1970s to 1980s Topps Baseball HOFers and Rookies Group, Marino RC (150)

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2023

This is yet another old-fashioned style auction lot of primarily 1970s and 1980s Topps Baseball, plus a huge number of important Rookie cards from the 1980s new manufacturers, an array that features more than four dozen Rookie cards, including many of the most important and coveted from the 1970s and 1980s, plus dozens of classic cards of HOFers from the 1970s. The group is broadly Excellent to Near-Mint in the 1970s and Near-Mint or better after 1981, with some exceptions noted, headlined by Rookie cards from the likes of Fingers, Carter, Rice, Hernandez, Dawson, Murray and Ozzie Smith, along with the popular post-1981 Rookie card brigade of Ripken, Puckett, Gwynn, Clemens, Bonds, Thomas, Randy Johnson, Piazza, Sosa and many others. The 1970s Hall of Fame roster features a couple of Clementes, Nolan Ryan (5), Gibson (2), Killebrew, Munson (2), Yastrzemski and Perez, to name a few. There is also a pair of 2000 Peoria Chiefs Albert Pujols Minor-League Rookies, plus that famous Upper Deck Michael Jordan baseball card from 1991, and – just to make sure everybody was paying attention – a 1984 Topps Dan Marino Rookie card. In the listing that follows, the player’s regular-issue card is featured unless otherwise indicated. The breakdown: 1) 1969 Topps Fingers Rookie – Very Good o/c; 2) 1973 Topps (7) – including Clemente (2, Ex-Mt and Fair), Ryan (Very Good), Gibson, Perez and Yastrzemski; 3) 1974 Topps (3) – Ryan (Excellent-Plus), Perez and Gibson; 4) 1975 Topps (19) – Carter, Rice and Hernandez Rookies, Munson (2), Killebrew, Gibson, Perez and Brooks Robinson (Good); 5) 1976 Topps (3) – Ryan, Perez and Guidry Rookie; 6) 1977 Topps (5) – two (2) Dawson Rookies, Ryan, Perez and Hunter; 7) 1978 Topps (5) – Murray Rookie (o/c), Molitor/Trammell Rookie (mc), and Ryan; 8) 1979 Topps Ozzie Smith Rookie (o/c); 9) 1980s Topps Rookies (12) – 1982 Ripken (two, diamond cuts), 1983 Gwynn, 1985 Puckett (3), 1985 Clemens, 1987 Topps Traded McGriff, 1987 Topps Bonds, 1987 O-Pee-Chee Bonds, 1989 Randy Johnson and 1992 Bowman Piazza; 10) 1980s Donruss, Fleer and Upper Deck Rookies – 1982 Donruss Ripken, 1985 Donruss Puckett, 1988 Fleer Edgar Martinez, 1989 Donruss Maddux (2), 1989 Donruss Rookies Randy Johnson (2) and1990 Leaf Thomas and Sosa; 11) 1984 Topps Dan Marino Rookie and 1991 Upper Deck Michael Jordan; 12) 2000 Peoria Chiefs Pujols (2); and 12) Miscellaneous (80) – about three dozen 1970s Topps and balance 1990s Prospects and Draft Picks.