For the set starter, set builder, 1980's nostalgia buff, collector of classic Topps sets or anyone who relishes baseball's--and its cards'--golden age, this lot will get you on your way.

Made up of 162 1987, 81 1988 and 82 1989 Topps regular issues, the diamonds in the roughs include:

1987 TOPPS present and future Hall of Famers #'s 20 Gary Carter (Mets), 23 Lee Smith (Cubs), 150 Wade Boggs (Red Sox), 200 Pete Rose (Reds), 236 Tommy John (Yankees), 259 Mike Greenwell (Red Sox), 260 Vida Blue (Giants), 345 Andre Dawson (Expos), 311 Rickey Henderson (Athletics "Turn Back the Clock"), 312 Reggie Jackson (Yankees "Turn Back the Clock"), 393 Pete Rose (Reds Mgr.), 420 Will Clark (Giants), 459 Dennis Eckersley (Cubs), 490 Dale Murphy (Braves), 530 Tony Gwynn (Padres), 597 Mike Schmidt (Phillies NL All Star), 604 Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers NL All Star), 608 Wade Boggs (Red Sox AL All Star), 609 Cal Ripken (Orioles AL All Star), 648 Barry Larkin (Reds), 673 Don Sutton (Angels), 691 Dave Parker (Reds), 694 Phil Niekro (Indians), 716 Steve Carlton (White Sox), 731 Dave Concepcion (Reds), 741 Paul Molitor (Brewers), 756 Carlton Fisk (White Sox), 765 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & 772 Harold Baines (White Sox).

Plus standouts, favorites, rookies and guys you probably never of including:

4 Dave Lopes (Astros '86 Record Breaker), 7 Todd Worrell (Cardinals '86 Record Breaker), 11 Indians (Team Leaders w/Phil Niekro), 27 Joe Cowley (White Sox), 29 Jimmy Key (Blue Jays), 31 Braves (Team Leaders w/Rafael Ramirez), 35 Sid Bream (Pirates), 36 Eric King Tigers), 43 Gene Michael (Cubs Mgr.), 54 Bill Dawley (White Sox), 58 Thad Bosley (Cubs), 61 Bobby Thigpen (White Sox), 69 Lonnie Smith (Royals), 71 Mike Aldrete (Giants), 80 Wally Joyner (Angels All Star Rookie), 89 Ozzie Guillen (White Sox), 92 Urbano Lugo (Angels), 113 Neil Allen (White Sox), 123 John Kruk (Padres), 130 Dwight Gooden (Mets), 133 Jose Quintana (Cardinals), 136 Ron Romanick (Angels), 139 Devon White (Angels), 142 Rick Sutcliffe (Cubs), 146 Tracy Jones (Reds), 149 Ray Searage (White Sox), 156 Mariners (Team Leaders w/Matt Young), 157 Danny Darwin (Astros), 162 Mike LaValliere (Cardinals), 167 Jim Deshaies (Astros), 177 Keith Moreland (Cubs), 201 John Cangelosi (White Sox), 313 Randy Myers (Mets), 217 Chris Codiroli (Athletics ), 222 Denny Walling (Astros), 227 Jamie Moyer (Cubs), 231 Giants (Team Leaders w/Mike Krukow), 233 Russ Morman (White Sox), 256 Royals (Team Leaders w/George Brett), 261 Ruben Sierra (Rangers), 266 Jeff Hamilton (Dodgers), 270 Jody Davis (Cubs), 271 Mike Brown (Mariners), 271 Gene Nelson (White Sox), 275 LaMarr Hoyt (Padres), 281 Reds (Team Leaders w/Pete Rose), 290 Leon Durham (Cubs), 291 Mitch Williams (Rangers), 295 Len Dykstra (Mets), 295 Joel Davis (White Sox), 303 Juan Berenguer (Giants), 306 Red Sox (Team Leaders w/Bruce Hurst), 307 Lee Guetterman (Mariners), 318 Jim Fregosi (White Sox Mgr.), 319 Greg Swindell (Indians), 331 Mets (Team Leaders w/Darryl Strawberry), 336 Allan Anderson (Twins), 342 Bob James (White Sox), 344 Joe Niekro (Yankees), 354 Jamie Quirk (Royals), 366 White Sox (Team Leaders w/Ozzie Guillen), 369 Bryan Dayett (Cubs), 371 Mark Eichhorn (Blue Jays), 371 Jerry Mumphrey (cubs), 383 Ron Davis (Cubs), 386 Dickie Thon (Astros), 390 Gary Matthews (Cubs), 397 Greg Walker (White Sox), 406 Yankees (Team Leaders w/Don Mattingly), 412 Eric Davis (Reds), 415 Bobby Witt (Rangers), 419 Mark Portugal (Twins), 421 Joe DeLeon (White Sox), 424 Chris Speier (Cubs), 432 Jim Slaton (Tigers), 436 Andy Allanson (Indians All Star Rookie), 437 Ted Power (Reds), 438 Kelly Downs (Giants), 454 Luis Salazar (White Sox), 464 Butch Wynegar (Yankees), 466 Kal Daniels (Reds), 482 Daryl Boston (White Sox), 487 Dave Gumpert (Cubs), 491 Ron Karkovice (White Sox), 499 Bruce Ruffin (Phillies All Star Rookie), 505 Bryn Smith (Expos), 506 Orioles (Team Leaders w/Earl Weaver), 508 Scott Bankhead (Royals), 511 Steve Lyons (White Sox), 526 Roger Mason (Giants), 534 Scott Sanderson (Cubs), 539 Reid Nichols (White Sox), 557 Jon Cerutti (Blue Jays), 560 Glenn Davis (Astros), 566 Tim Hulett (White Sox), 567 Greg Mathews (Cardinals), 581 Cubs (Team Leaders w/Ron Cey & Steve Trout), 587 Eric Plunk (Athletics), 590 Vince Coleman (Cardinals), 601 Darryl Strawberry (Mets NL All Star), 603 Dwight Gooden (Mets NL All Star), 607 Tony Bernazard (Indians AL All Star), 613 Lance Parrish (Tigers AL All Star), 623 Kurt Stillwell (Reds), 631 Tigers (Team Leaders w/Sparky Anderson), 636 Darren Daulton (Phillies), 640 Mark Clear (Brewers), 649 Mickey Tettleton (Athletics), 653 Kevin Mitchell (Mets), 662 Frank DiPino (Cubs), 667 Ron Hassey (White Sox), 678 Carney Lansford (Athletics), 685 Jerry Hairston (White Sox), 695 Chico Walker (Cubs), 697 Ed Lynch (Cubs), 703 Dave Schmidt (White Sox), 708 Scott McGregor (Orioles), 711 Ken Griffey (Braves), 715 Bob Dernier (Cubs), 720 Richard Dotson (White Sox), 725 George Hendrick (Angels), 726 Frank Tanana (Tigers), 732 Manny Trillo (Cubs), 736 Steve Bedrosian (Phillies), 737 Floyd Bannister (White Sox), 750 Steve Trout (Cubs), 767 Ron Cey (Cubs), 769 Steve Sax (Dodgers), 783 Willie Wilson (Royals), 785 Terry Francona (Cubs), 790 Julio Cruz (White Sox) & 791 Lance Parrish (Tigers).

The 81 cards in the 1988 lot feature present and future Hall of Famers #'s 

2 1987 Record Breakers w/Don Mattingly (Yankees, 6 season grand slams), 6 1987 Record Breakers w/Nolan Ryan (Astros, 200 K's for 11th time), 35 Harold Baines (White Sox), 165 Robin Yount (Brewers), 186 Rafael Palmeiro (Cubs), 240 Lee Smith (Cubs), 315 Dave Parker (Reds), 360 Tony Gwynn (Padres), 385 Carlton Fisk (White Sox), 422 Dave Concepcion (Reds), 460 Ozzie Smith (Cardinals), 465 Paul Molitor (Brewers), 475 Pete Rose (Reds Mgr.), 500 Andre Dawson (Cubs), 510 Dave Winfield (Yankees), 530 Gary Carter (Mets), 535 Ron Guidry (Yankees), 575 Don Sutton (Angels), 580 Mark McGwire (Athletics All Star Rookie), 675 Jim Rice (Red Sox) & 720 Tim Raines (Expos).

PLUS favorites, standouts, rookies and others such as:

36 Jamie Moyer (Cubs), 65 Leon Durham (Cubs), 86 Ron Karkovice (White Sox), 87 Mike Mason (Cubs), 95 Lance Parrish (Phillies), 108 Steve Lyons (White Sox), 112 Les Lancaster (Cubs), 132 Donnie Hill (White Sox), 136 Brian Dayett (Cubs), 158 Tim Hulett (White Sox), 171 Cubs (Leaders w/Manny Trillo), 184 Ivan Calderon (White Sox), 192 Devon White (Angels), 209 Richard Dotson (White Sox), 211 Frank DiPino (Cubs), 229 Jeff Musselman (Blue Jays All Star Rookie), 246 Mike Campbell (Mariners Future Star), 262 Drew Hall (Cubs), 281 Jerry Hairston (White Sox), 287 Manny Trillo (Cubs), 294 Al Pedrique (Pirates All Star Rookie), 309 Bill Long (White Sox), 311 Scott Sanderson (Cubs), 321 White Sox (Leaders w/Carlton Fisk & Harold Baines), 334 Dave LaPoint (White Sox), 336 Ed Lynch (Cubs), 357 Floyd Bannister (White Sox), 409 Joel McKeon (White Sox), 416 Keith Moreland (Cubs), 431 Casey Candaele (Expos), 437 Fred Manrique (White Sox), 439 Dave Martinez (Cubs), 440 Steve Bedrosian (Phillies), 466 Jerry Mumphrey (Cubs), 458 Ron Hassey (White Sox), 473 Joe Niekro (Twins), 485 Pat Keedy (White Sox), 511 Joel Davis (White Sox), 516 Jim Sundberg (Cubs), 542 Paul Noce (Cubs), 559 Ken Williams (White Sox), 564 Frank Lucchesi (Cubs Mgr.), 585 Ozzie Guillen (White Sox), 590 George Bell (Blue Jays), 593 Bob Tewksbury (Cubs), 613 Bobby Thigpen (White Sox), 615 Jody Davis (Cubs), 634 Jose DeLeon (White Sox), 642 Bob Dernier (Cubs), 657 Gary Redus (White Sox), 667 Luis Quinones (Cubs), 688 Jim Winn (White Sox), 695 Shawon Dunston (Cubs), 714 Jim Fregosi (White Sox Mgr.), Jay Baller (Cubs), 739 Daryl Boston (White Sox), 740 Rick Sutcliffe (Cubs), 764 Greg Walker (White Sox), 768 Dickie Noles (Cubs) & 788 Ray Searage (White Sox).

The 1989 lot has 82 cards, led off by the following present and future Hall of Famers #'s:

4 Andre Dawson (Cubs Record Breaker Double Figures in HR's and SB's), 10 Andre Dawson (Cubs), 49 Craig Biggio (Astros), 100 Mike Schmidt (Phillies), 110 Paul Molitor (Brewers), 230 Ozzie Smith (Cardinals), 240 Greg Maddux (Cubs), 245 Jim Rice (Red Sox), 310 Rafael Palmeiro (Cubs), 360 Ryne Sandberg (Cubs), 391 Andre Dawson (Cubs NL All Star), 391 Orel Hershiser (Dodgers, NL All Star), 414 Rich Gossage (Cubs), 585 Harold Baines (White Sox), 695 Carlton Fisk (White Sox) & 745 Fred McGriff (Blue Jays). 

And, of course, these also populate the 1989 Topps issue. Why so many Cubs and Sox? Hey, I'm from Chicago. I can't help it!

21 White Sox Leaders, 34 Ken Williams (White Sox), 36 Mitch Webster (White Sox), 40 Steve Sax (Dodgers), 66 Manny Trillo (Cubs), 86 Al Nipper (Cubs), 108 Fred Manrique (White Sox), 115 Jody Davis (Cubs), 122 Lance Johnson (White Sox), 133 Bill Long (White Sox), 134 Don Zimmer (Cubs Mgr.), 140 Shawon Dunston (Cubs), 142 Mike Diaz (White Sox), 149 Doug Dascenzo (Cubs), 156 Dave Gallagher (White Sox), 162 John Davis (White Sox), 186 Pat Perry (Cubs), 195 Ozzie Guillen (White Sox), 209 Jeff Bittiger (White Sox), 212 Scott Sanderson (Cubs), 221 Cecil Espy (Rangers), 223 Jay Buhner (Mariners All Star Rookie), 247 Shawn Hillegas (White Sox), 262 Jeff Pico (Cubs), 286 Darrin Jackson (Cubs), 291 Mets Leaders (w/Darryl Strawberry), 296 Ron Gant (Braves All Star Rookie), 308 Ron Karkovice (White Sox), 334 Steve Lyons (White Sox), 337 Calvin Schiraldi (Cubs), 357 Jerry Reuss (White Sox), 384 Mark Salas (White Sox), 390 Darryl Strawberry (Mets NL All Star), 408 Greg Walker (White Sox), 414 Jim Fregosi (White Sox Mgr.), 434 Ken Patterson (White Sox), 439 Frank DiPino (Cubs), 456 Tim Belcher (Dodgers All Star Rookie), 458 Don Pall (White Sox), 465 Mark Grace (Cubs All Star Rookie), 470 Lance Parrish (Phillies), 486 Jack McDowell (White Sox), 489 Phillies Leaders, 501 Vance Law (Cubs), 512 Donnie Hill (White Sox), 520 Rick Sutcliffe (Cubs), 532 Barry Jones (White Sox), 543 Damon Berryhill (Cubs All Star Rookie), 558 Dan Pasqua (White Sox), 593 Drew Hall (Cubs), 613 Gary Varsho (Cubs), 616 Steve Rosenberg (White Sox), 633 Daryl Boston (White Sox), 639 Athletics Leaders, 642 Argenis Salazar (Cubs), 656 Ivan Calderon (White Sox), 661 Dwight Gooden (Mets Turn Back the Clock), 668 Mike Bielecki (Cubs), 694 Les Lancaster (Cubs), 713 Ty Griffin (Cubs #1 Draft Pick RC), 717 Jamie Moyer (Cubs), 742 Mike Harkey (Cubs Future Star, 762 Bobby Thigpen (White Sox), 764 Robin Ventura (White Sox #1 Draft Pick RC), 767 Mike Capel (Cubs) & 786 Melido Perez (White Sox).

All cards grade Ex.-Nr. Mint-Mint.