November 19, 2020: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/19/2020
The popular 1963 Topps Football issue is presented here in a very handsome near set that is in basically Excellent to Near-Mint condition, with only 29 cards below that range. It comes out to approximately 23 percent Near-Mint, 38 percent Ex-Mt and 19 percent Excellent, a striking presentation that is quite a bit better than this difficult issue is typically encountered in mature collections. A listing of the missing numbers appears at the end of this entry. Breakdown of keys and condition anomalies: No. 1 Unitas – Excellent, 2 Moore – Near-Mint o/c, 3 – Very Good, 4 Berry – Ex-Mt-Plus, 5 Parker – Nr-Mt, 8 Marchetti – Nr-Mt, 13 – VG-Ex, 14 Brown – Ex-Mt-Plus, 18 – VG-Ex, 19 Groza – Ex-Mt, 23 – poorly cut, 24 Browns Team – VG-Ex, 27 – VG-Ex, 28 – VG, 32 Lane – Ex-Mt m/c, 33 Lary – Nr-Mt, 34 Brown – Ex-Mt m/c, 35 Schmidt – VG, 44 Jones – Ex-Mt, 49 Tittle – Ex, 51 Grier – Ex-Mt, 59 Huff – VG, 62 Ditka – Nr-Mt, 68 Atkins – Ex-Mt m/c, 70 George – Ex, 74 Meredith – Ex, 76 – Nr-Mt m/c, 82 Lilly Rookie – Nr-Mt o/c, 85 Checklist – VG-Ex, 86 Starr – VG-Ex, 87 Taylor – Ex, 89 Gregg – Ex-Mt o/c, 91 Ringo – Ex-Mt m/c, 95 Wood Rookie – Nr-Mt, 96 Nitschke – Ex, 97 Packers Team – Good, 98 Tarkenton – VG, 103 McElhenny – Nr-Mt o/c, 112 McDonald – Ex-Mt, 122 – Ex-Mt m/c, 123 Johnson – Ex-Mt, 134 Brodie – Ex-Mt, 140 St. Clair – Ex, 143 Nomellini – Nr-Mt o/c, 159 Mitchell – Ex-Mt and 170 Checklist – Ex-Mt. The missing numbers (13): No. 12, 20, 22, 26, 36, 110, 125, 129, 130, 132, 139, 166 and 169.
1963 Topps Football Near Set (157/170)
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