April 5, 2018: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2018
This is a huge and impressive array of legendary NBA Hall of Famers and Stars from the fabled 1970’s, headlined by a nice group of PSA-slabbed Hall of Famers, an imposing group of 1970’s HOFers and stars, including nearly 100 cards from the classic oversized, rookie-laden issues from 1969-70 and 1970-71 Topps. There are more than 70 Hall of Famers included in the lineup. We’ll start with the slabbed cards (10), which includes two PSA 9’s, six PSA – 8’s and two PSA 7’s: 1971 Topps Murphy No. 58 – PSA 9, 1978 Topps Maravich – PSA 7, 1978 Topps Parish No. 86 – PSA 8, 1978 Topps Walton No. 1 – PSA 7, 1980 Topps Cheeks/Magic/Boone – PSA 8 o/c, 1980 Topps Rebound Leader Bridgeman/Bird/Brewer – PSA 8, 1980 Topps Long/Magic/Boone – PSA 8, 1992 Upper Deck O’Neal No. 1 – PSA 9, 1992 Classic 4 Sport O’Neal – PSA 8 and 1992 Topps O’Neal No. 362 – PSA 8; 1969-70 Topps (39), generally Very Good, a few Excellent and a few below, with a bit of duplication - Hazzard, Rodgers, Wilkens, Greer (Ex), Walker (2) and Bellamy; 1970-71 Topps (52), generally Excellent, a few Ex-Mt and a few Very Good, with four SP’s – Bellamy, Monroe, Hudson, Walker (2), Unseld, Wilkens, Thurmond and Johnson; 1972-73 Topps (100), generally Ex-Mt, some Excellent, with minimal duplication, with more than a dozen NBA Playoffs and All-Stars, with perhaps 1/3 having the kind of centering that might prompt an upgrade, though not all of those would be severe enough to dictate an off-center designation – Johnson (2), Hudson, Scott and Walker; 1973-74 Topps (63), mostly Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with a few below and the emphasis to Nr-Mt and some duplication – Monroe, King (2), Issel (2), Wilkes, Unseld (3), White (3), Lucas, West All-Star, Debusschere, Goodrich, McGinnis (2), Thompson (2), Haywood (2), Maxwell (2) and Dantley; 1974-75 Topps (12), mostly Ex, couple Ex-Mt – Gervin, Cunningham, two League Leaders, Team Leader; 1975-76 Topps (17), Ex to Ex-Mt, a few below – Bradley, Maravich, Walton, Checklist, two Team Leaders, four Teams; 1976-77 Topps (57), this is the standout group of the lot, Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with blazing colors and sharp corners and a bit of duplication – Silas, Carr, Barnes and Marin; 1977-78 Topps (4), Ex to Ex-Mt, with Hudson and McGinnis.
1970’s Topps Basketball Grouping, Six Dozen HOFers, 10 Slabbed (354)
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