This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/27/2010
There aren't very many Hall of Famers from the cherished Topps baseball card sets of the 1960s and 70s that report fewer top-grade examples on record at PSA than the infamous 1971 Topps issue of lifetime Baltimore Oriole, Brooks Robinson, which reports just one single copy graded PSA MINT 9 and none graded higher from over 450 submissions. Another notoriously obstinate issue from the period is the highly sought-after 1970 Topps Hank Aaron All Star issue in PSA MINT 9 condition, another famously unsurpassed 1-Pop in the PSA MINT 9 tier, yet as a gray-bordered All Star subset issue, this renowned Aaron scarcity can hardly hold a candle to Brooksy's beautiful black-bordered '71 regular issue. Proudly offered here is the hobby's lone PSA MINT 9 example, a 1971 Topps scarcity of the very highest order. Consider this: the 1971 Topps set is one of the most popular baseball card sets on the entire PSA Set Registry, and yet not one single collection on the current finest leader board can report MINT 9 satisfaction in the coveted card #300 slot. Consider further that the 1971 Topps set has produced some of the highest-selling PSA MINT 9 singles over the course of the last decade, with PSA MINT 9 stars and Hall of Famers like Thurman Munson and Nolan Ryan famously generating price tags as high $11,600 and $6,800, respectively, with the Munson rating as a 4-Pop and the Ryan a staggering 25-Pop. What the future holds for this bewildering 1-Pop is anybody's guess, but we're certain that only a significant bid will bring home the ultimate satisfaction your '71 set has been seeking since the day of its inception.