While at the National [it's hard to believe that was actually three months ago already] I hit the "90% Off Beckett" bins hard and took a lot of the big cards of my
1971 Topps Needs List from the "needem" to the "gottem" category. I'm now at 87.5% complete!
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#580 Tony Perez |
I was hoping to see a shot of Bob sitting in the stands during Game 7 last night but I never saw him.
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#450 Bob Gibson |
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#640 Frank Robinson |
I was most excited to find this card at a really great deal and as you can tell from the scan it is in by far the best condition of all the '71 Topps cards I bought at the National.
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#550 Harmon Killebrew |
In terms of scarcity, this seemed to be the hardest card to find of this group. As this was a Hall of Fame manager and also a short print it was also the card I spent the most on: $6.00.
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#688 Sparky Anderson |
With the addition of this card I now have cards 1-399 with card #400 being Hank Aaron.
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#341 Steve Garvey |
And here are a few non-star players that I picked up including two high-numbered short-prints.
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#556 Jim McGlothlin |
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#710 Sonny Siebert |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZqOL4DLc7bV0rI-sa97QoFOVPOP_sycO36J3wZHj3hhRaSkIrnouWYM9P_Vkz5BbmhS6F2H9yIDW-leYdBdZoYUEvYkQNs1F1XK25kxEQWcoUIRk9YjYvF6ZwwrBPba7z4T52Xk6_40/s640/1971+Topps+National+Tom+Haller.jpg) |
#639 Tom Haller |
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