Lot # 1904: 1970 to 1979 Topps Shoebox Collection (4,066) Including 330 Hall of Famers

Addendum: Please note the title in the printed catalog is incorrect. This lot consists of 4,066 cards.

Very substantial collection of 4,066 Topps baseball cards spanning the years 1970 to 1979, highlighted by 330 Hall of Famers, including Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Nolan Ryan, plus rookie examples of George Brett, Carlton Fisk, Eddie Murray (3), Mike Schmidt, and Robin Yount (4). This collection consists of the following: 1) 1970 (108 cards): Ranging from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg/Ex-Ex), with a few better and 12% lesser. Keys: Five #10 Yastrzemski (Nr/Mt, Ex-Mt, Ex, Vg-Ex due to centering, and Gd), 17 Wilhelm, three 21 Blue RC (all Ex), two 61 Rose/Clemente Ldrs, three 63 McCovey/Santo/Perez Ldrs, four 67 Marichal/Carlton/Gibson Ldrs, three 69 Seaver/Niekro/Jenkins/Marichal Ldrs, five 140 Jackson (two Ex, two Vg-Ex, and Vg), five 170 B. Williams, 197 Ryan Saves the Day! (Vg-Ex), two 230 B. Robinson (Ex+ and Vg), two 240 Jenkins, 350 Clemente (Ex due to centering), 463 F. Robinson AS, 580 Rose (Vg), 621 Evans RC, 700 F. Robinson (Vg+), and 712 Ryan (Vg+). 2) 1971 (397 cards): 17% Ex to Ex-Mt, 73% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 10% lesser. Includes 56 cards from the rare high-number series (#644-752). Keys: #1 World Champions, 5 Munson (Vg), 14 Concepcion RC (Vg), 20 Jackson (Vg), 26 Blyleven RC (Vg-Ex), two 30 Niekro, 45 Hunter, two 50 McCovey, 55 Carlton (Vg-Ex), two 72 Seaver/Jenkins/Gibson Ldrs, 100 Rose (Vg), 110 Mazeroski, two 117 Simmons RC (both Vg-Ex), 180 Kaline (Vg-Ex), 183 Hodges, 193 Grich RC (Vg-Ex), 208 Martin, 210 Carew (Ex), two 220 Santo, 230 Stargell (Vg), 239 Schoendienst, 245 Kaat, 248 Wilhelm, 250 Bench (Gd), 276 Foster RC (Vg), two 341 Garvey RC (Ex+ and Vg), 400 Aaron (Gd), 450 Gibson (Ex), 513 Ryan (Ex), 525 Banks (Vg), 530 Yastrzemski (Vg-Ex), 570 Palmer (Vg-Ex+), 574 Bunning, 580 Perez, 600 Mays (color added, otherwise Pr-Fr), 605 Cepeda, 609 Durocher, 688 S. Anderson (Vg-Ex), 709 Baylor/Baker RC (Vg), 714 D. Williams, and 740 Aparicio (Vg). 3) 1971 Super (4 cards): #10 (Vg+), 15 (Vg), 19 (Vg-Ex), and 24 (Vg). 4) 1972 (389 cards): 10% Nr/Mt or better, 44% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 46% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 4% lesser). Includes 34 cards from the rare high-number series (#657-787). Keys: Two#1 World Champions, 37 Yastrzemski (Vg-Ex), 38 Yastrzemski IA, 45b Beckert/green under "C" and "S" (Vg-Ex+), 49 Mays (Fr), 50 Mays IA (Ex), 51 Killebrew, 52 Killebrew IA, 67 Schoenidenst, three 79 Fisk RC (25/75 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt, 95/5 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt, and Vg), 80 Perez, two 87 Torre/Stargell/Aaron Ldrs, four 93 Jenkins/Carlton/Seaver Ldrs, three 95 Seaver/Jenkins Ldrs, two 100 F. Robinson (Nr/Mt and Vg, two 130 Gibson, 132 Morgan, three 147 Kingman RC, 195 Cepeda, 226 WS Gm. 4 w/ Clemente, two 241 Fingers, 270 Palmer, 280 McCovey, 299 Aaron (Vg), 309 Clemente (Pr due to partially erased pencil on front), 310 Clemente IA (Ex), 410 Jenkins, 420 Carlton, 435 Jackson (Vg), 442 Munson IA, 550 B. Robinson (Gd), 600 Kaline (Ex), 695 Carew (Ex), 696 Carew IA (5/95 L/R, otherwise Ex+), 749 Alston, 751 Carlton Traded (Gd), 754 F. Robinson Traded (Gd), and 760 Mazeroski (Vg-Ex). 5) 1973 (397 cards): 14% Nr/Mt or better, 35% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 51% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 3% lesser). Keys: 50 Clemente (Vg-Ex), 63 Bench/Allen Ldrs, 90 B. Robinson, 115 Santo, 130 Rose (Vg), 142 Munson (Pr), 160 Palmer (Vg-Ex), 165 Aparicio, 170 Killebrew, four 190 Gibson (Ex-Mt, Ex, Vg-Ex, and Vg), 200 B. Williams, two 213 Garvey, four 220 Ryan (Ex+ due to centering, Vg-Ex, Gd+, and measures a bit small, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 235 Hunter, 255 Jackson, 275 Perez, two 305 Mays (Ex due to centering and Vg), 330 Carew, 350 Seaver (15/85 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt), 370 Stargell (Nr/Mt+), 380 Bench (Nr/Mt+), two 400 Perry, 410 McCovey, 480 Marichal, 473 Aaron ATL, 474 Ruth ATL, 476 Johnson ATL, 477 Young ATL, 613 Boone RC (Nr/Mt), and 615 Schmidt RC (Vg-Ex). 6) 1974 (679 cards): 21% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 2% better), 67% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 12% lesser. Includes 15 "Washington" Variations and 19 cards from the Traded series. Keys: Four #1 Aaron (two Vg-Ex, Vg, and Gd), eight assorted Aaron Specials (#2-6), 10 Bench (Vg), 20 Ryan (Gd+), 40 Palmer, 50 Carew (Vg-Ex+), three 55 F. Robinson, 60 Brock, two 80 Seaver (Ex and Vg-Ex due to centering), 95 Carlton, four 98 Blyleven, 105 Fisk (Vg), two 130 Jackson, two 160 B. Robinson (Nr/Mt and Ex+), 203 Jackson/Stargell Ldrs, 207 Ryan/Seaver Ldrs (Vg-Ex), 250b McCovey/San Diego, three 252 Parker RC (two Vg-Ex and Gd), two 280 Yastrzemski (Vg-Ex+ and Vg+), 283 Schmidt (Fr), 300 Rose (Vg), 332 Allen/Aaron AS (Vg-Ex), 334 B. Robinson/Santo AS, two 336 Murcer/Rose AS, 340 Munson (Vg+), three 350 Gibson (Ex-Mt+ and two Vg-Ex), 400 Killebrew, two 470 AL Playoffs w/ Jackson, two 473 WS Gm. 2 w/ Mays, 542 Gossage, 598 Griffey Sr. RC (Ex-Mt), two 600 Madlock RC, and two 605 Tanana RC. 7) 1975 (6 cards): Four #223 Yount RC (Vg-Ex+, two Vg-Ex, and Vg+), 228 Brett RC (Vg), and 500 Ryan (Vg-Ex). 8) 1976 (672 cards): 32% Ex to Ex-Mt (including 4% Nr/Mt), and 62% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 6% lesser. Includes 53 cards from the Traded series. Keys: Two #55 Perry, 95 B. Robinson, three 160 Winfield, two 185 Parker, two 230 Yastrzemski, 240 Rose (Ex-Mt), 270 Stargell, 300 Bench (Vg), 316 Yount (Ex+), three 330 Ryan (Vg-Ex, Vg, and Gd), 340 Rice, two 405 Fingers, two 420 Morgan, 441 Carter, 480 Schmidt (Ex), 500 Jackson (Gd), 550 Aaron (Vg+), three 592 Randolph RC, and two 650 Munson. 9) 1977 (1,395 cards): 16% Nr/Mt or better, 55% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 29% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #1 Brett/Madlock Ldrs, 6 Ryan/Seaver Ldrs, 10 Jackson (), 60 Rice, 70 Bench (Ex+), 100 Morgan, three 110 Carlton, three 120 Carew, four 144 Sutter RC (Nr/Mt-Mt, Nr/Mt, Ex+ and Fr), two 150 Seaver (Ex and Vg-Ex), two 231 Brett RB, 234 Ryan RB, two 265 Fidrych RC (Ex and Vg-Ex), three 270 Parker, 280 Hunter, two 285 B. Robinson, four 319 Gossage, 355 Brock, 390 Winfield, 450 Rose (Vg-Ex+), 460 Stargell, two 473 Dawson RC (Nr/Mt+ and Vg-Ex), two 476 Murphy RC (Ex+ and Vg), 480 Yastrzemski, 488 Clark/Mazzilli RC, 525 Eckersley (Nr/Mt-Mt), 547 McCovey, 600 Palmer, four 635 Yount, 640 Fisk, and five 650 Ryan (two Ex-Mt, Ex+, and two Vg-Ex). 10) 1978 (10 cards): Three #36 Murray RC (Ex+, Vg+, and Gd), 350 Garvey (Vg-Ex), two 560 Parker (both Vg-Ex), 704 Whitaker RC (Vg-Ex), and three 707 Molitor/Trammell RC (Ex-Mt, measures small, otherwise Nr/Mt, and color added, otherwise Vg). 11) 1979 (9 cards): Two #30 Winfield (Ex+ and Vg-Ex), 115 Ryan (20/80 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), 116 Smith RC (95/5 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex+), 400 Rice (Vg), three 610 Schmidt (Ex, Vg-Ex, and Pr), and 640 Murray (Vg-Ex+). This is a very substantial collection of cards, with many notable highlights, from these extremely popular 1970s Topps sets! Total: 4,066 cards. 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