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Lot # 2874: High-Grade 1969 Topps Football Complete Set (263) Including 139 PSA-Graded Cards

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The colored flush-to-the-border design of the 1969 Topps Football low-number series makes this set particularly challenging to collect in extremely high grade. This classic set features all the stars of the era, including rookie cards of Hall of Famer Larry Csonka and Brian Piccolo, and stars such as Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Dick Butkus, Bart Starr, and Fran Tarkenton. Includes both variations of #132 checklist. A total of 139 cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA. PSA Grading Composite: MINT 9 (1 card): #113 J. Johnson. NM-MT 8 (69 cards): #8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 24, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44 Wilcox, 45, 47, 50, 54, 56, 58, 66, 70, 72, 73, 74, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 96, 98, 103, 105 Atkins, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120 Csonka RC, 138, 141, 147, 169, 174, 175, 180, 181, 196, 202, 204, 216, 219, 220, 228, 230, 240, 257, 258, and 260. NM+ 7.5 (2 cards): #37 and 218. NM 7 (64 cards): #9, 11, 13, 16, 22, 25 Unitas, 27, 32, 34 Olsen, 36, 42, 43 J. Smith, 48, 59, 60 Maynard, 61, 63, 67 Taylor, 71, 77, 97 Howley, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 122, 125, 126, 128, 129, 145, 155, 159, 160, 162, 171, 172, 173, 176, 178 Shivers, 179, 194, 197, 199, 206, 209 Hickerson, 213, 221, 224, 225, 226, 229, 234, 235, 236, 241, 243, 244, 246, 247, 250, 254 Renfro, and 256. EX-MT 6 (2 cards): #133 and 201 Biletnikoff. EX 5 (1 card): #148. The condition of the 125-card unencapsulated balance is 53% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt and 47% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few slightly lesser and a few with a slight miscut). Unencapsulated Keys: #1 Kelly (trimmed, otherwise Nr/Mt), 26 Piccolo RC (Ex), 51 Sayers (Ex-Mt), 80 Checklist (slightly miscut left edge, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 100 Namath (Nr/Mt+), 139 Butkus (measures a bit small, otherwise Ex-Mt+), 150 Tarkenton (Ex-Mt), 161 Griese (slightly miscut right edge, otherwise Nr/Mt), and 215 Starr (Nr/Mt). This is an outstanding high-grade complete set of this classic 1960s Topps football issue. Total: 264 cards (set of 263 plus one variation).