March 25, 2021: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/25/2021
Presented is an impressive partial set from the iconic 1962 Topps Baseball issue, an array with a bit of duplication and a roster that includes two dozen Hall of Famers and a boatload of stars and specials, along with almost four dozen cards from the difficult high-number series. For the notoriously condition-sensitive issue with the delicate wood-grain borders, this is a handsome grouping that comes out to roughly 10 percent Near-Mint, 29 percent Ex-Mt and 55 percent VG-Ex to Ex, with only about 6 percent below. Breakdown of Hall of Famers and keys: No. 20 Colavito – Near-Mint, 29 Stengel – Nr-Mt, 40 Cepeda – Excellent-Plus, 45 Brooks Robinson – Ex-Mt-Plus, 50 Musial – Ex-Mt-Plus, 73 Fox – Fair, 100 Spahn – VG-Ex, 150 Kaline – Ex-Mt-Plus, 170 Santo – Nr-Mt, 199 Perry Rookie Ex-Mt-Plus, 213 Ashburn – Ex-Plus, 217 Alston – Ex-Plus, 286 Lopez – Ex-Mt, 288 Billy Williams – VG-Ex, 340 Drysdale – Ex-Mt-Plus, 350 Frank Robinson – Nr-Mt, 353 Mazeroski – VG-Ex, 372 Dick Williams – Ex-Mt-Plus, 385 Wynn – Nr-Mt, 460 Bunning – VG-Ex and 503 Marichal – Ex-Mt-Plus; Roster of Specials: nine Checklists, 14 Life of Babe Ruth (seven Near-Mint), 18 Team Cards, nine Combination cards, five World Series, four Baseball Thrills, eight League Leaders and 20 All-Stars. Breakdown by condition: Near-Mint (58) – six High Numbers, plus Colavito and Hubbs; Ex-Mt (164) – 20 High Numbers, plus Powell, Tresh, Reniff, Richardson, Groat, Callison, Malzone, Pinson, Piersall, Kuenn, Martin, White, Burdette, Woodling, Post, Buhl, Haddix, Face, Taylor, and Murtaugh; VG-Ex to Excellent (320) – 17 High Numbers, plus Skowron, Downing, Blanchard, Score, Lollar, Power, Buhl, Jay, Hutchinson, Brosnan, Friend, Terry, Covington, Lemon, Clete Boyer, Kaat, Gentile, Crandall, Adcock, Roseboro, Cash, Bruton, Francona, Bauer, Simmons, Minoso, Burgess, Sievers, Mauch, Tommy Davis, Mantilla, Virdon, Thomas, Runnels, Podres, Howard, Zimmer, Stuart, Felipe Alou and McCormick; Very Good (26) – Keene, Fairly, Javier, Cerv, Romano, Larsen, Dark, Gilliam and one High Number.
1962 Topps Baseball Partial Set With Two Dozen HOFers (569)
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