Topps 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988 Baseball Sets and Near Sets.
Lot 173. Topps 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988 Baseball Sets and Near Sets. Here are the details: 1981 – 713 of 726 cards, including #110 Yastrzemski ex-m, 158 Jenkins, 180 Rose nm, 206 Schmidt, 220 Seaver, 254 Smith, 370 Winfield, 380 Stargell ex-m, 480 Fisk, 490 Murray, 500 Rice, 515 Yount, 560 Morgan, 600 Bench and 640 Parker. The missing cards are #52, 171, 240 Ryan, 261 Henderson, 302 Valenzuela rookie, 315, 347, 400, 456, 479 Raines rookie, 504, 630 and 700. Ex-m. 1982 – Ex-m+ to nm overall, 786 of 792 cards, including #4 Rose, 5 Ryan, 30 Palmer, 80 Seaver nm+ 95 Smith, 100 Schmidt nm, 200 Brett, 300 Jackson, 400 Bench, 452 Lee Smith rookie, 480 Carlton nm, 500 Carew nm, 510 Valenzuela, 551 Jackson, 650 Yastrzemski and 780 Rose nm+. The missing cards are #21 Ripken rookie, 90 Ryan, 213, 254, 610 Henderson, and 681. 1985 – Nm to nm-m, 786 of 792 cards, including #3 Gooden, 5 Morgan, 7 Ryan, 30 Ripken nm+, 100 Brett, 200 Jackson nm-m, 278 Strawberry, 350 Boggs nm-m, 493 Hershiser rookie, 500 Schmidt nm+, 665 Mattingly, 694 Joe Carter and 760 Ryan. The cards needed to complete this set are 181 Clemens rookie, 401 McGwire, 536 Puckett rookie, 570 Strawberry, 620 Gooden rookie and 627 Davis rookie. 1987 and 1988 – The 1987 and 1988 sets are each complete at 792 cards. Key cards for 1987 are #170 Bo Jackson nm-m, 320 Bonds nm-m, 648 Larking rookie, 735 Henderson nm and 757 Ryan nm-m. The set is nm to nm-m. Most notable cards in the 1988 set, which also is nm to nm-m, are #60 Henderson nm, Clemens nm, 250 Ryan, 480 Gooden nm and 779 Glavine rookie nm-m. These sets are loaded with stars. More than 50 cards in the 1987 set feature Hall of Fame members. The bidding starts at a bit less than 3 cents per card. Winning Bid $138.