July 21, 2022: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022
Presented is a large group of Topps baseball cards from the first half of the decade of the 1970s, an array that features an extraordinary number of more than 100 Hall of Famers and a boatload of Specials, All-Stars and stars, plus a high-grade complete-set example of the quirky 1977 Topps Cloth Sticker issue. A lower-grade 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt Rookie card headlines, along with better-grade examples from the likes of Clemente, Rose, Ryan, Ted Williams, Mays, Cepeda, Killebrew, Brooks Robinson, Winfield, Sutton and countless others, along with a number of the various Specials and subsets seeded throughout those six issues. The condition range is detailed for each segment and is often a bit wider than what might typically be encountered mature collections; as noted above, the charming 1977 Topps Cloth Sticker set (55) is found here in an outstanding Ex-Mt to Near-Mint condition. It’s an old-fashioned style auction lot, loaded with value and just begging for a good deal of close examination. We'll do our part with a comprehensive listing; in the text that follows, the card indicated is the player’s regular-issue version unless otherwise noted. The breakdown: 1970 Topps (100) – Very Good to Excellent, with some above and below the range – including Aaron (Fair), Blue Rookie, Buckner Rookie, Bunning, Cash, Tommy Davis, Kaat (2), Lolich, May, Pappas, Powell, Schoendienst (2), plus three All-Stars and three Specials; 1971 Topps (62) – Good to Excellent, including Alston, Carlton, Hodges, Jenkins, Kaline, Marichal (3), Mazeroski (3), Munson (Very Good), Sutton, Torre (2), Wilhelm and Ted Williams, plus Lolich (3), Martin, Murcer, Wills (4) and 12 League Leaders and six Checklists; 1972 Topps (118) – Very Good to Excellent, with some above and some below, including Anderson, Cepeda (2), Durocher, Gibson (2), Hunter, Killebrew (2), Killebrew In Action, Mays In Action (2), Munson, Palmer, Santo, Sutton, Ted Williams and Yastrzemski, plus six Team cards, 12 League Leaders and two World Series subset cards (Clemente); 1973 Topps (150) - Very Good to Excellent, with some above and some below, including Schmidt Rookie (Good), Alston (4), Anderson (4), Berra (2), Clemente (2), Gossage, Jackson, Kaline, Mays (m/c), Mauch (10), Brooks Robinson (4), Frank Robinson, Dick Williams (2) and Yastrzemski, plus eight Teams, seven All-Time Leaders, 17 League Leaders and 14 other Specials; the 1974 Topps section features about 400 cards from vending that boast all those coveted traits of pristine, uncirculated cardboard, and a second, larger group that includes three Hall of Famers and a vast number of stars, minor stars and Specials, the latter assortment just a rung lower on the condition range, broadly Excellent to Near-Mint, with some below. The vending group – blazing Near-Mint to Near-Mint to Mint monsters with vivid color and great gloss – is confined to Nos. 401-500, and boasts the coveted vending bend. The second group of approximately 600 cards, includes Winfield Rookies (2), Yastrzemski (2), Carlton, McCovey, Munson, Brooks Robinson (2), Frank Robinson, Gibson, Killebrew, Fisk (2), seven Aaron Specials, 17 Team cards, 26 World Series subset cards, three Checklists and a dozen of the Red Team Checklist cards; 1975 Topps (80) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above to Near-Mint, including Fisk (2), Jackson, Jenkins, Lynn Rookie, Munson, Oliva, Perez (2), Brooks Robinson (2), Frank Robinson, Rose, Ryan (Ex-Mt), Sutton, Billy Williams (3) and Winfield, plus 10 cards from the MVP subset (1956 and 1957 four each); 1975 Topps Minis (29) – even higher grades, mostly Near-Mint or better with vending bend; 1976 Topps (78) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, including Bench, Brock (3), Carlton, Morgan, Perez, Rice (4), Brooks Robinson, Schmidt, Stargell, Sutton and Yastrzemski (2), plus three League Leaders; and 1977 Topps Cloth Stickers complete set (55) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint.
1970-77 Topps Baseball Large Group, 110 HOFers Including Schmidt RC, Clemente, Ryan (1,645)
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