Lot # 2521: 1968 to 1973 Topps Football Shoebox Collection (4,075) Including 748 Hall of Famers

Presented is an extremely substantial collection of 4,075 cards from six Topps football issues, spanning the years 1968 through 1973. The collection is highlighted by 748 cards depicting Hall of Famers, including Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, and Gale Sayers, plus multiple examples each of the rookie cards of Bob Griese, Larry Csonka, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, and Roger Staubach. We have selected four cards for grading and encapsulation by PSA. This collection consists of the following:

1) 1968 Topps (606 cards): Condition is 12% Ex to Ex-Mt or slightly better and 88% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 3% lesser). Keys: Two #1 Starr (both Fr, one 100/0 L/R), three 35 Mitchell, 49 Warfield, 60 Hart RC, two 61 J. Johnson, 88 Jurgensen, three 89 Mix, 100 Unitas (Vg), two 124 Buoniconti, two 127 Butkus (both Vg+), three 131 Adderley, three 142 Blanda (two Ex and Vg-Ex), six 149 Kemp, 155 Morton RC, five 157 Nitschke (Vg-Ex, two Vg, Gd, and Pr, 161 Tarkenton (Vg-Ex), six 162 Ditka (Ex-Mt, two Ex, Vg-Ex, and two Vg), three 163 Russell RC (Ex+, Ex, and Vg-Ex), two 168 Biletnikoff, nine 169 Maynard (four Ex, four Vg-Ex, and Vg+), nine 171 Dawson, six 173 Little RC (two Ex, Vg-Ex, two Vg, and Gd), four 181 Lilly (three Vg-Ex and Vg), six 193 Alworth, four 196 Griese RC (Ex, Vg-Ex, and two Vg), five 209 Kelly, and three 219 Checklist (Vg-Ex, Vg+, and Fr).

2) 1969 Topps (237 cards): Condition is 5% Ex-Mt, 75% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 20% Gd to Vg. Keys: #1 Kelly, 6 Hayes, 20 Dawson (Vg+), 26 Piccolo RC (Ex+), three 51 Sayers (Ex, Vg, and Pr), 53 Lilly (Vg-Ex), 55 Nitschke, two 60 Maynard, three 67 C. Taylor, three 69 Alworth, 75 Meredith, two 80 Checklist (Ex and Vg-Ex), two 99 Mix, 100 Namath (Vg+), three 113 J. Johnson, two 114 Mitchell, four 120 Csonka RC (two Vg-Ex and two Vg), 168 Wood, 190 Robinson, and 215 Starr (Vg).

3) 1970 Topps (290 cards): Condition is 6% Ex-Mt, 62% Vg-Ex to Ex, 16% Gd to Vg, and 16% lesser (mostly due to the name "Dom" written on the reverse). Keys: #1 Dawson (next card showing, otherwise Vg-Ex+), two 25 Stenerud RC (Vg-Ex+ and Vg), 30 Starr (Vg), 55 Nitschke, 70 Sayers (Vg-Ex+), 80 Tarkenton (Fr-Gd), 85 Biletnikoff (Fr due to pencil on reverse), 102 Robinson, 114 Smith RC (Vg), 116 Otto, 125 D. Jones, two 135 Warfield, 145 C. Taylor, four 154 Bell, two 156 Humphrey RC (both Ex+), 158 Tingelhoff, two 162 Csonka (both Vg-Ex), 170 Little, 175 Eller, 180 Unitas (Ex), two 189 Hayes, 190 Butkus (Ex), two 200 Jurgensen, two 229 Shaw, two 244 Buoniconti, two 245 Johnson, two 247 Dryer RC, 254 Maynard, two 260 Hill RC/name in red (both 85/15 centering, otherwise Ex), and two 261 Wood.

4) 1971 Topps (986 cards): Condition is 10% Ex-Mt or slightly better, 70% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 20% Gd to Vg (including a few lesser). Keys: Five #1 Unitas (two Ex, two Vg-Ex, and Vg), five 3 Schottenheimer RC, two 10 Alworth, four 19 Maynard, six 24 J. Johnson, seven 25 Butkus (four Vg-Ex and three Vg), four 26 Taylor, three 35 Bell, two 39 Blanda (both Vg-Ex+), seven 45 Csonka, four 50 Jurgensen, two 53 Smith, four 55 Wood, three 61 Stenerud, three 71 Page, four 88 Robinson, five 91 Morris RC, nine 106 Checklist (Ex, three Vg-Ex, three Vg, Gd, and marked), three 110 Little, five 113 Houston RC (four Ex and Vg), two 114 Lanier RC (Ex and Vg-Ex+), two 118 Renfro, six 120 Tarkenton (Ex, two Vg-Ex, and three Vg), five 125 Olsen, four 133 Nitschke, three 144 Lilly, four 147 Buoniconti, two 150 Sayers (Ex and Vg-Ex), five 151 Otto, four 156 Bradshaw RC (PSA VG-EX 4, PSA VG 3, Vg, and tilt to picture, otherwise Vg), four 157 Kelly, three 160 Griese (two Vg-Ex and Gd), 178 Biletnikoff, five 186 Kiick RC, two 188 Wehrli RC (Ex+ and Vg-Ex), five 190 Hayes, five 200 Starr (three Vg-Ex and two Vg), six 204 Tingelhoff, two 209 D. Jones, four 210 Sanders RC (Ex, Vg-Ex+, and two Vg due to centering), 218 Humphrey, five 245 Greene RC (Ex, PSA VG-EX 4, Vg-Ex, and two with 15/85 centering, otherwise Ex), two 250 Namath (both Ex), five 257 Moseley RC, four 260 Simpson (three Ex and Vg-Ex), and two 261 Warfield.

5) 1972 Topps (1,214 cards): Condition is 18% Ex-Mt (including some Nr/Mt), 58% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 24% Gd to Vg (including a couple lesser). Keys: Three #4 NFC Passing Ldrs w/ Staubach (Ex due to centering, Vg+, and Pr-Fr due to ink marks on reverse), seven 13 Riggins RC (Nr/Mt, Ex-Mt, two Ex, two Vg-Ex, and Vg+), eight 43 Buoniconti, two 50 F. Little, four 55 Manning RC (two Ex-Mt, Ex+, and Vg+), five 65 Plunkett RC (three Vg-Ex and two Vg), three 70 Kelly, two 80 Griese (Ex and Vg-Ex), two 86 Otto, five 93 Hendricks RC (two Ex and three Vg), four 100 Namath (two Ex, Vg-Ex, and Vg due to 100/0 centering), seven 101 Greenwood RC, three 104 Yary RC (two Ex and Vg+), four 105 Hayes, three 106 Alzado RC (all Gd-Vg), four 110 Sayers (Ex, Vg-Ex, Vg+, and Pr-Fr), five 120 Bradshaw Action (three Ex, Vg-Ex, and Vg+), seven 122 Staubach Action (Ex-Mt, four Ex, and two Vg-Ex), four 126 Riggins Action, six 132 Griese Action, three 140 Csonka, three 145 Lilly, five 150 Bradshaw (Ex, Vg-Ex, two Vg, and Gd), four 156 Pastorini RC, three 160 Simpson (Vg-Ex and two Vg, all due mostly to centering), four 165 Unitas (Ex, Vg-Ex, and two Gd), four 167 Warfield, two 170 Butkus (Vg-Ex and Vg+), five 186 Upshaw RC (Ex-Mt, two Ex, Vg-Ex, and Vg), six 195 Jurgensen, three 200 Staubach RC (PSA EX 5, Vg-Ex, and 10/90 L/R, otherwise Ex+), five 210 Biletnikoff, two 225 Tarkenton (Vg-Ex+ and Vg), four 230 Greene, two 235 Blanda, four 240 L. Little RC (Ex-Mt, Ex, and two Vg-Ex), six 244 Joiner RC (two Ex, three Vg-Ex+, and Vg), five 245 Dawson, six 248 Alworth, and two 251 Unitas Action (Ex-Mt).

6) 1973 Topps (742 cards): Condition is 19% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 38% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 43% Gd to Vg (mostly Vg and mostly due to moisture stains). Includes sixty-nine unmarked team checklists. Keys: #20 J. Johnson, 25 Blanda, 34 Anderson RC (Nr/Mt), 38 D. Jones, three 45 Brodie, three 60 Tarkenton, three 89 Harris RC (Vg-Ex and two Vg+), 90 Mack, 115 Ham RC (Vg), 160 B. Brown, two 165 Greenwood, 171 Riley RC (Nr/Mt), 175 Maynard, two 185 Renfro, 214 Buoniconti, two 236 C. Taylor, two 245 Riggins, 274 Hayes, 280 Greene, 289 F. Little, 295 Griese, 300 Butkus (Vg-Ex+), three 320 Biletnikoff, two 322 Dierdorf RC (both Vg), 335 Dawson, five 381 Kelly, 415 Houston, four 450 Lilly, two 455 Unitas (Nr/Mt and Ex-Mt), 461 Otto, 475 Staubach (Vg+), four 479 Olsen, 487 Stabler RC (Vg+), 492 Tingelhoff, three 500 Simpson (Ex, Vg-Ex, and Vg), 510 Yary, and 511 Warfield.

This is a very impressive collection of mostly mid-grade football cards from six classic sets with countless highlights! Total: 4,075 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.