1971 Topps Football Collection (212) Including 44 SGC-Graded Cards

Sold For:

$600

Year:

1971

Auction:

2018 Fall

Lot #:

2355

Category:

Football Cards or Memorabilia

Collection of 212 cards (165 different) from the 1971 Topps football series highlighted by twenty-four Hall of Famers. The condition-sensitive 1971 Topps set has always been one of the most popular sets of the 1970s. An impressive forty-four cards are graded and encapsulated by SGC (one is PSA). SGC condition composite: NM/MT 88 (7 cards): #15, 40, 42, 47, 81, 194, and 227. NM+ 86 (5 cards): #7, 15, 60, and two 174. NM 84 (20 cards): #11, 17, 24, 71 Page, 84, 91 M. Morris RC, 94 Mack, 97 Hanburger, 103, 122, 130, 136, 137, 140, 165, 170, 197, 220, 222, and 240. EX/MT+ 82 (5 cards): #19 Maynard, 96, 177, 190 Hayes, and 251. EX/NM 80 (5 cards): #133 Nitschke (PSA EX-MT 6), 138, 144 Lilly, 208, and 253. EX+ 70 (1 card): #251. EX 60 (1 card): #133 Nitschke. The balance of the cards grade: 16% Nr/Mt (including a couple better), 69% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 15% Vg to Vg-Ex (including one lesser and one with a possible slight trim). Ungraded Keys: #10 Alworth (Vg+), two 20 L. Wilson (both Ex), 26 C. Taylor (Gd), 35 Bell (Vg-Ex), 41 Karras (Nr/Mt+), 45 Csonka (Ex+), 53 B. Smith (Nr/Mt), 55 Wood (Ex), 61 Stenerud (Ex), 71 Page (Ex), 94 Mack (Ex+), 97 Hamburger (90/10 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt-Mt), 110 Little (Ex), 151 J. Otto (Ex+), 175 Mackey (Vg-Ex+), 188 Wehrli RC (Ex+), 190 Hayes (Ex), 207 W. Brown (Ex-Mt), and 244 J. Smith (Ex). The equivalent SMR value for just forty-two of the graded cards (not including the two cards graded lower than EX-MT 6 and factoring in the ten half grades at the lower whole-grade level is $260). Total: 212 cards. Reserve $200. Estimate (open).