1978 Topps Football Complete Set (528): #1 PSA Set Registry (9.48 GPA)!

Sold For:

$38,400

Year:

1978

Auction:

2024 Spring

Lot #:

3047

Category:

Featured

Unbelievably ultra high-grade complete 528-card set of 1978 Topps football cards, entirely graded and encapsulated by PSA. This incredible set currently ranks first on the PSA Set Registry with an impressive overall GPA of 9.48 (10.02 with top bonuses) and includes an unbelievable 284 cards graded GEM MINT 10. It goes without saying that the assembly of this set is a tremendous collecting achievement. The 1978 Topps set features rookie cards of Hall of Famers Fred Dean, Tony Dorsett, and John Stallworth as well as numerous other stars and Hall of Famers, including Walter Payton, Terry Bradshaw, and Roger Staubach. The set consists of an astounding 284 GEM MINT 10s, 219 MINT 9s, one NM-MT+ 8.5, and twenty-one NM-MT 8s. This is an extraordinary set! PSA Grading Composite: GEM MINT 10 (284 cards): #3 Payton Highlights, 10 Houston All-Pro, 120 Griese All-Pro, 127 Bethea, 160 Harris All-Pro, 165 Lambert, 166, 168, 215 Riggins, 230 Humphrey, 320 Stallworth RC, 322 Little, 336, 338 Joiner, 365 Stabler, 393 Carson, 400 Simpson, 406 Page, 413, 443 Largent, 450 Ham All-Pro, 460 Shell All-Pro (pop 1), 495 Hanburger, 498, 500, 501, 507, 513, 516, 519, 520, 523, 524, 527, and 528. MINT 9 (219 cards): #4 Simpson Highlights, 5 Tarkenton Highlights, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20 DeLamielleure All-Pro, 22, 23, 25 Csonka, 26, 29, 32, 33, 35 Hannah, 39, 42, 43, 47, 51, 53, 58, 60 White All-Pro, 62, 65 Bradshaw, 67 Culp, 68 Hendricks, 69, 70 Langer All-Pro, 75, 77, 79 Eller, 80 Mack, 82 Barney, 85, 86, 90 Upshaw All-Pro, 93, 99, 100 Tarkenton, 107, 109, 110, 112, 115 Riley, 116, 117, 126, 129, 131, 133, 134, 137, 141, 143, 145, 150, 157, 158, 162, 163, 164, 169, 172, 177, 179, 182, 184, 185, 193, 196, 197, 198, 200 Payton All-Pro, 204, 213, 214, 217 Dean RC, 219, 220, 222, 224, 228, 229, 231, 235, 236, 238 Stenerud, 239, 241, 242, 245, 249, 250, 253, 257, 260 Guy All-Pro, 265 Youngblood, 266, 267, 268, 270, 272, 273, 274, 277, 282, 283, 287 Klecko RC, 289, 290 Staubach, 291, 295 Greene, 296, 298, 300, 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, 310 Dierdorf All-Pro, 311, 314 Selmon, 315 Dorsett RC, 319, 325, 326, 330, 331, 333, 334, 335, 337 Brazile, 340, 344 Sanders, 345, 348, 350 Pearson All-Pro, 351 Webster, 355, 357, 361, 364, 366, 371, 373, 375, 376, 378 Krause, 379 Carmichael, 380 Haynes All-Pro, 381, 383, 387, 388, 390, 395, 396, 397, 407, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 415 Biletnikoff, 417, 418, 420, 424, 425, 426 Thomas, 428, 429, 430 Yary, 431, 433, 434, 437, 439, 440, 447, 449, 451 Tingelhoff, 453, 454, 456, 457, 458, 459, 466, 470, 471, 472, 474, 475 Blount, 481, 484, 487, 488, 489, 493, 496, 497, 498, 499 Fouts, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 509, 510, 511, 512, 515, 521, and 522. NM-MT+ 8.5 (1 card): #84. NM-MT 8 (21 cards): #7, 31, 36, 50 Casper All-Pro, 73, 97, 181, 188, 192, 205, 269, 293, 305 Branch, 332, 354, 448, 464 Wehrli, 469, 494, 514, and 526. NM 7 (3 cards): #256, 299, and 369. Many of these cards are the highest- or second-highest graded examples in the entire PSA Population Report. The consignor has invested years in assembling and upgrading this set. The total SMR value for the individual cards (factoring in the one half-grade at the lower whole-grade level and not including the three NM 7) is $17,636. This value does not even begin to take into consideration the incredible time and effort that would be required to replicate a set of this quality. This is an incredible, perhaps once-in-a-lifetime assembly of this popular 1970s Topps football issue! Total: 528 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot. Opening Bid $5,000.