Lot # 2631: 1969 to 1976 Topps Basketball Shoebox Collection (784) Including 163 Hall of Famers

Presented is an outstanding overall mid-grade collection of 784 Topps basketball cards including 163 Hall of Famers, dating from the 1960s through the 1970s. Basketball cards from this era are actually rarer than their baseball counterparts. This collection includes cards from eight different classic sets and is highlighted by major Hall of Famers Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, and Jerry West. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1969-1970 Topps (195 cards): Condition is 18% Ex to Ex-Mt, 69% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 13% Gd (including 4% lesser). Keys: Five #1 Chamberlain (Ex-Mt, Ex+, two Vg-Ex, and Gd), five 2 Goodrich RC (Ex+, Ex, two Vg-Ex, and Gd), three 10 Thurmond RC (Ex, 10/90 L/R, otherwise Ex, and Vg), three 15 Hawkins RC (Ex-Mt, Vg-Ex, and Vg), two 40 Cunningham RC (10/90 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt and Vg-Ex), three 44 Wilkens (Ex-Mt, Ex, and Vg-Ex), three 45 Lucas RC (100/0 T/B, otherwise Ex-Mt and two Vg-Ex), four 55 Bing RC (Ex, Vg+, Fr, and Pr), three 56 Unseld RC (Vg-Ex+, 0/100 T/B, otherwise Vg-Ex+, and Gd), two 75 Hayes RC (10/90 L/R, otherwise Ex and Vg), 80 Monroe RC (100/0 T/B, otherwise Ex+), and 90 West (Vg-Ex). 2) 1970-1971 Topps (188 cards): Condition is 39% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 5% Nr/Mt), 51% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 10% Gd (including 5% lesser). Keys: 13 Riley RC (Vg-Ex), three 20 Monroe, 46 Lucas, 50 Chamberlain (Gd+), three 63 Dandridge RC (Ex+, Ex, Vg-Ex+), two 72 Unseld, four 90 Thurmond, 93 Goodrich, 101 Checklist (Pr), five 107 West AS (Ex-Mt+, Ex-Mt, Vg-Ex, and two Vg+), and 125 Bing (Nr/Mt). 3) 1971-1972 Topps (43 cards): Condition is 50% Ex to Ex-Mt, 42% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 8% lesser. Keys: Two #50 West (Vg-Ex+ and Vg+), 58 Murphy, two 95 Unseld, three 120 Hayes (two Vg-Ex and Vg+), 130 E. Monroe, and 131 Thurmond. 4) 1972-1973 Topps (197 cards): Condition is 33% Ex to Ex-Mt, 60% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 7% lesser. Keys: Two #1 Chamberlain (Ex+ and Vg-Ex), two 21 Unseld, 32 Jackson RC (95/5 T/B, otherwise Ex-Mt), two 75 West (both Ex), two 144 Riley, 160 Checklist (Pr), three 168 Chamberlain AS (20/80 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt and two Vg-Ex), and 183 McGinnis RC. 5) 1973-1974 Topps (25 cards): Condition ranges from Pr to Gd (averaging Fr), including a couple slightly higher. Includes: #3, 22, 31, 39, 51, 97, 101, 104, 112, 131, 135 McAdoo RC (Pr), 136, 140 Scott, 146, 153, 156, 165 Wilkens (Gd), 175, 180 McGinnis, 209, 215, 221, 225 Beaty, 226, and 264. 6) 1974-1975 Topps (67 cards): Condition is 6% Vg-Ex, 78% Gd to Vg, and 16% Pr to Fr. Keys: #25 E. Monroe, 27 White, 28 Tomjanovich, 80 McAdoo AS, 152 Murphy, 120 Goodrich, 123 Mullins, 131 Lanier, 160 Van Arsdale, 180 Gilmore AS, 190 Issel AS, 200 Erving AS/Irving (Pr due to tear), and 252 Beaty. 7) 1975-1976 Topps (60 cards): Condition is 37% Vg-Ex, 50% Gd to Vg, and 13% Pr to Fr. Keys: #1 Scoring Avg. Ldrs (Vg-Ex) and 180 Murphy. 8) 1976-1977 Topps (9 cards): Condition ranges from Pr to Ex (averaging Gd). Includes: #13, 44 Murphy, 69, 75, 76 Bing, 90 Havlicek (Ex), 100 Abdul-Jabbar (Gd+), 101 M. Malone (Vg), and 125 Goodrich. This is an impressive collection from classic Topps basketball sets loaded with Hall of Famers and stars from the era. Total: 784 cards.