December 5, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/5/2013
Here are three complete sets of some of those quirky Topps inserts in the early 1970’s, more unique candidates for the Topps archives as the company dabbled in finding the appropriate bonus items to insert in the packs of their mainstream baseball and football issues.
This grouping includes the 24-card 1971 Topps Scratch-Off Baseball inserts, found here in basically Excellent condition. Scratch-Offs are 3 3/8-b-5 inches, folded to a width of 2 ½ inches. The second element is the 1970 Topps Story Booklets, 2 ½-by-3 7/16 inches, another 24-card complete set, essentially in Nr-Mt condition with a few below. The third piece is the 1971 Topps Football Game Inserts, a 52-card plus Game Piece Position Marker; most of the cards are essentially Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with some below, and the stars in basically the same condition range as the overall issue.
1970’s Topps Baseball and Football Inserts (101)
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