2022 SPRING PREMIER AUCTION
Wed, May 18, 2022 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Jun 5, 2022 08:36AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 165
1969 TOPPS BASEBALL PSA GRADED MASTER SET (663 + 31 VARIATIONS) - ALMOST 100% NM-MT 8 TO GEM MINT 10 - RANKS #11 ON CURRENT PSA REGISTRY
Sold for
$66,734.40
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $20,000 |
Presented here is a high-grade master set of 1969 Topps Baseball with 663 cards from the basic set plus 31 variations (694 cards total) with all 23 "White Label" cards including Mickey Mantle Willey McCovey and Gaylord Perry. These scarce WL variations fall between card #'s 440-511 and were printed only in the 5th series release. As for condition this extraordinary set is just 2% shy of being graded 100% NM-MT 8 to Gem Mint 10 by PSA.
Mickey Mantle would retire following the 1969 season so this set featured The Mick's last card issue from his playing career. Top rookies include Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson Rollie Fingers Earl Weaver and Bobby Cox plus Graig Nettles Al Oliver Dock Ellis Sparky Lyle and Bobby Bonds. 10 cards are the highest graded examples and 19 have only one graded higher on the PSA Pop Report. Only #47 Paul Popovich Helmet Emblem Invisible #394 Seattle Pilots Rookies (Lou Piniella) and #567 Pirates Rookies (no black outline on title) are missing to make it a 100% complete. Recently retired on the PSA Registry with a set rating of 8.15 and GPA of 8.16 it would rank #11 once reinstated. Please note that the registry shows #394 Piniella is present in PSA Gem Mint 10 and #463 Dennis Ribant is missing but the opposite is true – Ribant is present and comes in PSA Mint 9. This would have very little effect on the GPA and set rating (down to 8.12 at the worst) so it would still easily come in at #11 on the current rankings. Here's the highlighted breakdown with Hall of Famers and notable variations mentioned.
PSA Gem Mint 10: 1 card #13 Mickey Stanley (pop 7).
PSA MINT 9: 200 cards including #'s 47/Helmet Emblem Invisible 147 Leo Durocher 355 Phil Niekro 375 Harmon Killebrew 385 Orlando Cepeda 420 Ron Santo All-Star 527 Al Lopez.
PSA NM-MT+ 8.5: 8 cards including #'s 18 109 239 281 345 452/Yellow 476/Yellow 661.
PSA NM-MT 8: 470 cards including #'s 1 20 Ernie Banks 24 Walter Alston 35 Joe Morgan 50 Roberto Clemente 75 Luis Aparicio 85 Lou Brock 95 Johnny Bench 99 Graig Nettles RC (black loop above Twins) 99 Nettles RC (no loop) 100 Hank Aaron 130 Carl Yastrzemski 200 Bob Gibson 216 Don Sutton 235 Catfish Hunter 237 Bobby Cox RC 250 Frank Robinson 255 Steve Carlton 260 Reggie Jackson RC 295 Tony Perez 335 Bill Mazeroski 370 Juan Marichal 400 Don Drysdale 410 Al Kaline 416 McCovey AS 419 Rod Carew AS 421 Brooks Robinson AS 425 Yastrzemski AS 430 Bench AS 432 Gibson AS 440 McCovey/Yellow 450 Billy Williams 452/White 461/White 462 Red Schoendienst 470/Yellow 471/White 480 Tom Seaver 482/White 485 Gaylord Perry/White 486/White 491/White 500 Mickey Mantle/Yellow 510 Rod Carew 511/White 516 Earl Weaver RC 533 Nolan Ryan 545 Willie Stargell 550 Brooks Robinson 565 Hoyt Wilhelm 570 Ron Santo 573 Jim Palmer 597 Rollie Fingers RC 630 Bobby Bonds RC 640 Fergie Jenkins 650 Ted Williams (manager).
PSA NM 7: 13 cards including #'s 440 McCovey/White 441/White 444/White 447/White 451/White 454/White 464/White 468/White 470/White 473/White 493/White 501/White 505/White.
PSA EX-MT 6: 2 cards #'s 476/White and 500 Mantle/White.
For more information on this set visit the PSA Registry at the following URL:
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