November 17, 2022: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022
Presented is the 1974 Topps Baseball issue, nearly complete at 656/660 cards and also including the 44-card Traded subset. The offered set is found here in a slightly wider condition range than might be typically encountered in mature collection, broadly Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below and quite a few reaching Near-Mint status. The four missing cards are: No. 20 Ryan, No. 207 League Leaders, No. 456 Winfield Rookie and No. 637. This was the first year that Topps produced the entire issue all at once rather than releasing cards month-by-month through the spring and summer; the offered set boasts excellent color and gloss and a handsome, uniform and consistent presentation, an assessment that applies to the Traded subset as well. Breakdown of keys: No. 1 Aaron – Good, 2 Aaron Special – Very Good, 3 Aaron Special – Good, 4 Aaron Special – Good, 5 Aaron Special – Good, 6 Aaron Special – Excellent-Plus, 7 Hunter – VG, 10 Bench – VG-Ex, 15 Torre – VG-Ex, 35 Perry – VG, 40 Palmer – Ex m/c, 50 Carew – VG, 55 Frank Robinson – Near-Mint, 60 Brock – VG-Ex, 80 Seaver – VG, 83 Cepeda – Ex-Mt, 85 Morgan – Ex, 87 Jenkins – VG, 95 Carlton – Good, 100 Stargell – Ex, 110 Williams – Ex, 126 Checklist – Good, 130 Jackson – Good, 160 Brooks Robinson – VG-Ex, 179 Berra – Ex-Plus, 190 Oliva – Nr-Mt, 215 Kaline – VG, 230 Perry – Nr-Mt, 250 McCovey – Good, 252 Parker Rookie – VG-Ex, 260 Simmons – VG, 263 Checklist – Ex-Mt (mk), 270 Santo – VG-Ex, 272 Checklist – Good (mk), 280 Yastrzemski – Ex, 283 Schmidt – VG, 300 Rose – Good, 340 Munson – Ex, 350 Gibson – VG-Ex, 400 Killebrew – VG, 414 Checklist – Good (mk), 473 World Series Mays – Ex-Mt-Plus, 600 Madlock Rookie – VG-Ex, 634 Mathews – VG and Traded Checklist – VG-Ex (mk).
1974 Topps Baseball Near Set With Traded (700)
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