Lot # 1622: 1970 to 1980 Topps Shoebox Collection (5,358) Including 912 Hall of Famers

Presented is a tremendous collection of 5,358 Topps baseball cards spanning the years 1970 through 1980, including 912 Hall of Famers and some partial/near-complete sets. This collection is highlighted by the rookie cards of Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk, Dennis Eckersley, George Brett, Goose Gossage, Bruce Sutter, and Eddie Murray. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1970 Topps (625 cards): Condition is 4% Nr/Mt, 25% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 71% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 3% lesser). Keys: #17 Wilhelm, five 40 Allen, 75 Kaat, 148 Weaver, 170 B. Williams (Vg), 211 T. Williams, two 286 Buckner RC (Vg-Ex and Gd), 291 Durocher, 315 Aparicio, 346 Schoendienst, two 380 Perez (Vg+ and Gd+), three 394 Hodges, 403 Bunning, two 440 Mazeroski (Ex and Vg-Ex), 453 Carew AS, three 454 Santo AS, and two 455 B. Robinson AS (slight miscut, otherwise Vg-Ex and 99/1 T/B, otherwise Vg+). 2) 1971 Topps (557 cards): Condition is 15% Ex to Ex-Mt, 70% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 15% lesser (including a few with color added). Keys: Two #14 Concepcion RC, five 26 Blyleven RC (Vg-Ex, Vg, two Gd+, and writing in pen on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), two 30 Niekro, two 45 Hunter, two 50 McCovey, four 55 Carlton, 70, 91 Lemon, 117 Simmons RC (Gd-Vg), 183 Hodges, two 210 Carew, 239 Schoendienst, four 245 Kaat, two 290 Oliva, 325 Marichal, 361 Sutton, 400 Aaron (Vg), 450 Gibson (color added, otherwise Vg-Ex), 477 Weaver, two 650 Allen, and 709 Baylor/Baker RC (Vg). 3) 1972 Topps (2,392 cards, 204 HOFers): Condition is 3% Nr/Mt, 40% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 57% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 3% lesser). Keys: Nine #29b/green under C and S, nine 37 Yastrzemski (two Ex, Vg-Ex due to centering, two Vg-Ex, Gd+, Gd, Fr, and Pr due to writing in pen on reverse), 49 Mays (Vg+), ten 51 Killebrew (90/10 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt+, four Vg-Ex, 99/1 T/B, otherwise Vg+, Vg, Gd+, Pr due to writing in pen on reverse, and trimmed, otherwise Vg), 79 Fisk RC (Ex+), 117b/green under C and S, three 241 Fingers, three 270 Palmer, two 280 McCovey (Vg-Ex and Pr), two 299 Aaron (both Fr), 300 Aaron IA (5/95 L/R, otherwise Vg+), three 330 Hunter, three 434 Bench IA, three 435 Jackson (Vg-Ex, Vg, and Pr), two 436 Jackson IA, 441 Munson (Vg), two 442 Munson IA, five 445 Seaver, five 446 Seaver IA, 550 B. Robinson (Vg), 559 Rose (Gd-Vg), two 600 Kaline, and 695 Carew (Pr). 4) 1973 Topps (395 cards): Condition is 9% Nr/Mt, 30% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 61% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 4% lesser and a few that measure small). Keys: #50 Clemente (Gd), two 67 K Ldrs Carlton/Ryan, three 84 Fingers, four 90 B. Robinson, two 130 Rose (Vg-Ex and Gd+), 142 Munson, two 160 Palmer, five 174 Gossage RC (Vg-Ex, three Vg, and Gd+), two 175 F. Robinson, two 180 Jenkins (Ex-Mt and Vg-Ex+), three 190 Gibson, 193 Fisk (Vg), two 230 Morgan, two 235 Hunter, 245 Yastrzemski, 275 Perez, 280 Kaline (Vg+), two 300 Carlton, two 320 Brock, two 330 Carew, 350 Seaver (Vg-Ex), three 370 Stargell, and three 410 McCovey. 5) 1974 Topps (330 cards) Plus 32 Traded Series and 21 Team Checklists: Condition on base set is 11% Nr/Mt or better, 40% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 49% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 7% lesser). Condition of traded series is 53% Ex to Ex-Mt (including one Nr/Mt) and 47% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a couple lesser). Condition of team checklists is Vg-Ex overall, including a couple higher and lesser. Includes three 'Washington Nat'l Lea.' variations. Keys: Two #7 Hunter, three 40 Palmer, two 80 Seaver (Vg-Ex and Vg), 95 Carlton, 105 Fisk, two 130 Jackson (Ex+ due to centering and Pr), two 160 B. Robinson (Ex and Vg+), two 212 Fingers, 215 Kaline, two 250a McCovey/San Diego (both Vg), 260 Simmons, five 350 Gibson, two 400 Killebrew, two 542 Gossage, and 608b/Apodaca. 6) 1975 Topps (219 cards): Condition is 34% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 3% Nr/Mt), 57% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 9% lesser. Keys: Two #1 Aaron HL (Vg and Pr), two 50 B. Robinson, six 61 Winfield (Ex+, Ex, two Vg-Ex, Vg, and Gd), two 70 Schmidt (Vg-Ex and Vg+), three 150 Gibson, four 185 Carlton, 228 Brett RC (Vg), two 280 Yastrzemski, two 335 Palmer, 370 Seaver, six 450 McCovey, two 540 Brock, 580 F. Robinson, eight 622 Lynn RC (Ex+, three Vg-Ex, Vg+, Vg, and two Gd+), 623 Hernandez RC (Ex), three 640 Killebrew, and 660 Aaron (5/95 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex). Includes one stamped 1975 Topps buyback card. 7) 1975 Topps Mini (10 cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex), including one lesser. Includes: #3, 29 Parker (Vg-Ex+), 50 B. Robinson (Vg), 61 Winfield (Vg-Ex), 204, 283, 300 Jackson (Pr), 376, 618, and 640 Killebrew (Ex). 8) 1976 Topps (123 cards) Plus 18 Traded Series: Condition of base set is 8% Nr/Mt, 34% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 58% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 21% lesser). Condition of traded series ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex). Keys: Two #1 Aaron RB (100/0 T/B, otherwise Vg-Ex and Gd), 5 Seaver RB, four 19 Brett (100/0 T/B, otherwise Ex-Mt, Ex, Vg+, and Vg), 50 Lynn (Gd+), three 98 Eckersley RC (ink spot, otherwise Vg-Ex, Vg, and Gd), five 160 Winfield (95/5 T/B, otherwise Ex-Mt, three Vg, and Pr due to pen marks on reverse), two 230 Yastrzemski (Gd+ and Pr due mostly to pen marks on reverse), seven 316 Yount (Ex-Mt, two Vg-Ex, two Vg+, Vg, and Pr due to pen marks on reverse), 340 Rice AS (Pr due to pen marks on reverse), 441 Carter (Pr due to pen marks on reverse), two 480 Schmidt (both Vg), three 520 McCovey (Vg-Ex, Vg, and Gd+), 550 Aaron (Vg-Ex), and two 599 Guidry RC (Ex and Vg-Ex+). 9) 1977 Topps (192 cards): Condition is 13% Ex to Ex-Mt, 67% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 20% lesser (including one trimmed). Keys: Four #6 K Ldrs Ryan/Seaver (Vg+, two Vg, and Gd+), 10 Jackson, 17 Jackson, two 60 Rice, two 140 Schmidt (Vg and Pr), nine 144 Sutter RC (Ex, Vg-Ex+, three Vg-Ex, Vg+, Vg, Gd+, and Pr due to paper loss on reverse), 150 Seaver (Ex+), two 234 Ryan RB, two 265 Fidrych RC (both Vg), three 270 Parker, three 285 B. Robinson, four 295 Carter, three 355 Brock, four 390 Winfield, 476 Murphy RC (Vg), two 525 Eckersley (Ex and Vg), three 580 Brett (Vg, Gd, and trimmed, otherwise Gd+), four 635 Yount, 650 Ryan (Vg-Ex), and two 656 Guidry. 10) 1978 Topps (181 cards): Condition is 13% Ex to Ex-Mt (including one Nr/Mt), 69% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 18% lesser (including one trimmed). Keys: Two #20 Rose (Ex and Pr), nineteen 36 Murray RC (condition ranges from Gd to Ex, (averaging Vg), including one lesser), two 72 Dawson (Vg and Pr), three 100 Brett (Vg-Ex, Vg+, and Gd+), five 173 Yount, 200 Jackson (Vg-Ex), three 360 Schmidt (two Vg-Ex and Vg due to "spider" wrinkles), two 400 Ryan (Vg and Gd+), two 670 Rice (Vg-Ex and trimmed, otherwise Vg-Ex), seven 700 Bench, eighteen 703 Morris RC (condition ranges from Vg to Ex, including one Nr/Mt and two lesser), and 707 Molitor RC (Vg). 11) 1979 Topps (155 cards): Condition is 6% Nr/Mt, 20% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 74% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 16% lesser). Keys: Four #24 Molitor (two Vg, Gd+ due to "spider" wrinkles, and Gd), two 100 Seaver (Vg-Ex and Gd), two 115 Ryan (Vg-Ex and Vg), three 200 Bench, two 457 Sutter, 610 Schmidt (Vg+), seven 640 Murray, and six 700 Jackson. 12) 1980 Topps (96 cards): Condition is 21% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt, 33% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 46% Vg to Vg-Ex. Keys: Three #100 Bench, three 265 Yount, eleven 270 Schmidt (ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt, including two lesser), 393 Smith (Vg-Ex), two 406 Molitor, six 450 Brett (two Ex, three Vg-Ex, and Gd), 500 Seaver, and 580 Ryan (Nr/Mt). This collection also includes twelve O-Pee-Chee cards (1972, 1973, 1977, and 1979) which include Carlton, Cobb, Bench, and Schmidt. Total: 5,358 cards.The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.