July 15, 2021: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2021
Presented is a nice collectible basically Excellent to Near-Mint 1970 Topps Baseball near set, with roughly 25 percent of the array below Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with most of that to Excellent. The offered lot provides a nice consistent presentation of the classic “Grey Lady,” Topps’ first set of the decade of the 1970s and a popular starting point for legions of modern collectors. The near set is missing only the No. 712 Nolan Ryan card. The breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 1 Mets Team – VG-Ex, 10 Yastrzemski – VG-Ex, 17 Wilhelm – VG-Ex, 61 League Leaders – Very Good, 62 League Leaders – VG-Ex, 120 Bando – VG, 128 Checklist – VG, 140 Jackson – Ex-Mt-Plus, 148 Weaver – Excellent, 150 Killebrew – Ex-Mt, 160 Niekro – Ex-Mt-Plus, 170 Williams – Ex, 181 Anderson – VG m/c, 189 Munson Rookie – VG-Ex, 190 Torre – VG-Ex, 197 Playoffs Ryan – VG, 210 Marichal – VG-Ex, 211 Williams – Ex-Mt-Plus, 220 Carlton – Near-Mint, 230 Brooks Robinson – VG-Ex, 240 Jenkins – Nr-Mt, 250 McCovey – VG-Ex, 290 Carew – VG-Ex, 300 Seaver – Ex-Mt, 315 Aparicio – VG, 316 – Good, 330 Brock – Nr-Mt, 343 Checklist – VG-Ex, 346 Schoendienst – Ex-Mt-Plus, 350 Clemente – Nr-Mt, 380 Perez – VG-Ex, 394 Hodges – Nr-Mt, 399 Yankees Team – Ex-Plus, 432 Checklist – Ex, 449 Palmer – Nr-Mt o/c, 458 Rose All-Star – Ex-Mt, 459 Jackson All-Star – Ex-Plus, 462 Aaron All-Star – Ex-Mt-Plus, 453 Frank Robinson All-Star – VG, 470 Stargell – VG-Ex, 500 Aaron – VG, 502 Fingers – Ex-Mt-Plus, 530 Gibson – VG, 555 Cepeda – VG, 560 Perry – Ex-Mt, 565 Hunter – Ex-Mt-Plus, 580 Rose – Ex-Mt, 600 Mays – Nr-Mt o/c, 630 Banks – VG-Ex, 640 Kaline – Ex-Mt-Plus, 660 Bench – VG-Ex, 670 Santo – Ex-Plus, 700 Frank Robinson – Ex-Mt-Plus and 713 Mariners Team – Nr-Mt.
1970 Topps Baseball Near Set (719/720)
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