Lot # 148: 1968, 1969 & 1971 Topps Baseball Near Sets

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Item was in Auction "February 2013 Auction",
which ran from 1/28/2013 12:00 PM to
2/7/2013 11:30 PM



Formidable threesome of 1968, 1969 and 1971 Topps Baseball near sets that are only a handful of cards away from completion. Highlights include 1968 Topps near: (580/598, 25% VG-EX or better, 35% VG, 25% GD, 15% FR or lesser, 5-10% writing or paper loss/residue); 1969 Topps near: (634/664, 20% EX or better, 30% VG-EX, 30% VG, 20% GD or lesser) with #190 Mays (EX) and 1971 Topps near: (745/752, 20% VG-EX or better, 20% VG, 40% GD, 20% FR or lesser, 5% colored) with #341 Garvey RC (EX-MT). More on our website.

1968 Topps near: (580/598, 25% VG-EX or better, 35% VG, 25% GD, 15% FR or lesser, 5-10% writing or paper loss/residue) with #1 Clemente/Alou LL (PR, writing), #3 Clemente/Aaron LL (VG), #20 B. Robinson (GD), #45 Seaver (GD), #58 Mathews (VG), #80 Carew (PR, scrapbook residue), #100 Gibson (FR, writing), #110 Aaron (GD), #230 Rose (GD), #240 Kaline (GD), #250 Yastrzemski (FR), #355 Banks (GD), #370 Aaron AS (GD), #408 Carlton (VG), #575 Palmer (VG-EX);

Missing: (18 cards) with #2, #50 Mays, #150 Clemente, #177 Ryan RC, #247 Bench RC, #280 Mantle, #330 Maris, #374 Clemente AS, 378, 414, #480 Managers’ Dream/Clemente, 487, #490 Super Stars/Mantle, Mays, #500 F. Robinson, #520 Brock, #528 Tigers Team, #530 Bird Belters/Robinsons, 533;

1969 Topps near: (634/664, 20% EX or better, 30% VG-EX, 30% VG, 20% GD or lesser) with #1 Yaz/Oliva LL (VG-EX), #20 Banks (EX-MT), #50 Clemente (GD), #85 Brock (EX), #99 Nettles RC (VG-EX), #100 Aaron (VG), #120 Rose (GD), #190 Mays (EX), #250 F. Robinson (GD), #255 Carlton (GD), #375 Killebrew (GD), #400 Drysdale (VG), #410 Kaline (GD), #412 Checklist/Mantle (EX-MT), #440 McCovey (VG), #480 Seaver (VG-EX), #510 Carew (GD), #550 B. Robinson (GD), #572 Marichal/McCovey (EX-MT), #640 Jenkins (VG-EX), #650 T. Williams (VG);

Missing: (30 cards) with #2, #95 Bench, #130 Yastrzemski, 162, 165-67, #200 Gibson, 225, 237, #260 R. Jackson RC, 269, 270, 286, #424 Rose AS, 428, 430, 432, #500 Mantle, #516 Weaver RC, #533 Ryan, 547, 564, #573 Palmer, 574, #597 Fingers RC, 600, 601, #630 Bonds RC, 657;

1971 Topps near: (745/752, 20% VG-EX or better, 20% VG, 40% GD, 20% FR or lesser, 5% colored) with #1 Orioles Team (GD), #5 Munson (VG-EX), #14 Concepcion RC (FR), #20 R. Jackson (VG-EX), #26 Blyleven RC (GD), #55 Carlton (GD), #100 Rose (GD), #160 Seaver (GD), #180 Kaline (EX), #210 Carew (VG), #230 Stargell (GD), #250 Bench (colored), #300 B. Robinson (VG), #341 Garvey RC (EX-MT), #400 Aaron (GD), #450 Gibson (VG-EX), #525 Banks (FR), #530 Yastrzemski (VG), #550 Killebrew (GD), #570 Palmer (VG-EX), #580 T. Perez (GD), #625 Brock (EX-MT), #630 Clemente (GD), #640 F. Robinson (GD), #641 Mets Team (GD), #688 S. Anderson (colored), #740 Aparicio (EX-MT), #750 McLain (VG);

Missing: (7 cards) with #513 Ryan, #600 Mays, #648 Matlack RC, #650 R. Allen, #700 Powell, #709 Baylor RC, 725

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