The 1986 Topps Traded Baseball set - a faded crown jewel?
1970 Topps Set (Baseball)
Set Notes
Excerpt
The cards in this 720-card set measure 2 1/2" by 3 1/2". The Topps set for 1970 has color photos surrounded by white frame lines and gray borders. The backs have a blue biographical section and a yellow record section. All-Star selections are featured on cards 450 to 469. Other topical subsets within the set include League Leaders (61-72), Playoffs cards (195-202), and World Series cards (305-310). There are graduations of scarcity, terminating in the high series (634-720), which are outlined in the value summaries in the Beckett checklists.
Rookies
- (21) Vida Blue, Gene Tenace
- (87) Steve Renko
- (96) Leron Lee, Jerry Reuss
- (141) Dave Cash, Johnny Jeter
- (172) Garry Hill, Ralph Garr
- (189) Thurman Munson, Dave McDonald
- (227) John Mayberry, Bob Watkins
- (286) Jack Jenkins, Bill Buckner
- (304) Bill Russell
- (358) Pedro Borbon
- (539) Dennis Doyle, Larry Bowa
- (609) Buck Martinez
- (621) Mike McQueen, Darrell Evans, Rick Kester
- (654) Oscar Gamble, Boots Day, Angel Mangual
More set notes
Only three baseball players, but some very significant non-baseball cards mark this set.
The 1988 U.S. Olympic baseball team joins rookies and traded veterans.
Focusing on more than 150 years worth of America's most famous movers and shakers.
This set consists of 792 standard-size cards. Cards were primarily issued in 17-card wax packs, 50-card rack packs and factory sets. Card fronts feature wood grain borders encasing a color photo (reminiscent of Topps classic 1962 baseball set). Subsets include Record Breakers (1-7), Turn Back The Clock (311-315), All-Star selections (595-616), and Team Leaders (scattered throughout the set). The manager cards contain a team checklist on back.
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