My quest to collect the "Top 50" 1971 Topps PSA 7 HOFers

Estil

Well, folks, although there's still some other things I want to also do regarding my collection (especially my mid 90s insert set quest) I feel I'm just about all set regarding 1973-79 Topps PSA 7's (some 8's in 1978-79) so I think I can now turn my attention to my dream set, 1971 Topps. My wife too also likes the black border design incidentally. Although the "Big Six" (Munson, Clemente, Ryan, Rose, Mays, Blyleven) and to a lesser extent the "Next Six" (B. Robinson, Baylor/Baker, Bench, Reggie, Aaron, Banks) can give quite the sticker shock, I crunched the numbers regarding the SMRs (again my bad for stupidly getting those and VCP's mixed up) and you know what? I think the other 38 HOFers (yes I made a nice even "Top 50" list plus the seven checklists) and the seven checklsts (at least with time) are quite doable, especially if I can find some good deals where I can get several of them in one purchase.

Now, I don't know how long it'll take for me to complete this, but I think now is the time to finally for it! Wish me luck!

MY QUEST FOR THE TOP 50 OF 1971 TOPPS IN PSA 7 NQ:


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005 Thurman Munson


630 Roberto Clemente


513 Nolan Ryan


100 Pete Rose


600 Willie Mays


026 Bert Blyleven RC


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300 Brooks Robinson


709 Baylor/Baker RC


250 Johnny Bench


020 Reggie Jackson


400 Hank Aaron


525 Ernie Banks


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001 Orioles Champs


014 Dave Concepcion RC


160 Tom Seaver


180 Al Kaline


220 Ron Santo


230 Willie Stargell


264 Joe Morgan


280 Ferguson Jenkins


325 Juan Marichal


341 Steve Garvey RC


380 Ted Williams


384 Rollie Fingers


450 Bob Gibson


530 Carl Yastrzemski


550 Harmon Killebrew


570 Jim Palmer


574 Jim Bunning


580 Tony Perez


605 Orlando Cepeda


609 Leo Durocher


625 Lou Brock


640 Frank Robinson


688 Sparky Anderson


700 Boog Powell


714 Dick Williams


740 Luis Aparicio


750 Denny McClain


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054 Checklist 1


369 Checklist 4


499 Checklist 5


619 Checklist 6

DanBessette

Would love to see the Yaz when you pick it up. I have a 6 and I'm hoping to upgrade to a 7.5 or 8.

Estil

The first time I tried this I started with Yaz because that's my Bostonian wife's hero Maybe I should do that this time as well?

Estil

Well folks with the help of a special sale, I was able to cross off 11 out of the top 50 (Neikro, Catfish, McCovey, Carlton, Mazeroski, Simmons, Perry, Carew, Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Sutton) and three of the seven checklists (coins, 2nd, 3rd). I think I'm off to a pretty good start don't you?

JoeBanzai

Go man GO!

Estil

Thanks Joe, I feel quite fortunate that I'm even now able to go for these. Obviously I had to have my 1973-79 ones all done first before doing so would've made sense (still missing 1973 Schmidt but no hurry on that one).

heritage

Go for it and don't look back.

heritage

Go for it and don't look back.

BaltimoreYankee

Nice idea! Since you have a few non-HOFers in there, another to consider is Rich Allen. A tough high number to get in nice condition.

Estil

We'll see I do also automatically include card #1 on my graded list because we all know how kids who kept their cards in a rubber banded stack in numerical order, well... Plus Topps usually makes card #1 special in someway.

BaltimoreYankee

That card #1 (O's Team) is a bear to get in nice shape. A PSA 8 just sold for $449 on eBay.

Estil

All the more reason I'm doing 7's. Surely getting it in 7 shouldn't be too tough/expensive, I hope...