While there are plenty of sets who's designs I like enough to collect, I'm going to limit this to sets that I like enough to collect and actually have some.
1969-1970 Topps Basketball
How complete: 9 of 99 cards (9.1%)
Most valuable card: #25 - Lew Alcindor RC with a Beckett high book of $2000
Stars I already have: Walt Frazier, Wes Unseld
What I like about it: Funky design with a easy to read back
What I don't like about it: Odd size requiring 6 pocket pages. That Kareem RC is the type of thing I am trying to avoid by diversifying away from baseball. 13 cards have BV greater than $100
What I don't like about it: Odd size requiring 6 pocket pages. That Kareem RC is the type of thing I am trying to avoid by diversifying away from baseball. 13 cards have BV greater than $100
1971-72 Topps Basketball
How complete: 2 of 233 cards (0.8%)
Most valuable card: #100 - Lew Alcindor with a Beckett high book of $250
Stars I already have: Connie Hawkins
What I like about it: Fun Design capturing the zeitgeist of the time
What I don't like about it: Not a huge fan of all the yellow on the back, but at least it is readable
What I don't like about it: Not a huge fan of all the yellow on the back, but at least it is readable
1972-73 Topps Basketball
How complete: 226 of 264 cards (85.6%)
Most valuable card: #195 - Julius Erving RC with a Beckett high book of $1200 (it was $300 when I started)
Stars I already have: Julius Erving, Phil Jackson, Pete Maravich, Jerry West
What I like about it: Simple design but still projects that early 1970s vibe
What I don't like about it: Nothing sticks out.
1971-72 Topps Hockey
How complete: 1 of 132 cards (0.7%)
Most valuable card: #45 - Ken Dryden with a Beckett high book of $125
Stars I already have: Bobby Orr
What I like about it: Another fun Topps design in or around 1972
What I don't like about it: Egads! That back is ugly
What I don't like about it: Egads! That back is ugly
What I am listening to: Song for the Dead by Queens of the Stone Age
I really like all four of these designs. Don't think I'll ever have the funding to build any, but if I won the lottery, I'd build the two 1972 basketball sets.
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