Lot # 2673: Signed 1981-1982 Topps Basketball Near-Complete Set (197/198)

Presented is a near-complete set of 1981-1982 Topps basketball, missing only #4 Bird for completion, consisting of 197 different cards (out of 198 in the set). 194 of the 197 cards have been signed (#76W Checklist, 93E Checklist, and 97W Checklist are the only cards that are not signed). The signatures are scripted on front in a variety of inks (one card #77MW Jeelani is signed on reverse). Also included is one duplicate of card #50, which is a multi-player card signed by a different player. Condition is 20% Nr/Mt or slightly better, 60% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 20% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a couple lesser). Keys: #3 Archibald, 6 Parish, 7 Gilmore, 11 Issel, 12 Thompson, 14 M. Malone, 20 Abdul-Jabbar (Vg), 21 Magic Johnson (Ex), 23 Wilkes, 25 Lanier, 30 Erving (Vg-Ex), 32 Jones, 33 Davis, 34 D. Johnson, 37 Gervin, 39 Sikma, 40 Dantley, 42 Hayes, 45 Celtics Team Ldrs (signed by Bird, Vg-Ex), 64 (signed by Sikma), 65 (signed by Dantley), 66 (signed by Hayes and Porter), 68W English, 72W King, 74MW Laimbeer RC (Ex), 75E McHale RC (mark on reverse, otherwise Ex), 78MW Robinzine, 90E Cheeks, 92MW McGinnis, 99MW Moncrief, 100E Archibald SA, 101E Bird SA (Nr/Mt due to centering), 101W Westphal, 104E Erving SA (Vg+), 106E Jones SA, 106MW Gervin SA, 106W Abdul-Jabbar SA (Vg-Ex), 107MW Gilmore SA, 107W Issel SA, 108E Parish SA, 108W Magic Johnson SA (Ex+), 109 MW Lanier SA, 109W D. Johnson SA (), 110MW M. Malone SA, and 110W Sikma SA. The signature or signatures on the cards featuring more than one player are as follows: #44 Drew/Roundfield/Johnson, 46 Theus, 47 Bratz, 48 Spanarkel, 49 Thompson, two 50 (one signed by Hubbard, one by Long), 51 Free/Smith/Lucas, 52 Bailey/Woodson, 53 Knight/Edwards/Davis, 54 King, 55 Nixon, 56 Hubbard/Lister, 57 Newlin/Lucas, 58 Cartwright/Richardson, 59 Cheeks, 60 Adams, 61 Paxson, 62 Corzine, and 63 Nater. This is an extremely substantial collection of signed cards from this popular 1980s basketball issue, which offers a tremendous foundation for the assembly of a completely signed set or offers a significant contribution to such a set already in progress. Total: 198 signed cards (near set of 197 plus one duplicate). Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.