Powerhouse tandem of 1970 and 1971 Topps Baseball near sets. The tougher high series generally presents similarly to the more available numbers. Highlights include:

1970 Topps near: (711/720, 20% EX-MT or better, 30% EX, 25% VG-EX, 25% VG or lesser with instances of moderate staining throughout) with #1 Mets Team (VG-EX), #10 Yastrzemski (VG), #140 R. Jackson (GD), #195 Seaver NLCS (EX-MT), #197 Ryan NLCS (GD), #198 Mets Celebrate/Ryan (EX-MT), #211 T. Williams (EX), #220 Carlton (VG), #230 B. Robinson (VG-EX), #290 Carew (GD), #350 Clemente (VG), #458 Rose AS (VG), #462 Aaron AS (EX), #464 Bench AS (VG), #500 Aaron (GD, stain), #530 Gibson (EX), #630 Banks (PR, paper loss), #713 Pilots Team (EX-MT); Missing: (9 cards) with #189 Munson RC, #300 Seaver, 502, #580 Rose, #600 Mays, #640 Kaline, #660 Bench, #700 F. Robinson, #712 Ryan;

1971 Topps near: (750/752, 30% NM or better, 45% EX-MT, 25% EX or lesser) with #1 Orioles Team (EX-MT), #5 Munson (NM), #14 Concepcion RC (EX), #20 R. Jackson (VG-EX), #26 Blyleven RC (EX-MT), #50 McCovey (VG-EX), #55 Carlton (VG-EX), #100 Rose (NM), #160 Seaver (EX), #180 Kaline (EX), #210 Carew (EX-MT), #230 Stargell (EX-MT), #250 Bench (NM), #300 B. Robinson (EX-MT), #341 Garvey RC (EX-MT), #400 Aaron (GD), #450 Gibson (VG), #513 Ryan (VG-EX), #525 Banks (EX-MT), #530 Yastrzemski (NM), #550 Killebrew (NM), #570 Palmer (NM), #580 T. Perez (VG-EX), #600 Mays (GD, stain), #625 Brock (colored), #640 F. Robinson (EX), #641 Mets Team (NM), #648 Matlack RC (EX-MT), #650 R. Allen (EX-MT), #688 S. Anderson (EX-MT), #700 Powell (VG), #709 Baker/Baylor RC (EX-MT), #740 Aparicio (EX-MT), #750 McLain (VG-EX); Missing: (2 cards) with #630 Clemente, 664