November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
This is an impressive group of vintage mostly Topps football cards from 1956-76, with a lineup that includes more than a dozen Hall of Famers, including the likes of Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor and John Riggins, along with important Rookie cards from Tony Dorsett, Leroy Kelly and others. Condition varies among the different years and manufacturers and there is a bit of duplication, with overall condition improving a bit over time as is typical in most older accumulations. The breakdown: 1954 Bowman – No. 78 – Fair; 1955 Bowman – No. 47 – Very Good m/c; 1956 Topps (12) – mostly VG-Ex, a few Good – No. 18, 42 Fears (2) – VG and Good, 54 (3), 66 (2), 90 (2), 102 and 114; 1957 Topps (14) – mostly VG-Ex, a few Good – No. 46 Hirsch – Ex m/c, 70 (3), 82 (2), 87 (4), 120, 143 and 152; 1959 Topps (34) – mostly VG-Ex, a few Good and Ex-Mt – No. 61 (2), 62, 66 (3), 67,68, 69, 103 (2), 104 (3), 105, 106 (3), 107 (3), 108, 109 (6), 110 (4), 111, 112 and 121; 1960 Topps (24) – mostly VG-Ex, a few Good and Ex-Mt – No. 2 (5), 28 (2), 59, 67, 70, 76, 84, 110 (5), 121 (2), 126 (2), 127, 142, 152 and 164; 1961 Topps – No. 41 Taylor – Ex; 1962 Topps (12) – mostly VG-Ex – No. 78, 82 (2), 83, 85 (5), 87 (2) and 89; 1964 Philly Gum (4) – No. 76 Hornung – VG, 88 Grier – Ex-Mt, 92 – Fair and 95 – Good; 1966 Philly Gum (11) – mostly VG-Ex – No. 95 (4), 98, 99, 100 (2), 101 (2) and 103; 1967 Philly Gum (7) – No. 43 Kelly RC – Fair, rest Ex-Mt – 85, 86, 87, 91, 93 and 95; 1968 Topps – No. 80 Lundy – Ex-Mt; 1969 Topps – No. 51 Sayers – Ex; 1970 Topps (2) – No. 23 Olsen – VG-Ex and No. 70 Sayers – Ex; 1972 Topps No. 13 Riggins Rookie – Ex-Mt; 1974 Topps No. 230 Butkus – VG; and 1976 Topps No. 315 Dorsett Rookie – Ex-Mt.
1956-76 Topps Football Group With HOFers (128)
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