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1975 Topps Baseball - the countdouglas collection

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Since 1975 Topps Baseball seems to be a topic in multiple threads lately, I thought I'd start one about the 1975s that I've acquired.

From roughly 2010 to 2015, I purchased mass quantities of Topps Baseball cards from 1970-1990, but most heavily the years 1975 and then 1980-86. I would estimate 40,000 to 50,000 cards from each of those years, and then perhaps 5,000 to maybe 20,000 for each of the remaining years in that window. I acquired these cards as lots, unopened, partial sets, and already complete sets.

In regards to the 1975s, everything was acquired from purchases through eBay. I had tremendous luck. I believe really nice complete sets, at the time, could be acquired for between $250-$300, but partial sets and minty lots could be acquired for much, much less.

My all-time best purchase was an auction for a lot of 9,000+ 1975s that I won for a little over $1,100. The pictures were kind of sketchy, and the seller didn't have much feedback, but it was worth a shot. The cards arrived in a brown cardboard box roughly the size of a vending case, but it was for something else, like cereal or something. I don't recall exactly. They had lined the box with paper towels, and then laid a long row of maybe 1,200 cards, then more paper towels as a divider, with another long row next to it, repeating this until the bottom was filled with 4 rows. Then they laid more paper towels, and repeated that with another layer of 4 rows of cards. Laid more paper towels on top of that, and then taped up the box and shipped it to me that way. You can imagine my initial reaction when it arrived that way. But I couldn't have been more pleased with the results. The cards were super nice, and once I sorted it out, I was able to make 2 complete sets and many more partials. There were 2 Brett's, 3 Ryan's, 4 Younts, and then 6 to 10+ for each of the other stars in the set.

Anyway, I have the #25 set and the #70 set on the 1975 Topps Baseball Registry, and I still own 15 of the 1975 Topps Baseball complete sets in albums. 3 of the sets are missing the George Brett card, as it got to a point that I couldn't find a nice raw example that fit aesthetically with the rest of the set. I think I have it covered with my extra PSA Bretts, though. None of these are for sale. Here's some pics. If there is interest, I'll post pics later of my #25 set and the corresponding card that is my best raw example in my #1 raw set.
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