"Must have" 1970's cards

[mrmopar]

Value aside, I am going strictly by which cards I find visually appealing (among the better players, of course). The various AS badges & rookie cups add to the appeal for me:

71 Munson
73 Stargell
74 Seaver
76 Lynn, Bench
77 Fisk, Garvey
78 Jackson
79 Carew, Rose

Limiting to just 10 is very tough. Most of these sets are favorites of mine, having grown up collecting many of them live. These 10 were some of the first I thought of, but so many more are missing.

[hcv123]

1971 Ryan
1971 Mays
1971 Clemente
1971 Munson
1972 Carew
1973 Reggie Jackson
1975 George Brett
1975 Hank Aaron #660
1978 Eddie Murray
1979 Ozzie Smith

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Top 11 (chronological order) Topps/OPC "rookies"

1972 Fisk
1973 Schmidt
1974 Winfield
1975 Brett
1975 Yount
1978 Murray
1978 Molitor/Trammell
1978 Burger King Trammell
1978 Burger King Morris
1978 Burger King Whitaker
1979 Ozzie

That is my list for today. It will likely change tomorrow. Haha.

[EldoEsq]

Come on...no picks of this card yet???

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by EldoEsq

Come on...no picks of this card yet???

he completely bald under the cap.


its interesting how commons psa 9 in 1975 sell for more on ebay than commons from the prior year 1974..... shows the popularity of 1975..plus a 1975 psa9-10 set sold recently for about 30 percent over SMR

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by EldoEsq

Come on...no picks of this card yet???

I was just about to post this photo. My favorite of all time. I also like the 1973 Ruth / Aaron / Mays HR leaders card. As a kid, I couldn't think of a greater card than to have all three on the same card. This was my first "older" card and I thought it was the best thing ever.

[Gr8Beldini]

1970 Bench
1971 Clemente
1971 Munson
1972 Carew
1972 Rose
1972 Morgan Traded
1973 Mays
1975 Aaron (#660 - centered please.)
1977 Fidrych
1977 Reggie

[MattyC]

Good call on the 660 Aaron being centered-- talk about a card where it really might be as rare as 1 in every 250 is square and centered. The miscuts and off centering on that card are insane.

[swarmee]

Guess we also omitted the 1972 classic Billy Martin "you're number 1" card.

[Bigdaddy]

Wow, so many great cards; the cardboard of my childhood. I'll put it like this: If I could only keep 10 cards to show my grandson one day, these are those:

1971 Thurman Munson
1971 Willie Mays
1972 Rod Carew
1972 Joe Morgan - Traded
1973 Roberto Clemente
1973 Mike Schmidt
1976 Johnny Bench
1977 Pete Rose
1977 Steve Garvey
1978 Reggie Jackson

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. At least for tonight.