November 17, 2022: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/17/2022
Offered is a highly attractive partial set of the popular 1970 Topps Basketball issue, found here in a uniform and consistent mostly Excellent to Near-Mint overall condition, with some above and below the range. This was the second year of the charming 2 ½-by-4 11/16-inch oversized cards, highlighted by bold background colors that are presented here to good effect, along with clean white-and-orange card backs. Overall, it comes out to 8 percent Near-Mint, 31 percent Ex-Mt, 20 percent Excellent, 28 percent Very Good to VG-Ex, with barely more than a dozen cards below, mostly to Good. A listing of the missing numbers appears at the end of this section. Here’s the breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 2 League Leaders – Fair, 3 League Leaders – Very Good, 5 League Leaders – Ex-Mt, 7 Bradley – Ex-Mt, 10 Havlicek – Ex-Mt-Plus, 13 Riley Rookie – VG-Ex, 18 Bellamy – Excellent, 46 Lucas – Ex-Mt, 65 Baylor – Near-Mint, 70 Hayes – Ex-Mt, 72 Unseld – Ex, 86 Nelson – Good, 90 Thurmond – Fair, 92 Johnson - VG-Ex, 93 Goodrich – Ex, 101 Checklist – Ex-Mt, 102 – Fair, 106 Frazier All-Star – Good, 107 West All-Star – VG-Ex, 109 Hawkins All-Star – VG-Ex, 111 Thurmond All-Star – Ex, 112 Havlicek All-Star – Ex-Mt, 113 Baylor All-Star – Fair, 114 Oscar All-Star – VG-Ex, 120 Frazier – Good, 125 Bing – Ex, 130 Hawkins – VG-Ex, 135 DeBusschere – Good, 137 Murphy Rookie – Ex-Mt, 140 Cunningham – Nr-Mt o/c, 143 White Rookie – VG-Ex, 148 Sloan Rookie – VG-Ex, 150 Reed – VG, 155 Greer – VG-Ex, 160 West – VG-Ex, 163 Sanders – Ex-Mt and 175 NBA Champs – VG-Ex. The missing numbers: No. 1, 4, 6, 20, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 37, 49, 50, 56, 60, 74, 75, 78, 80, 97, 100, 104, 108, 110, 123 and 142.
1970 Topps Basketball Partial Set (148/175)
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