1961 Nu-Card Scoop Complete Set in Rare Album (82)

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/11/2013

The popular 1961 Nu-Card Scoops issue is offered here in virtually unimprovable condition, including a Nr-Mt example of the wrapper and more significantly, the super-rare official album that neatly holds the Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt condition cards. The lot represents a unique opportunity to find the album, the wrapper and the entire set in absolutely incredible and uniform condition. The set, one of several non-Topps offerings available in the early 1960’s, depicts newspaper-style front pages of great individual feats and was printed in black and red ink. The 80-card set is numbered from 401-480; the album was available for a send-in premium for $1. The 8 ½-by-12 -inch album is rarely found, and seldom in this kind of outstanding condition in those rare instances when it does turn up. This specimen presents essentially in Ex-Mt, with one large barely discernible crease on the back cover and not a whisper of any markings on the checklist section on the inside-back cover. The black album pages, reminiscent of the antique photo albums of the era, are in superb condition, with all of the cards carefully slotted into the notched corners, 16 cards to a page for the first four pages (front and back), and eight to a page on the last two pages. The cards themselves are in a consistent, virtually Near-Mint condition, with perhaps a handful earning an Ex-Mt nod but the vast majority appearing at the upper end of the Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt overall range. All of the keys appear to fall at the upper end of the range; there is also a second wrapper, marvelous condition with blazing colors, carefully glued to the appropriate section on the front cover of the album.