Topps Football Near Sets for 1981 and 1983 and a 1990 Complete Set.
Lot 297. Topps Football Near Sets for 1981 and 1983 and a 1990 Complete Set. Topps’ 1981 issue is six cards away from being complete, and three more cards are needed to finish the 1983 set. All of the cards are in nine-pocket plastic pages. The 1981 and 1983 editions have one card in each pocket, while the 1990 set has two. Here are the details: 1981 – 522 of 528 cards, including #55 Simms, 88 Bradshaw Super Action (SA) nm, 100 Sims rookie nm, 155 Lambert ex-m, 202 Payton SA ex-m, 220 Harris ex-m, 235 Ham ex-m, 265 Fouts ex-m, 375 Bradshaw nm-m, 405 Stabler nm, 495 Greene nm and 500 Dorsett ex-m. The cards needed to complete the set are #150 Winslow rookie, 194 Monk rookie, 216 Montana rookie, 316 Hampton rookie, 400 Payton and 422 Clark rookie. The balance of the set is ex-m to nm overall 1983 – 393 of 396 cards, including #2 Dorsett ex-m, 4 Montana ex-m, 33 McMahon rookie nm-m, 36 Payton nm, 185 Williams nm-m, 302 Hendricks nm, 356 Anderson rookie nm, 358 Bradshaw nm, 384 Easley rookie nm and 389 Largent ex. The missing cards are #38 Singletary rookie, 169 Montana and 294 Allen rookie. The balance of the set averages ex-m to nm. 1990 – Complete set of 528 cards, including #1 Montana nm+, 3 Aikman Record Breaker nm-m, 8 Rice ex-m+, 13 Montana nm, 37 Elway nm, 52 L. Taylor nm-m, 86 Reggie White nm, 285 Bo Jackson ex-m, 323 Marino nm, 352 Barry Sanders and 482 Aikman rookie. This set grades ex-m to nm overall. Accompanying this set are the 1990 1000 Yard Club set of 30 cards, including #1 Rice nm-m, 3 Sanders nm-m, 7 Reed nm-m and 16 Monk nm-m. Winning Bid $55.
