Mt-Plus, 144 Alston – Nr-Mt to Mt, 160 Brooks Robinson – Nr-Mt, 179 Berra – Nr-Mt, 212 Fingers – Nr-Mt to Mt, 215 Kaline – Nr-Mt, 230 Perez – Nr-Mt to Mt, 250 McCovey – Nr-Mt to Mt, 250 McCovey (Washington) – PSA 8, 252 Parker Rookie – Ex-Mt, 270 Santo – Ex-Mt, 280 Yastrzemski – PSA 8, 283 Schmidt – Ex-Mt-Plus, 300 Rose – Nr-Mt to Mt, 326 Anderson – Nr-Mt, 340 Munson – Nr-Mt to Mt, 350 Gibson – Ex-Mt-Plus, 456 Winfield Rookie – PSA 8, 542 Gossage – PSA 8 and 600 Madlock Rookie – Nr-Mt.
1974 Topps Baseball High-Grade Master Set, Five PSA Slabbed (743)
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