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REDUCED: For Sale: 43-Year Run of Topps Sets in Binders, 1976-2018

1976 + Traded..................1991+ Trded+’53 Arch........2006+Traded
1977................................1992+ Gold Wnrs...............2007+Tr+RdBks+OD
1978................................1993+ Gold........2008+Traded
1979...............................1994+ Gold.........2009+Traded
1980 +Suprs(Gray)+Kelog.....1995+ Traded..................2010+Traded
1981 +Stickers..................1996................... ..............2011+Tr+OpDay
1982 +Stickers+K-Mart.......1997...............................2012 +Tr+OpDay
1983................................1998.......... ......................2013+Tr+OpDay
1984................................1999 + OpDay..................2014+Tr+OpDay
1985................................2000 + OpDay....................2015+Tr+OpDay
1986 +Traded (sealed)........2001 + Tr + OpDay..........2016+Tr+OpDay
1987 +Traded (sealed)........2002 + Tr(hi#)+ OpDay.....2017+Tr+OpDay
1988.................................2003 + OpDay..................2018+Tr+OpDay
1989 + Traded....................2004 + Tr
1990 + Traded.....................2005 + Tr

Decently comprehensive run of Topps, Topps Traded and Topps Opening Day sets....all presented nicely in binders

Any sets in BOLD are incomplete, but with all of the key cards. For example, the 1993, 2012 and 2014 Traded sets contain the Jeter Gold, Trout, Harper and Betts key cards, missing commons. Full checklists will accompany any incomplete set. I will still be adding cards to these incomplete sets up until sold.

Also included are the extra commons and minor stars remaining from building the 1986-2018 sets. Approximately 30,000 cards stored neatly in Monster Boxes, inclusive of Topps base set, traded, opening day and partial holiday sets.

Strong preference to sell as a complete run…with delivery or half-way meet being preferred transaction. I am in the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast region, so this probably will exclude those of you in the Pacific Northwest, but I am open to multiple delivery scenarios.

The 1976-1979 sets were auction-purchased in late 2021, upgraded and placed in Ultra-Pro sheets and BCW binders. Following are the original auction house descriptions for the ’76-’79 sets. I found these descriptions to be generally correct but some cards were modestly upgraded, mostly for centering and print flaw issues. I am sure there are still some outliers, but pretty consistent with the original descriptions:

1976 : “Stunning NM/MT set, virtually free from wear and gorgeous. The bad cards in this set are NM! Key Cards: #19 George Brett HOF NM (good left to right centering but off top to bottom otherwise NM/MT), #98 Dennis Eckersley HOF Rookie NM+, #240 Pete Rose NM+, #330 Nolan Ryan HOF NM (due to top to bottom centering), #550 Hank Aaron NM, #592 Willie Randolph Rookie NM/MT, #599 Ron Guidry Rookie NM (Due to top to bottom centering)”

1977 : “Sharp NM set and VERY uniform. The occasional touched corner or centering issue but a strong over all set. Sutter Rookie is NM, Dawson rookie is NM/MT+, Murphy Rookie EX/MT”

1978: “Wow. Can't quite call it a MINT set, but it's very close. Conservatively NM/MT most cards look pack fresh and razor sharp. Centering and print issues aside this is almost flawless. Murray has no damage, but is moderately OC has a few print marks and a paper flaw in the upper right which looks like a dot on the top border, Molitor Trammell is NM/MT but is slightly OC.”

1979: “Stunning NM/MT+ set with dozens, if not hundreds of MINT cards. Ozzie is unusually well centered about 60/40 left to right and has a tiny bit of a tilt to the image NM/MT. The best 1979 set we've ever had.”

The 1980-2018 sets are from single-owner, smoke-free/pet-free home, also fully in sheets and binders.

Attached are various scans/pictures of the key cards, views of the sets, etc. I didn't take a lot of pics of the modern sets aside from the key rookies but the sets are similarly conditioned.

To recap, for sale are 90 sets in 50 binders/sheets, 9 monster boxes with leftover set-build cards from ’86-2018.

Asking $7350 / OBO. PayPal is preferred payment method.

Not yet included, but I also have similar runs of Fleer, Donruss, Upper Deck and Stadium Club plus some partial sets of things like Topps Gallery, if anyone wants to entertain a big truckload deal. For that, I would consider cash and partial trade options

This is basically my cost on the early sets and 20% off the better 2001-2018 modern sets and traded/update sets…under the wheat/chaff theorem, the middle junk wax stuff is basically the cost of the binders…but some of those have the gold parallels which to me really aren’t junk. Likely $1000 in value just in binders and sheets.


Please PM me if you have any questions
Mike