March 21, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2019
This is an enormous aggregation of many of the most important basketball issues from the 1990s, along with a near-complete set from the unique 1980-81 Topps Basketball issue, with virtually all in the same pristine condition as originally issued, just as they came off the presses, and in many instances in original factory boxes. That 1980-81 Topps set, the three-on-one offering that featured three cards with perforations making a complete set of 176, is presented here in atypical fashion, with the cards detached at the perforations. There are 19 cards missing from a complete set; the Bird/Erving/Magic cards are in very nice condition and the entire group has been very carefully perforated. The missing cards: Nos. 25, 38, 45, 52, 72, 95, 107, 181, 194, 208, 213, 215, 217, 226, 228, 238, 244, 247 and 249. In addition to the vast grouping of pristine complete sets, there are three factory hockey sets detailed at the end of the listing. The breakdown of sets: Topps – 1992-93 Topps factory (396) with cellophane and 1992-93 Topps Series One (198); Upper Deck – 1991-92 Upper Deck factory (500), 1991-92 Upper Deck set (500) with two Jordan Holograms and several others, 1992-93 Upper Deck (510), 1993-94 Upper Deck (255); Fleer – 1990-91 Fleer (198), 1991-92 Fleer (400), 1992-93 Fleer (264); (2) 1993-94 Fleer (240 each), 1992-93 Fleer Ultra (375); Hoops – 1989-90 Hoops (353), 1990-91 Hoops (440), 1991-92 Hoops (590), 1992-93 Hoops (490), 1993-94 Hoops (110) plus extras; 1990-91; SkyBox - SkyBox (423), 1991-92 SkyBox (659), 1992-93 SkyBox (413), 1993-94 SkyBox (341); Hockey – 1990 Fleer Update (100) box with cellophane, 1990-91 Upper Deck Update (150) box with cellophane, and 1990 Bowman Hockey factory set (264) with cellophane.
1980-81 Topps Basketball Near Set and Huge Hoard of Mostly 1990s Pristine Hoops Sets From All Manufacturers (25)
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