November 14, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/14/2019
Here is an intriguing group of more than three dozen mostly vintage Topps baseball cards, an array that is headlined by 20 Hall of Famers and an even greater number of important Rookie cards, with almost all of the cards after 1957 in standout Ex-Mt to Near-Mint condition. The standouts include a high-grade 1958 Topps Pee Wee Reese, 1975 Topps Rookies of George Brett and Jim Rice and 1974 Topps pasteboards from the likes of Mike Schmidt, Dave Winfield (Rookie), Frank Robinson, Brooks Robinson and others. Here’s the breakdown chronologically: 1955 Bowman No. 257 Alston – Good; 1956 Topps No. 8 Alston – Good; 1957 Topps (3) – No. 59 Williams – Very Good, 121 Boyer Rookie (2) – Excellent and VG-Ex; 1958 Topps (2) – No. 375 Reese – Near-Mint and 420 Pinson Rookie – Ex; 1959 Topps (2) – No. 102 Alou Rookie – Nr-Mt and 552 Stengel All-Star – Nr-Mt; 1964 Topps No. 243 Allen Rookie – Nr-Mt; 1966 Topps No. 579 Johnson Rookie – Ex; 1971 Topps No. 539 Bowa Rookie – Ex-Mt m/c, 1972 Topps No. 474 Baylor Rookie – Ex-Mt; 1974 Topps (8) – No. 55 Frank Robinson – Nr-Mt, 160 Brooks Robinson – Ex, 252 Parker Rookie (2) – Ex-Mt, 280 Yastrzemski – Ex, 283 Schmidt – VG, 456 Winfield Rookie – Ex-Mt and 600 Madlock Rookie – Ex-Mt; 1975 Topps (4) – No. 228 Brett Rookie – VG, 280 Yastrzemski – VG-Ex, 616 Rice Rookie – VG and 640 Killebrew – Nr-Mt; 1976 Topps (4) – No. 98 Eckersley – VG, 150 Garvey – Nr-Mt, 160 Winfield – Nr-Mt and 599 Guidry Rookie – Nr-Mt; 1977 Topps No. 476 Murphy Rookie – VG; 1978 Topps (3) – No. 350 Garvey – Nr-Mt, 703 Morris Rookie – Nr-Mt and 704 Whitaker Rookie – VG; 1979 Topps (3) – No.212 Lansford – Nr-Mt, 390 Fingers – Nr-Mt and 719 Guerrero Rookie – VG-Ex; 1981 Topps No. 551 Pena Rookie – Nr-Mt; 1982 Topps No. 653 Brunansky Rookie – Nr-Mt; and 1982 Donruss No. 262 Smith Rookie – Nr-Mt.
Vintage Topps Baseball Group of HOFers and Rookies (39)
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