Extremely rare, very seldom seen complete PSA graded set of the little known 1968 Topps Basketball issue, the number 2 set on the PSA Registry with a 6.86 rating.(This rating includes the EX-MT PSA 6 #12 Earl Monroe card, Serial #31489219, which for some reason we were unable to load with the rest of the set) No card is rated less than EX-MT with 17 of the 22 NM or better. Only one card has a qualifier. 15 of the 22 cards in the set feature members of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Only 133 cards total from this issue have been graded by PSA so far without qualifiers. The set breakdown is as follows:
NM-MT PSA 8 (2) - #14 King, 15 Wilkins(HOF)(OC).
NM PSA 7 (15) - #1 Chamberlain(HOF), 2 Greer(HOF), 3 Walker, 4 Bill Russell(HOF), 5 Havlicek(HOF), 6 Cazzie Russell, 9 Smith, 10 Bing(HOF), 11 Debusshere(HOF), 16 Bridges, 17 Beaty, 19 West(HOF), 20 Sloan, 21 Lucas(HOF), 22 Robertson(HOF).
EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 (1) - #13 Thurmond(HOF).
EX-MT PSA 6 (4) - #7 Reed(HOF), 8 Bradley(HOF), 12 Monroe(HOF), 18 Baylor(HOF).
The last complete set of this incredibly rare Topps Test issue sold for over $29,000 in 2010. That set had only 7 cards graded NM or better, 4 NM-MT PSA 8's(all with qualifiers) and 3 NM PSA 7's.