Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction Fall 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/20/2022
Two binders home to Topps cards from the 1970s are up for grabs here, with a ’73-74 ensemble highlighted by cards of Hall of Fame goalies Ken Dryden and Billy Smith (RC), both of them just shy of NM at EX-MT+. Similar (Lafleur) and better cards can be anticipated but most of the other key cards pulled exhibit condition issues (mostly dinged corners), with all of Bobby Orr’s head and uniform outlined in partially-erased pencil. Also noteworthy are an unmarked 116-Checklist (VG-EX), one missing common (117-Leiter) and writing on the back of a creased 181-Hadfield card. A mid-grade average is our verdict. As for a gathering of ’75-76 cards, just one card, 27-Vadnais is required to complete the 330-card issue, with high grade (NM-or-better) representatives appearing to account for the vast majority and we surmise NM-MT to MINT examples outnumber the NMs and NM+s. Orr (NM+), Dryden (NM-MT), Lafleur (NM+) and numerous other Hall of Famers lead the star power, while all checklists and team checklists are unmarked – nice. Indeed, a nice time will be had when these collectibles arrive.
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