1971 Topps Football Complete Set (263): #8 PSA Set Registry (8.11 GPA)

Sold For:

$28,200

Year:

1971

Auction:

2024 Spring

Lot #:

3027

Category:

Featured

Presented is an extraordinary ultra high-grade complete 263-card set of 1971 Topps football cards. The colored flush-to-the-border design of the 1971 Topps football set makes this issue particularly challenging to collect in extremely high grade. This set includes the rookie cards of Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, Joe Greene, Ken Houston, and Willie Lanier, and stars such as Johnny Unitas, Dick Butkus, Bart Starr, Fran Tarkenton, Gale Sayers, and Joe Namath. Each card has been graded and encapsulated by PSA. This set consists of twenty-seven MINT 9s, one NM-MT+ 8.5, 234 NM-MT 8s, and one NM 7. This set is registered as the eighth highest-graded set on the PSA Set Registry with an impressive overall GPA of 8.11. This is an extraordinary set! PSA Grading Composite: MINT 9 (27 cards): #10, 14,18, 19, 29, 39, 49, 50, 53, 67, 71, 72, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85, 95, 97, 106 Checklist, 128, 145, 187, 196, 200 Starr, 230, and 234. NM-MT+ 8.5 (1 card): #179. NM-MT 8 (234 cards): Including #1 Unitas, 25 Butkus, 27 Checklist, 113 Houston RC, 114 Lanier RC, 230 Tarkenton, 150 Sayers, 156 Bradshaw RC, 188 Wehrli RC, 210 Sanders RC, 245 Greene RC, 250 Namath, and 260 Simpson. NM 7 (1 card): #263. This is a remarkably consistent and extremely attractive complete set of this popular 1970s football-card issue that would be a worthy addition to even the most advanced collection. The total SMR value for the assigned grades (factoring in the one half-grade at the lower whole-grade level) is $20,098. Total: 263 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $7,500.