Lot # 779: 1969 Topps Partial Set (266/664) w/5 SGC Graded

Category: 1949-Present

Starting Bid: $150.00

Bids: 40 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "Spring, 2022 Premier Auction",
which ran from 3/16/2022 9:00 PM to
4/2/2022 9:00 PM



Outstanding grouping of high-grade 1969 Topps baseball cards, from the collection of their original owner, who purchased the cards in the year of issue and carefully stored them away.  The cards are largely brilliantly sharp, with glowing white borders and crisp images, the primary condition flaws relating to centering.  These cards were pulled directly from packs in 1969, and as is the case with many other sets consigned by this collector, the set itself is incomplete.  Each year, the collector would work toward completing each set, but when the next season's sport began and the Topps cards from that sport went on sale, he would simply move onto the next sport, regardless of completion.  He never went back and revisited any set, preferring simply to maintain his collection.  The more recent the year, the higher-grade the cards, and as is the case with many of the sets, the primary condition flaws relate to Topps quality control, as opposed to handling of the cards themselves.

This grouping includes 266 of the cards, approximately 40% of the set - the furthest from completion of all the different sets he collected.  We selected five key cards and submitted them to SGC for grading, which were returned as follows:  #95 Johnny Bench (HOF): SGC VG/EX+ 4.5; #100 Hank Aaron (HOF): SGC EX/NM 6; #120 Pete Rose: SGC NM+ 7.5; #190 Willie Mays (HOF): SGC NM-MT 8; and #260 Reggie Jackson (HOF RC): Inexplicably SGC AUTHENTIC.  The remaining keys are as follows:  #20 Banks EX/MT; #35 Morgan EX; #50 Clemente EX; #85 Brock VG/EX; #130 Yastrzemski EX/MT; #200 Gibson VG (miscut); #235 Hunter EX/MT; #250 F. Robinson VG-EX; #295 Perez EX/MT; #355 Niekro EX/MT; #370 Marichal EX; #375 Killebrew NM; #385 Cepeda EX/MT; #400 Drysdale EX/MT; #410 Kaline NM; #539 Ted Shows How EX/MT; #570 Santo EX/MT, #650 Williams EX/MT.  An exceptional collection of higher-grade cards from the 1969 Topps issue.  266 cards total.

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