1970 Topps Sporting News All-Stars

JimMeant

I've been getting back into the hobby the last 5 years or so and collecting mostly vintage baseball cards. I've recently come across some of the Sporting News All Stars from the 1970 Topps set. I think they are sharp looking cards. After doing some basic research on eBay and the PSA population report, it appears that many of these cards are quite scarce and pricey in high grade.

Does anybody have any more information on these cards and especially why they seem to be so difficult to find in high grade. They are not considered to be high numbers, so why the spike in price?

In my latest psa submission, I was fortunate to score a Psa 8 #462 Hank Aaron and I'm having trouble determining value. I like the look of the sunset, so I'm determining whether or not to collect the whole set.

Any background info on these cards from the experts out there? Thanks

Nikklos

They are usually cut real bad.

JimMeant

Edit: Although I do like the look of sunsets too, I meant to say that I like the look of the 1970 Topps Sporting News All-Stars subset. Man, I hate autocorrect.

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QUITCRAB

Off to a good start with a psa 8 Aaron. Go for the whole set Centering problems is the biggest issue with this sub set The 1961 all stars are even better ! Good luck Scott

dennis07

"They are usually cut real bad"

Amen Brother!

PaulMaul

I'm sure Dave 70ToppsFanatic will comment. He has discussed this before.

PaulMaul

Cool thread to check out:

Dave's 1970 All-Star Subset

PaulMaul

More Discussion

markj111

I have the All-Stars in PSA 8. McDowell and Bench were particularly difficult to find centered.

gemint

I think part of the reason they have centering issues, aside from their position on the sheet, is that they have fairly thin borders. So it doesn't take much misalignment to make them technically OC.

PaulMaul

Would have been cool if a similar subset had been used in 1971....