Are 1967 Topps baseball cards the most beautiful issue ever produced?
You don’t hear it so much these days, but that used to be a conversation collectors would dust off once or twice a year.
Easy to see why, too, since the 1967s feature gorgeous photography and a simple design that only enhances those great color shots.
Whether or not the ’67s really are the most visually striking cards ever is a matter of personal choice, but no one can deny the value the set maintains today thanks to some high-powered rookie cards, high-number scarcity, and — yes — their physical beauty.
Here, then, are the most valuable 1967 Topps baseball cards based on PSA 7 listings pulled from the PSA Sports Market Report Price Guide.
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1967 Topps Tom Seaver (#581)
Before Nolan Ryan broke every strikeout and no-hitter record you could imagine, and before he moved to the Texas Rangers and threatened to pitch forever, a different hurler ruled 1960s cardboard.
By the time Tom Seaver notched his 300th victory — for the Chicago White Sox — in 1985, we already knew he was one of the greatest pitchers of all-time. The milestone and the winding down of his legendary career just nudged our consciousness.
Seaver’s high-number rookie card, shared with Bill Denehy, had been popular in the hobby for years, but as The Franchise marched toward Cooperstown, the thing took off.
Climbing to three figures, it threatened to take over the top spot among 1960s rookies from the 1963 Topps Pete Rose for awhile.
Value: $2200-2400
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1967 Topps Rod Carew (#569)
Even before the Seaver card shot through the stratosphere, the Rod Carew rookie card carried the 1967 Topps set.
The man who was a threat to hit .400 any season he took the field captured collectors’ imaginations like few others, and it didn’t hurt that his RC was also a high number.
Card mate Hank Allen didn’t do much to bump up the value, but Carew made it one of the first $50 cards from the 1960s before the boom took hold.
Value: $1000-1200
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1967 Topps Mickey Mantle (#150)
Combine a smiling Mickey Mantle with a classic 1960s card design, and you have a recipe for solid value.
I mean, unless The Mick is just standing there against a pale green painted block wall.
OK … even if The Mick is just standing there against a pale green painted block wall.
Yeah, Mantle has always been gold, and this is a top-drawer card in graded NM condition.
Value: $1000-1100
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1967 Topps Brooks Robinson (#600)
Brooks Robinson was already a Baltimore Orioles legend by the time his 1967 Topps card made its way to collectors, and the final 11 years or so of his career only cemented his Hall of Fame status.
Couple Robinson’s status as one of the greatest third basemen of all-time with a great looking card that’s hard to come by (relatively), and you have all the makings of a hefty price tag for a PSA 7 specimen.
Value: $500-600
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1967 Topps Willie Mays (#200)
In 1967, Mays was just a couple of seasons removed from his peak, when he won the 1965 National League MVP award with the San Francisco Giants on the back of 52 home runs.
Mays didn’t have the late-career surge that propelled Aaron to new heights, but Willie remains one of the greatest and most popular players to ever lace up the spikes.
Value: $450-500