March 25, 2021: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/25/2021
When you lead with classics like a 1956 Topps Ted Williams, a 1957 Topps Mickey Mantle or Aaron, Banks, Mays, Clemente and Snider cards from the same two iconic issues, the makings of an extraordinary lot are at hand. This then is an old-time auction lot, loaded with more than three dozen Hall of Famers, including many of the most treasured Topps cards from the Golden Age of Baseball Cards in the 1950s, most in collector grades, with more than ½ of the array falling within those four classic years of 1956-59. Given that intro, we’ll start with those three years: 1956 Topps (28), mostly Very Good, Including No. 1 Harridge, No. 2 Giles (2) – Good and Fair, No. 5 Ted Williams (Ex), No. 8 Alston, No. 15 Banks (Good), No. 31 Aaron (Very Good), No. 101 Campanella (Fair), No. 107 Mathews (Good), No. 114 Rizzuto (VG-Ex), No. 200 Feller and No. 307 Wilhelm; 1957 Topps (12), including No. 10 Mays (VG), No. 24 Mazeroski (VG), No. 30 Reese (VG-Ex), No. 62 Martin (VG-Ex), No. 76 Clemente (2, VG and Fair), No. 80 Hodges (VG-Ex), No. 95 Mantle (VG), No. 130 Newcombe (Ex), No. 170 Snider (Good), No. 212 Colavito Rookie (Ex) and 240 Bauer (VG-Ex); 1958 Topps (10), mostly Good to Very Good, a few Excellent, including No. 162 Hodges, No. 239 Series Rivals, No. 424 Doby, No. 480 Mathews All-Star (VG-Ex), No. 486 Mays All-Star (Good) and No. 487 Mantle All-Star (VG); 1959 Topps (28), including No. 248 Red Sox Team (Ex-Mt), No. 467 Aaron Thrill (VG-Ex) and No. 478 Clemente (VG-Ex), plus (18) Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, including a nice group of six Rookie Stars (Callison), Terry, Triandos, Antonelli, Boone and Sanford, plus a half dozen VG-Ex, including Minoso, Kubek, Wilhelm, Musial Thrill, Bunning and Power; and other Topps years 1952-55 (32) mostly Good to Fair, a few Poor, including a 1953 Topps Newhouser (VG), 1954 Topps Berra (Fair), 1955 Topps Jackie Robinson (Fair), Hodges (VG), Sievers, Newhouser, Groat, Amoros, Mathews, Lopat, Black and Stanky; Assorted other Bowman cards in lower grades from 1948-55 (28), including 1954 Bowman Hodges and Wynn and a 1955 Bowman Aaron (Poor), Mathews and Lemon, and a few miscellaneous (3) others, including a 1953 Red Man Tobacco Zernial with Tab (Good), a 1954 Red Heart Snider (VG) and a 1959 Fleer Life of Ted Williams No. 46 (Ex-Mt).
1950s Topps and Bowman Baseball HOFers and Stars Group (141)
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