ADDENDUM Since the publishing of the catalog another set has moved .04 ahead of this formerly Number One Finest Set of All Time
Incredible set of the very condition sensitive 1971 Topps Football issue with over 96% of the cards NM-MT PSA 8 or better. 1/3 are MINT PSA 9 or better. The set can be viewed on the PSA Set Registry titled "JB's Senior Year 71T" with an overall set rating of 8.363. Key players are: #1 Unitas MINT PSA 9, 10 Alworth MINT PSA 9, 39 Blanda MINT PSA 9, 45 Csonka MINT PSA 9, 114 Lanier MINT PSA 9, 120 Tarkenton MINT PSA 9, 150 Sayers MINT PSA 9, 156 Bradshaw MINT PSA 9, 160 Griese MINT PSA 9, 200 Starr MINT PSA 9, 245 Greene NM-MT PSA 8, and 250 Namath NM-MT PSA 8.
Entire contents of set is as follows:
GEM MINT PSA 10 (2): #67, 202
MINT PSA 9 (87): #1, 5, 8, 10, 16, 19, 21, 22, 29, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 61, 64, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 78, 82, 84, 95, 97, 100, 102, 103, 107, 108, 109, 111, 114, 115, 119, 120, 121, 128, 129, 130, 150, 156, 159, 160, 161, 166, 167, 170, 172, 173, 185, 186, 187, 191, 192, 194, 198, 199, 200, 203, 205, 208, 209, 211, 219, 220, 230, 238, 249, 254, 256, 262.
NM-MT+ PSA 8.5 (5): #7, 11, 13, 101, 112.
NM-MT PSA 8 (162): #2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 35, 37, 43, 46, 48, 51, 52, 55, 56, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 98, 99, 104, 105, 106, 110, 113, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157, 158, 162, 164, 165, 168, 169, 171, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 188, 189, 190, 193, 195, 196, 197, 201, 204, 206, 207, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 255, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263.
NM PSA 7 (6): #27, 140, 149, 155, 163, 180
EX-MT+ PSA 6.5 (1): #133
SMR value for the individual cards is over $14,400 which does not account for the pair of GEM MINT 10's. Furthermore, PSA 9's from this set typically sell for a significant premium over SMR.