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1970 Topps #250 Willie McCovey PSA 10 GEM MINT – Highest Graded Example!
WILLIE MAC 10!!!... One of the most underrated power hitters in MLB history is the Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey who terrorized pitchers with his colossal 6'4" size and mammoth home runs that rocketed off his bat like an ICBM missile! Indeed, Mac could wallop a baseball as hard and far as any hitter who ever played the game, and at the time of his 1980 retirement, his 521 lifetime homers tied the immortal Ted Williams with only Babe Ruth having recorded more home runs as a left-handed hitter. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1959, with his finest season realized a decade later when he claimed the NL MVP Award 10 years later, pacing the league in seven different categories including 45 homers, 126 runs batted in and a sensational 1.108 OPS.

One of his finest cardboard specimens is this PSA 10 GEM MINT 1970 Topps #250 subject that joins a meager four other examples as the finest of its kind! A candid McCovey image graces the obverse side as Willie Mac leans on his colossal lumber while exhibiting a candid smile. Immaculate resolution, rich colors, near-perfect centering, impeccable surfaces and four blistering sharp corner tips all support the ultra-rare assessment, with this miraculous 53-year-old masterpiece stubbornly defying father time to present itself in its original factory issued state!

MIN BID $2,000
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