The Seventies ..... room to grow?

[Neal]

Fellas,
There has been some recent talk about iconic players from each decade, as well as threads on iconic player lists. I have not been posting on this forum much, and really have only been reading it for the past few months, so this may have been discussed already. If it has, oh well

I believe that not only does the Disco decade have some fantastic issues, I also believe that there are a number of cards that have some "investment" potential.

Here are a few among many that I think have some room to grow .....

1971Clemente.jpg


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I'd enjoy hearing some chatter on this issue, and certainly would love to see some examples! Topps had some really nice cards during this decade, and sometimes I think they are underappreciated.

[Vintagevault13]

I agree to a point re: growth potential for 70's cards. I believe the growth will be in 70-75 issues. I honestly don't see much potential in later 70's issues.

BTW, three great cards you chose to share.


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[aconte]

I don't know about investment potential but there are some nice cards
from the 1970's that are very popular. 1973 Schmidt, 1975 Yount, 1971 Bench
some of the Reggies, Clemente, Aaron, and Mays, and a handful of others!

[Neal]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

I agree to a point re: growth potential for 70's cards. I believe the growth will be in 70-75 issues. I honestly don't see much potential in later 70's issues.

BTW, three great cards you chose to share.


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thanks!

I somewhat agree with your take, but high grade cards from 76-79 may still have some meat.

and yes Tony, there are some real nice collectors appeal with cards like a 78 Jackson - classic pose, and one of the greatest all-star logos Topps has ever produced

[DeanH3]

I agree that '70-'75 have the most potential. I also concur with your assessment of the '78 Jackson. Awesome pose!

[KCRfan1]

The 1977 cards are on a thinner card stock, and prone to chipping. Centering can also be an issue. The '76 Brett has notoriously poor centering.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Only own three.

[Neal]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

The 1977 cards are on a thinner card stock, and prone to chipping. Centering can also be an issue. The '76 Brett has notoriously poor centering.

77 has such a simple, classic look as well. High grade HOFers may be worth a look. I am not a Brett collector, but an old board I used to post on (before it secretly became run by a dictator) had some Brett guys .... some of them posted the same thing, and said that was a card to tuck away.

[mintonlyplz]

I am putting together a collection of 100 cards from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.

There are some great players during the decade of the 70s...who made their debut then ---Munson, Schmidt, Brett, Yount, Winfield, Murray, Ozzie off the top of my head. Initially...I had limited my collection to cards earlier than 1976...then I saw the '76 Bench and the '78 Reggie. Those are pure classics...and I knew immediately those two had to be included in my collection. Beautiful game action shots!!!

It is cool to see how Topps baseball cards have evolved from its infancy...beginning as artist imagery of the players in the early 50s to a combination of photography and artist depictions on the cards from 1954 to 1956...then to full use of photography by 1957. Then in the 1970s...Topps began using game action photography for some of its subjects.

[nat]

I don't know about investment value, but some of the sets are rather nice. I like the 73 set in particular because of its imaginative photography. It seems that Topps got really complacent with its mid-to-late 60s sets, knowing that it had no competition. I don't know what changed in the early 70s, maybe just a new design team?, but they started doing some very creative things.

Here's Vida Blue from 73.

Bench is fun, not often that you can't even see a player's face on his baseball card.

Some really great sliding shots.

It's a fun and refreshing set. One of my favorites.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by nat

I don't know about investment value, but some of the sets are rather nice. I like the 73 set in particular because of its imaginative photography. It seems that Topps got really complacent with its mid-to-late 60s sets, knowing that it had no competition. I don't know what changed in the early 70s, maybe just a new design team?, but they started doing some very creative things.

Here's Vida Blue from 73.

Bench is fun, not often that you can't even see a player's face on his baseball card.

Some really great sliding shots.

It's a fun and refreshing set. One of my favorites.

To add to your point, I quickly put together this grouping of pretty cool catchers in action shots from 1973…

1973catchers.jpg

The John Ellis is funny, because (besides his airbrushed uniform) even though he's listed as a catcher, he's playing first base.

[KCRfan1]

I love the 73 set for looks and value. The set is loaded with HoF'rs and an iconic rookie in Schmidt. Last cards of Mays and Clemente, and the sub sets just go on and on.

[the 'stache]

There are still some real nice examples of these 70s cards that have not yet gone through the pop and resubmit game.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

There are still some real nice examples of these 70s cards that have not yet gone through the pop and resubmit game.

And I'm sure that have never been graded at all. For example, I bought my 1972 set that year as a set and never really 'played' with it (which I still own and are now in sleeves and top loaders). I KNOW there are some NICE cards in there. Some of them have centering issues, but some are well centered and sharp as well.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tschock

And I'm sure that have never been graded at all. For example, I bought my 1972 set that year as a set and never really 'played' with it (which I still own and are now in sleeves and top loaders). I KNOW there are some NICE cards in there. Some of them have centering issues, but some are well centered and sharp as well.

I am of the mind there is a ton more of unopened 1970s out there....and more than that of ungraded, high grade, 1970s cards just waiting to be found in an old closet or box.