Willie Stargell and Willie Horton 1970 cards deemed perfect
THE WILLIES — Topps’ 1971 baseball set is known for being nearly impossible to find in perfect-10 condition. It’s a little easier to find 10-grade cards from the previous year, 1970—yet they’re not exactly plentiful. Kids of that era didn’t rush home and file newly bought cards into protective binders. We played with them, carrying them around and flipping and trading to our hearts’ content. It’s impossible to keep cards in Mint condition when you’re carrying them around in your back pocket.
As such, 10-graded cards from 1970 draw a premium, just as pristine 1971 cards do. Consider recent auctions of two Gem-Mint 1970 cards, both of them featuring Willies known for giving fits to opposing pitchers—Stargell and Horton.
The eBay seller, Probstein 123, had broken up a high-grade 1970 set,
