July 21, 2022: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022
Presented here is a very impressive example of the 1970 Topps Baseball issue, found here in a uniform mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint or better condition, with some below and the emphasis to the upper end of the spectrum. This is a nice representation of the iconic “Grey Lady,” the company’s largest-ever issue to that date and a popular starting point for a generation of collectors. There are a total of 31 Hall of Famers featured in the array, including some of the Tier One keys, along with 20 cards from the All-Stars Subset, 16 High Numbers above No. 634 and all 12 of the League Leaders. The breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 1 Mets Team – Ex-Mt-Plus, 9 Checklist – Excellent (mk), 10 Yastrzemski – Ex-Mt-Plus, 17 Wilhelm – Ex, 21 Blue Rookie – Near-Mint o/c, 61 NL Leaders – Nr-Mt-Plus m/c, 75 Kaat – Nr-Mt-Plus, 128 Checklist – VG, 133 – Good, 136 – Good, 143 – Fair, 149 – Good, 154 – Fair, 161 – Fair, 165 – Good, 169 – VG, 170 Williams – Good, 181 Anderson – Good, 182 – Fair, 183 – Good, 185 – Fair, 189 Munson – Good, 190 Torre – VG-Ex, 195 World Series – VG, 198 World Series – Fair, 199 World Series – Good, 205 – Good, 210 Marichal – Nr-Mt, 211 Williams – Ex, 230 Brooks Robinson – Fair, 233 – Good, 236 – Fair, 237 – VG, 238 – VG, 240 Jenkins – VG, 250 McCovey – Ex-Mt, 262 – Good, 263 – VG, 280 – Good, 290 Carew – Ex-Mt, 300 Seaver – VG, 315 Aparicio – Nr-Mt, 321 – Good, 330 Brock – Ex, 346 Schoendienst – Ex-Mt, 360 Perez – Ex-Mt-Plus, 362 – Fair, 394 Hodges – Ex, 456 – VG, 458 Rose All-Star – Nr-Mt-Plus o/c, 459 Jackson All-Star – Good, 461 Yastrzemski – Ex-Mt, 462 Aaron All-Star – VG-Ex, 464 Bench All-Star – VG, 470 Stargell – VG, 500 Aaron – Nr-Mt, 502 Fingers – Ex-Mt-Plus, 510 Oliva – Ex-Plus, 516 – Good, 530 Gibson – Ex-Plus, 537 Morgan – Nr-Mt o/c, 555 Cepeda – Ex-Plus, 560 Perry – VG, 565 Hunter – Ex-Mt, 580 Rose – Good, 600 Mays – Fair, 630 Banks – Good (minimum size) and 700 Frank Robinson – Nr-Mt m/c (Diamond Cut).
1970 Topps Baseball High-Grade Partial Set (586/720)
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