Lot # 3499: 1979 Topps Collection (51) - All with 1978 Wrong Backs

Collection of fifty-one exceedingly rare 1978/1979 Topps Baseball wrong-back error cards. While wrong backs have always fascinated card collectors, this collection is particularly intriguing because the fronts and backs are from two different sets (all fronts are 1979 Topps and all backs are 1978 Topps). In this case, the "backs" were applied upside down on the sheet of Topps on which these cards were printed, thus creating misaligned (a bit of the next card is showing on each back) wrong-back errors. Adding to the desirability of this collection, all fifty-one cards exhibit untrimmed, factory-cut edges. Without further reference to the miscut centering on the backs, the condition is 17% Nr/Mt or better, 71% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 12% Vg to Vg-Ex. The collection is highlighted by Hall of Famers Bruce Sutter (1979 Topps front), Ted Simmons (1978 Topps back), and three Steve Carltons (1978 Topps backs). This is a very interesting and unusual collection of fifty-one wrong-back error cards, consisting of combined cards from two popular 1970s Topps sets. Total: 51 cards.