October 26, 2023: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2023
Offered is a complete set of the 1969 Topps Baseball issue, a collector-grade example that is found here in a condition range a bit wider than typically encountered in mature collections, essentially Good to Ex-Mt, with roughly 10 percent above the range and 13 percent below. Overall, it comes out to 10 percent Near-Mint, 30 percent Ex-Mt, 23 percent Excellent, 23 percent Very Good, 11 percent Good and 2 percent Fair. About 1/3 of the set has the kind of centering that might typically prompt thoughts of an upgrade, though not all of those would be severe enough to dictate a formal off-center designation. Here’s the breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No.1 League Leaders – Very Good, 2 Leaders – VG, 3 Leaders – Near-Mint, 4 Leaders – Good, 5 Leaders – VG-Ex, 20 Banks – VG-Ex, 24 Alston – Good, 35 Morgan – VG-Ex (Rough Cut), 50 Clemente – Good, 57 Checklist – Nr-Mt, 75 Aparicio – Good, 82 Oliver Rookie – Ex-Mt, 85 Brock – VG, 90 Koosman – Good, 95 Bench – Good, 99 Nettles Rookie – Fair, 100 Aaron – Good, 107 Checklist – VG o/c, 120 Rose – Fair (mk), 120 Yastrzemski – Ex-Plus o/c, 190 Mays – VG, 200 Gibson – Ex, 214 Checklist – Good (mk), 235 Hunter – VG-Ex, 250 Frank Robinson – Ex-Plus, 255 Carlton – Good, 260 Jackson Rookie – Fair, 295 Perez – Ex-Plus, 314 Checklist – VG-Ex, 370 Marichal – VG-Ex, 375 Killebrew – VG, 385 Cepeda – VG-Ex, 400 Drysdale – VG-Ex, 410 Kaline – Ex-Mt, 412 Checklist – Good (mk), 424 Rose All-Star – VG-Ex, 425 Yastrzemski All-Star – Good, 430 Bench All-Star – Good, 440 McCovey – Ex-Mt, 450 Williams – VG, 460 Torre – VG, 480 Seaver – VG-Ex o/c, 500 Mantle – Good, 504 Checklist – Nr-Mt, 510 Carew – Nr-Mt o/c, 533 Ryan – Good, 545 Stargell – Ex-Mt o/c, 550 Brooks Robinson – Fair, 564 Hodges – Ex-Mt, 570 Santo – Good, 572 Giants Heroes – Fair, 573 Palmer – Good o/c, 597 Fingers Rookie – VG-Ex, 600 Oliva – Ex-Plus, 640 Jenkins – VG and 650 Ted Williams – Good.
1969 Topps Baseball Complete Set (664)
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