Auction #12 - October 2022
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/23/2022
The 1972 Topps Presidents set is a (43) card set featuring all presidents from Washington through Richard Nixon. In addition to those (36) presidential cards, there are (7) candidate cards including George Wallace, Ted Kennedy, Edmund Muskey, George McGovern, Shirley Chisholm, Hubert Humphrey and John Lindsay. As we all know, Richard Nixon went on to win the presidency in 1972 but left in defeat after the Watergate scandal in August of 1974. In additionu to the (43) cards, there were (16) campaign posters crafted for campaigns throughout the years. The cards are normal 2-1/2" by 3-1/2" sized and borrow many of the same images from the 1956 Topps series. The campaign posters are 5" by 7". The posters were folded into quarters and inserted in each package of the series.
This complete set of (43) cards are in VGEX to EXMT condition, averaging around EX.
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