August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
This is nice collectible example of the 1973 Topps Baseball set, the company’s last issue that was produced by series over the course of the spring and summer. This offering is largely Ex-Mt to Near-Mint in a binder, with some below and the emphasis to Ex-Mt. As is often found in older collections, condition can improve in later series, and such is the case here, with a significant number of Near-Mint cards turning up in later series. A total of 10 key cards have been slabbed by PSA: No. 50 Clemente – PSA 7, No. 160 Palmer – PSA 7, No. 175 Frank Robinson – PSA 7, No. 193 Fisk – PSA 8, No. 220 Ryan – PSA 7, No. 255 Jackson – PSA 7, No. 330 Carew – PSA 7, No.350 Seaver – PSA 7, No. 380 Bench – PSA 7 and No. 615 Schmidt Rookie – PSA 7. Breakdown of keys and condition anomalies in raw cards: No. 1 Home Run Leaders – Excellent, 10 Sutton – VG-Ex, 11 – Good, 28 – Ex, 30 – Ex, 31 – Ex, 33 - VG-Ex, 46 – VG-Ex, 84 Fingers – VG-Ex, 80 Brooks Robinson – Ex, 100 Aaron – VG-Ex, 107 – VG-Ex, 115 Santo – Ex-Mt o/c, 130 Rose – Ex-Plus, 142 Munson – Ex, 165 Aparicio – Near-Mint, 170 Killebrew – Nr-Mt, 180 Jenkins – Ex-Mt, 181 – Ex, 190 Gibson – Ex-Mt-Plus, 199 Blyleven – Nr-Mt, 200 Billy Williams – Ex-Mt, 214 – VG, 221 – VG-Ex, 230 Morgan – Good, 235 Hunter – Ex-Mt, 237 Mathews – VG-Ex, 245 Yastrzemski – Ex-Mt, 257 Berra – Ex-Mt, 280 Kaline – Ex-Mt, 291 – VG, 296 Anderson – VG-Ex, 300 Carlton – VG, 305 Mays – Ex-Mt-Plus, 320 Brock – Ex-Mt, 325 – VG-Ex, 328 – VG, 338 Checklist – VG, 400 Perry – Ex-Mt, 403 – Ex, 410 McCovey – Ex-Mt, 421 – VG, 432 – VG-Ex, 450 Torre – Ex-Mt, 471 Cobb Leader – VG-Ex, 473 Aaron Leader – Nr-Mt, 474 Ruth Leader – Ex-Plus, 475 Cobb Leader – Ex-Mt, 480 Marichal – VG-Ex, 503 Niekro – Ex-Mt-Plus, 545 Cepeda – Nr-Mt, 547 – VG-Ex, 548 – VG-Ex, 549 Herzog – Ex, 567 – Ex, 569 Alston – Ex, 574 – VG, 575 – VG, 576 – Ex, 592 – VG-Ex, 614 Evans Rookie – Nr-Mt and 624 Durocher – Ex-Mt.
1973 Topps Baseball Complete Set, Schmidt Rookie PSA 7 (660)
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