April 11, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2013
This is a remarkably consistent grouping of mostly Very Good to Excellent cards, with several dozen falling below that range and perhaps a handful reaching to Ex-Mt. It represents a nice opportunity to pick up a large chunk of the issue in a presentable, reasonably uniform grade. Ten of the 16 team cards have been marked in the checklist boxes on the back: (Nos. 18, 43, 72, 208, 242, 302, 332, 381, 484 and 494). Some of the keys are listed below, and the final paragraph lists the 14 missing cards.
Keys: 7 Master & Mentor – Very Good, 10 Banks – Good, 28 Brooks Robinson – Fair, 35 Ford – Fair, 50 Kaline – Very Good, 160 Rival All-Stars – Very Good, 210 Killebrew – Good, 212 Alston – Very Good, 227 Stengel – Good, 240 Aparicio – Very Good, 250 Musial – Good, 400 Colavito – Good, 480 Berra – Excellent, 564 – Mays All-Star – Good, and 566 Aaron All-Star – Good.
The Missing Cards (14): 73 Gibson, 148 Yastrzemski, 200 Mays, 300 Aaron, 316 McCovey, 343 Koufax, 350 Mantle, 377 DeMaestri, 420 Mathews, 445 Spahn, 476 Johnson, 490 Frank Robinson, and 563 Mantle All-Star.
1960 Topps Baseball Near-Set (558/572)
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