November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
This is a truly fascinating group lot of vintage Topps cards that feature a number of Hall of Famer and stars but also an amazing subgroup of high-grade Topps Team cards and Checklists, many in sparkling Near-Mint condition. Given the unusual distinction of such a large group of specials, we’ll lead with that breakdown, followed by the main group from 1955-69. Topps Team Cards and Checklists (41): 1958 (3) – Good to Very Good – Tigers, Redlegs and Orioles; 1959 (5) – Ex to Near-Mint – Orioles (2, one is marked), Giants, Redlegs (marked) and Braves; 1960 (3) – Excellent – Braves (2) and Reds; 1961 Giants – Ex; 1962 (7) – four are VG, two Ex-Mt and one Nr-Mt – Angels (2), Braves (3), Reds and Orioles; 1963 (2) – Reds – Ex-Mt and Angels – Nr-Mt; 1964 (2) – Phillies – Ex and Reds – Ex-Mt; 1965 (4) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt – Indians, Cubs, Dodgers and Cardinals; 1966 (10) – VG-Ex to Ex, some Ex-Mt – Yankees (4), Giants (3) and Dodgers (3); 1967 (3) – Yankees and Reds – Ex-Mt and Dodgers – Good; and 1968 (2) – Angels and Mets – Ex-Mt. Topps Checklists (16): 1962 (4) – Near-Mint – Series 1, 3, 4 and 5; 1963 (4) – Near-Mint – Series 1, 2 (2) and 5; 1964 Series 1 – Near-Mint, 1965 (2) – Near-Mint – Series 2 and 7; 1966 (2) – Ex-Mt – Series 2 and 3; and 1967 (3) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt – Series 3 and 5 (2). Vintage Topps Group 1955-69: 1955-58 generally Good to Very Good, couple Excellent – 1955 (7) – No. 21, 36, 49, 56, 57, 58 and 114; 1956 (7) – No. 27, 49, 59, 73, 80, 123 and 125; 1957 (6) – No. 32, 138, 154, 156, 383 and 387; 1958 (3) – No. 391, 439 and 456; 1959 (41) – 10 Baseball Thrills including No. 466 Pierce All-Star (7), and Fox and Triandos All-Stars; 1960-69 are generally VG to Ex-Mt, with some above and below – 1960 (5) – including McDougald, Drysdale, Drysdale All-Star and Skowron; 1963 (2) – Roberts – Nr-Mt and 142 World Series – Ex-Mt; 1964 (6) – Casey Teaches – Nr-Mt, four League Leaders and Flood; 1966 – No. 226 League Leader; 1968 (10) – including Fregosi, Niekro and Yastrzemski All-Star; and 1969 – No. 580 – Fair.
1950’s and 1960’s Vintage Topps, HOFers, Huge Array of High-Grade Checklists and Team Cards
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