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Would you buy them? 71 Topps Football (I did)

mreutermreuter Posts: 543
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Saw a bag of 100 1971 Topps football cards at a flea market, all in toploaders, I could only see a few of the names but I looked at so many things yesterday I can't recall specifically which players. I could see several of the cards corners sticking out throughout the bag and didn't see any soft corners, if all the cards turn out to be commons or semistars, would you have picked them up for the $25 asking price? I don't get into older football much so I wasn't sure what to do, I can always go back and get them.

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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Yes.
  • goraidersgoraiders Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭
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  • mreutermreuter Posts: 543
    I got them, pretty happy with what was in the bag, will list the stars after I get home from a graduation party tonight. Just a teaser, but there were some rookies.
  • SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hopefully, you got one or two nice Bradshaw and/or Greene rookies image


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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭
    I could use Ken Houston!
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  • mreutermreuter Posts: 543
    I said "pretty happy", if I had Bradshaw or Greene, I would have been extremely happy.
    I did get 3 Ken Houston rookies.
  • GarabaldiGarabaldi Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭
    $25 sounds like a cheap gamble
  • bigreddogbigreddog Posts: 1,156
    Condition? 71's are tough and usually overstated as to the condition by most.

    On the other hand

    I do a 71 Set in SGC 88 or better. Ive sub many absolute blazers and have been disapointed.

    I personally feel the 71's, because of their "Condition Sensitive" status, are unfairly judged by TPGers
    who feel the must be extra brutal on them because of their preconcieved notion of them for their "Condition Sensitive" status.

    I would be VERY interested in ANY 1971 Topps card that I need for my set, If Ithought it could pull an 8. Commons or Semi Stars.

    What are you looking to do with them?

    PM me to discuss the cards and any I might need that are nice enough to possibly pull SGC88 grade or better.


    Thanks
    John
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭✭
    man I subbed some NICE 71s awhile back and I got a few 7s. I mean, they were nice. Like, the nicest I've found at years and years of shows and putting this set together. I wonder how people come up with 9s.
    John
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  • mreutermreuter Posts: 543
    The cards are all from series 1 or low numbers, whatever they called them back then. Here are the key cards:
    #3 Marty Shottenheimer RC (2)
    #19 Don Maynard
    #50 Sonny Jurgensen
    #53 Bubba Smith (2)
    #113 Ken Houston RC (3)

    The rest book at $2 and under, my guide is from 2005 so I don't know if there has been much of a change since then. As far as condition, I really am not into grading but by comparing them to the few graded cards I own, I think most likely 6's and maybe a few 7's. If anyone needs anything in particular, let me know, there are a lot of cards I could use instead of these (help on a 1973 Topps baseball set). Otherwise I will just add them to my collection but I will for sure be keeping one each of the cards listed above.
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