November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
Topps' first great horizontal baseball card set is presented here in a handsome, essentially Very Good to Ex-Mt condition, with 10 of the key Hall of Famers third-party slabbed and graded. The cards boast excellent color and gloss, one of the hallmarks of the iconic offering, along with laying claim to some of the key Rookie cards of the era; this particular lot includes a bit of duplication, bringing the total of the 206-card issue to 251. The slabbed card lineup includes: No. 2 Ted Williams – PSA 5, No. 47 Henry Aaron – PSA 2, No. 50 Jackie Robinson – PSA 4, No. 123 Sandy Koufax Rookie – PSA 5, No. 124 Harmon Killebrew Rookie – PSA 4, No. 164 Roberto Clemente Rookie – PSA 5, No. 187 Gil Hodges – PSA 4, No. 194 Willie Mays – PSA 4, No. 198 Yogi Berra – PSA 3 and No. 210 Duke Snider – PSA 4. Overall, the array comes out to about 85 percent being Very Good to Ex-Mt, with only about three dozen cards below the range, most of those to Good. Here’s the breakdown: Near-Mint – No. 17; Ex-Mt (28) – No. 9, 11, 12, 13, 22, 28 Banks o/c, 45, 48 o/c, 65, 71, 84 o/c, 96 o/c, 104 o/c, 110, 129, 133 o/c, 142, 144 o/c, 145 o/c, 153 o/c, 155 Mathews, 170, 171, 179 o/c, 189 Rizzuto, 191 o/c, 193 o/c and 196 o/c; Excellent (45) – No. 2 Williams – PSA 5, 4 Kaline, 5, 10, 25, 27, 35, 37, 41, 43, 44, 62, 66 o/c, 70 o/c, 74, 81 o/c, 88, 89, 103, 105, 117 (2), 119 o/c, 121, 123 Koufax Rookie – PSA 5, 126, 127 o/c, 138 o/c, 140 o/c, 143, 146 o/c (2), 151 o/c, 156, 159 o/c, 164 Clemente Rookie – PSA 5, 167 o/c, 168, 169 o/c, 177, 180 m/c, 182, 188 o/c, 197 and 204 o/c; VG-Ex (66) – No. 7, 10 Robinson – PSA 4, 15, 16, 18, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31 Spahn, 32, 34 o/c, 36, 38, 39, 46, 53, 56, 58 (2), 61, 67, 69, 77, 80, 87, 91, 97, 98, 102, 108, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116 (2), 117, 120, 124 Killebrew Rookie – PSA 4, 130, 131, 132, 134, 137 (2), 140, 141, 147, 149, 157, 163, 165, 166, 172 (2), 180, 184, 185, 187 Hodges – PSA 4, 192, 198 Mays – PSA 4 and 201; Very Good (77) – No. 1, 3, 6, 8, 18 (2), 20 (2), 23, 24 Newhouser, 27, 29, 33, 43, 49, 51 (2), 52, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 63, 68 (2), 72 (2), 73, 76, 78, 79, 80, 82 (2), 83, 84 m/c, 85, 86, 91, 92, 93, 94 (2), 95, 97, 99 (2), 101, 106 (2), 107, 111, 115, 118 (3), 122, 128, 131, 135, 136, 144, 148 (2), 152, 158, 160, 162, 174, 183, 190, 198 Berra – PSA 3, 200, 202 and 207; Good (25) – No. 14, 19 Herman, 36, 47 Aaron – PSA 2, 51, 54, 55, 75, 90 (2), 100 Irvin, 111, 128, 139, 150, 154, 160, 176, 181, 195, 199 (2), 205, 206 and 209; Fair (11) – No. 40, 52, 64, 81, 92, 109, 114, 139, 161, 173 and 178.
1955 Topps Baseball Complete Set, 10 Slabbed, Clemente and Koufax – PSA 5s (251)
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