1973 Topps Baseball - 100%

Machodoc

Finally finished this sucker. It's 100%, with an 8.42 GPA, and is the third 100% complete set and is 4th current finest. This gives me a string of 100% complete graded sets from 1972 through 1975 - a small and dubious accomplishment at best.

Steve

highend

WAY TO GO! the 73 set isn't my favorite of the 70's but still an accomplishment. good job. are you going to tackle the 70 and 71 sets?

thegemmintman

Great job Steve!

WinPitcher

Great job!

elway65

su-weet. Not of my fave sets either but I love Clemente's last card and all the cool up-close action infield shots that look as though they were photographed on a beach.

SOM

I hardly consider what you've accomplished "small," Steve. Way to go!

Nick

gtbeaker

Steve- Congrats on completing the 73 set! I think it's a MAJOR feat to have the 72-72 sets at 100%.

Machodoc

Thanks all, and yes, I'll be posting up a 1971 set sometime over the holidays. I doubt I'll worry about a 1970 set for some time because I am also working on finishing my 1952 and 1959 sets and my 1951 Bowman. That's plenty to chew on for a while.

Steve

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Vargha

1971 and 1973 are near and dear to my heart from buying them as a kid.

calleocho

congrats!

btw ..how do you store them?

ctsoxfan

Congrats - very nice accomplishment!

I also would like to know how you store so many slabs - I am working on the same number of big sets, and the sheer amount of slabs is overtaking a great big closet. Vault boxes everywhere.

Machodoc

David,

I'm in tune with you on those years between 1971 and 1973. Gawd, was there so much going on the world at that time! Besides Vietnam, I vividly remember RMN's "Phase One" speech on inflation control with price freezes, etc... in August 1971. I also remember the first lazy press notices of a bungled break-in of the DNC HQ in DC in June 1972.....

My peak years of collecting were 1972 through 1975 and as soon as I hit 16 in 1975, other "priorities" kicked in that claimed the precious few pennies this son of a coal miner's daughter could spend.

On the 1973 set I owe a big debt of thanks to Scott Wetzel and Dave Read. Scott got me jump started on the front end two years ago and Dave got me near the finish line a couple of months ago.

As for storage, my sets are in several two-row "shoeboxes" (I don't know the proper name) at an undisclosed offsite location. Roughly 5 of these boxes can house the usual 660-card collection. I just wish they were deeper because they were made for toploaders.

SW

KING KELLOGG

'Atta boy.....Steve


Congrats!!!




KING

gemint

Great job Steve. That's an impressive accomplishment. Are you aiming for a 1952-? run of graded sets someday?

dude

Congratulations Steve! Certainly a job well done!

jimtb

Machodoc, The sets you completed were my prime collecting years as a kid. 72-75's are my favorites for that reason. Congrats on such a huge accomplishment!

Fabfrank

Congrats Steve 71-78 were my main collecting years. The 72 and 73 sets are probably my favorite. Completing any set is a major accomplishment. Great Job