Fall 2016 - Item detail
Two High-Grade 1974 Complete Sets with Traded Plus 3,000+ Duplicates
- Sold For:
- $3,600
- Year:
- 1974
- Auction:
- 2016 Fall
- Lot #:
- 2298
- Category:
- Internet Only
Presented is an extremely substantial collection of more than 4,000 cards from the classic 1974 Topps baseball set. This collection consists of two complete sets of 660 cards each (one of which is a factory set in its original box), three complete Traded sets of sixty-six cards each, and more than 3,000 duplicates, among them hundreds of Hall of Famers, stars, rookies, and variations. These cards come from an old-time collection and appear to have been carefully stored away for decades. They are bright, crisp, and clean, with centering the only noticeable flaw on the lesser-graded cards.
1) Complete set (660 cards): Housed in unsealed factory set box. Condition is 14% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 65% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 21% Vg to Ex. Keys: #1 Aaron (Nr/Mt+), 20 Ryan (Nr/Mt+), 252 Parker RC (70/30 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 283 Schmidt (25/75 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), 300 Rose (20/80 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), and 456 Winfield RC (15/85 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt+).
2) Complete set (660 cards): Hand collated and including seventeen variations. Condition is 18% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 64% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 18% Vg-Ex to Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #1 Aaron (Nr/Mt), 20 Ryan (30/70 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 252 Parker RC (Nr/Mt+), 250a McCovey (Nr/Mt), 283 Schmidt (15/85 T/B, slightly miscut left edge, otherwise Nr/Mt), 300 Rose (Ex-Mt), and 456 Winfield RC (slightly tilted miscut, otherwise Nr/Mt).
3-5) Complete Traded sets (three sets, 66 cards each): Condition is 86% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt and 14% Vg-Ex to Ex.
6) Duplicates (3000+ cards): Highlighted by 391 Traded cards, 123 team checklists, 14 Washington Nat’l variations, and 129 HOFers. Condition is 33% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 51% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 16% Vg to Ex (including some miscut). Keys: five #10 Bench (two Nr/Mt+, two Ex-Mt, and 95/5 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), three 20 Ryan (Nr/Mt, Ex-Mt, and Ex+), four 60 Brock (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt, and Ex), three 80 Seaver (Nr/Mt-Mt, Ex-Mt, and 100/0 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt+), six 95 Carlton (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt, Ex+, and two 10/90 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), five 130 Jackson (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt+, Ex, and 15/85 L/R and T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), four 207 Strikeout Ldrs Ryan/Seaver (two Nr/Mt-Mt and two Nr/Mt+), three 250b McCovey (two Nr/Mt+ and Ex-Mt), 252 Parker RC (Nr/Mt+), five 280 Yastrzemski (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt and two Ex-Mt), two 283 Schmidt (25/75 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt and Vg-Ex), six 300 Rose (Nr/Mt+, three Ex-Mt, Ex, and 0/100 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), five 340 Munson (Nr/Mt-Mt, three Nr/Mt, and Ex), three 456 Winfield RC (Nr/Mt-Mt, Ex-Mt+, and 20/80 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), and two 654a Alou (both Nr/Mt).
This is an extremely attractive and overall high-grade collection of cards from this classic set with countless highlights. Total: 2 complete sets, 3 complete Traded sets, and more than 3,000 duplicates. Reserve $400. Estimate (open).
1) Complete set (660 cards): Housed in unsealed factory set box. Condition is 14% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 65% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 21% Vg to Ex. Keys: #1 Aaron (Nr/Mt+), 20 Ryan (Nr/Mt+), 252 Parker RC (70/30 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 283 Schmidt (25/75 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), 300 Rose (20/80 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), and 456 Winfield RC (15/85 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt+).
2) Complete set (660 cards): Hand collated and including seventeen variations. Condition is 18% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 64% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 18% Vg-Ex to Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #1 Aaron (Nr/Mt), 20 Ryan (30/70 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 252 Parker RC (Nr/Mt+), 250a McCovey (Nr/Mt), 283 Schmidt (15/85 T/B, slightly miscut left edge, otherwise Nr/Mt), 300 Rose (Ex-Mt), and 456 Winfield RC (slightly tilted miscut, otherwise Nr/Mt).
3-5) Complete Traded sets (three sets, 66 cards each): Condition is 86% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt and 14% Vg-Ex to Ex.
6) Duplicates (3000+ cards): Highlighted by 391 Traded cards, 123 team checklists, 14 Washington Nat’l variations, and 129 HOFers. Condition is 33% Nr/Mt-Mt or better, 51% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, and 16% Vg to Ex (including some miscut). Keys: five #10 Bench (two Nr/Mt+, two Ex-Mt, and 95/5 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), three 20 Ryan (Nr/Mt, Ex-Mt, and Ex+), four 60 Brock (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt, and Ex), three 80 Seaver (Nr/Mt-Mt, Ex-Mt, and 100/0 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt+), six 95 Carlton (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt, Ex+, and two 10/90 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), five 130 Jackson (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt+, Ex, and 15/85 L/R and T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), four 207 Strikeout Ldrs Ryan/Seaver (two Nr/Mt-Mt and two Nr/Mt+), three 250b McCovey (two Nr/Mt+ and Ex-Mt), 252 Parker RC (Nr/Mt+), five 280 Yastrzemski (Nr/Mt-Mt, two Nr/Mt and two Ex-Mt), two 283 Schmidt (25/75 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt and Vg-Ex), six 300 Rose (Nr/Mt+, three Ex-Mt, Ex, and 0/100 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), five 340 Munson (Nr/Mt-Mt, three Nr/Mt, and Ex), three 456 Winfield RC (Nr/Mt-Mt, Ex-Mt+, and 20/80 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt), and two 654a Alou (both Nr/Mt).
This is an extremely attractive and overall high-grade collection of cards from this classic set with countless highlights. Total: 2 complete sets, 3 complete Traded sets, and more than 3,000 duplicates. Reserve $400. Estimate (open).