1969 Topps Baseball Complete Master Set- 7.5

By: Dean Hanley,
Founder and Owner; Deans Cards

We have recently hand built a 1969 Topps Baseball Complete Master Set. This set consists of 702 cards, whereas the complete set has 664 Cards. There are 38 variation cards in the master set. This set also contains the last card for Mickey Mantle during his playing days.

 This particular set features multiple rookie and star cards. When this set was first introduced it was issued in 7 series. These cards were sold in wax packs, rack packs and cello packs.

The Fronts of these cards are surrounded by a white boarder. The front has the players name and position written in a circle that is placed on the upper right hand side. The pink backs are laid out horizontally and feature a biography, stats and a cartoon pictured.

The most famous and toughest variations to find in this set are the White Variations. For it to be a white variation the first and last name must both be in white lettering. In the non-master set you will find the last name on the card to be in yellow. It is said that these variations were made due to an ink problem during the printing process.

The variation cards that are the hardest to find are the most famous. These cards are #440 Willie McCovey, #440 Gaylord Perry and #500 Mickey Mantle. The Mickey Mantle card is the most expensive variation card in the series.

Since the Variation cards are so hard to find, it is very hard to build a Master Set. With our inventory of over 1 million cards we were able to put together a Near Mint Plus (7.5) Set. This is a one of a kind set that you are not going to find anywhere else.

 If you have any questions about this set, or if you are interested in any custom built vintage set please contact us.
 Here is a breakdown of this rare set.

 The High Dollar Cards in this set include:
• 1969 Topps #500 B Mickey Mantle: 4.5 - VG/EX+
• 1969 Topps #260 Reggie Jackson: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #500 A Mickey Mantle: 6 - EX/MT
• 1969 Topps #485 B Gaylord Perry: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #533 Nolan Ryan: 6 - EX/MT
• 1969 Topps #501 B Tony Gonzalez: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #95 Johnny Bench: 7 - NM • 1969 Topps #454 B Phillies Rookies - Larry Colton / Don Money: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #471 B Ted Savage: 7 - NM
 • 1969 Topps #505 B Bob Bolin: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #491 B Twins Rookies - Jerry Crider / George Mitterwald: 7 - NM
• 1969 Topps #250 Frank Robinson: 8 - NM/MT

Below is the set breakdown by grade:
Number of Cards in Set 702
Average Grade - Unweighted 7.57 - NM+
Average Grade - Weighted by Value 7.46 - NM+
Grade Breakdown
NM/MT 437
EX/MT 40
NM 209
EX 3
VG 1
VG/EX+ 1
 MINT 5
NM/MT+ 4
NM+ 1

Total Value of Cards in Set $26,471.41

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Dean Hanley, founder and owner of DeansCards.com, is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of vintage baseball cards, other sports and non-sports cards and has a regular column in the Sports Collectors Digest and publishes articles on his blog.

Dean has also written two books on vintage sports cards: The Bubble Gum Card War: The Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 and Before There Was Bubble Gum: Our Favorite Pre-World War I Baseball Cards. Both are available in eBook and paperback form.

1969 Topps Baseball Card Prices

I just adjusted the pricing of the 1969 Topps Baseball Cards that Dean's Cards has in stock and made the following observations that you might find interesting.

• The 1^st Series of the 1969 Topps Baseball Cards are definitely the most populated.  The nice thing about this is that the league leaders cards are relatively easy to acquire.  1969 has some of my favorite league leaders cards.


• The #47 C Paul Popovich error card with “C” on the helmet is hard to find and worth more than most price guides give it credit for.


• The scarcest team to find is the Mets – because of their World Series victory.  1969 Topps cards of the Mets players are extremely difficult to find, with the exception of J.C. Martin.


• Less scarce, but still difficult to find  are guys who played for the Cubs and Tigers.


• When we are building 1969 Topps sets, we are often missing the World Series Cards.


• The 1969 Topps Last Series is not as tough as most years, but some of the cards sell for more than the Beckett Price Guide gives them credit for.  It often depends on the card.  Some High # cards we have dozens of, but others we have none.


• We always seem to be missing the Rollie Fingers Rookie Card when we are building sets.


• The white letter variations are greatly under priced by both Beckett and SCD Price Guides.  These cards are harder to find than a purple unicorn.

Another interesting note is that Dean's Cards sponsors the 1969 Topps Blog .  This is one of my favorite blogs and is a great read if you have not seen it.  We donated about a dozen cards that we have 14 or more quantity in that particular condition.  Among them was the Rod Carew All-Star card and the Pete Rose card.  I was very surprised that we have that many of Pete.