August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
This is a simply extraordinary grouping of top condition Topps baseball cards from the decade of the 1960s, an array of primarily commons but also features 18 Hall of Famers and many other stars, minor stars and specials, including 130 of the coveted high numbers and short prints, and no duplication to be found. The condition range is spectacular: fully 91 percent of the array is Excellent/Ex-Plus to Near-Mint to Near-Mint to Mint; with more than 1/3 of the group at the upper end of the condition spectrum the array provides likely opportunities to upgrade even the finest existing sets. Here’s the breakdown: 1960 Topps (148) – 66 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 63 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only a dozen cards below Excellent and seven high numbers included, with Alston, Dick Williams, Minoso, Newcombe, Furillo, Cincy Clouters and Fork & Knuckler, Cubs, White Sox and Indian Teams, five Coaches and 22 of the Rookie Stars subset cards); 1961 Topps (257) – 103 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 134 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only seven cards below Excellent and 13 of the difficult high numbers included (seven Teams, five Combination cards, two All-Stars, six MVPs, six League Leaders, 10 Managers, two Checklists and a World Series subset card); 1962 Topps (116) – 43 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 54 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only four cards below Excellent and 15 high numbers and short prints included (Alston, one Team card, one League Leader, two All-Stars and three Combination cards; 1963 Topps (157) – 46 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 103 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only five cards below Excellent and a remarkable 56 high numbers included, with Alston, Aparicio, five Teams, two Checklists, two League Leaders and two World Series subset cards; 1964 Topps (108) – 29 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 74 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only two cards below Excellent and three high numbers included, with Roberts, Stengel, Fox, Torre, four Teams, two League Leaders, three Combination cards and one World Series subset card; 1965 Topps (104) – 33 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 57 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only one card below Excellent and 13 high numbers and short prints included, with Hodges, Mazeroski, two Checklists, four Teams and a League Leader; 1966 Topps (179) – 42 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 88 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with 26 cards below Excellent and 23 high numbers and short prints included, with Cepeda, Mazeroski, three Teams, five Combination cards, two League Leaders and a Checklist; 1967 Topps (70) – 20 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 47 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only three cards below Excellent (two Teams, two League Leaders, two Combination cards and a World Series subset card); 1968 Topps (118) – 76 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 41 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only a single card below Excellent (Santo, Alston, Mazeroski, Perry, Torre, four League Leaders, three Teams, two All-Stars and three World Series subset cards); 1969 Topps (70) – 23 are Nr-Mt to Nr-Mt to Mt and 42 are Ex-Ex-Plus to Nr-Mt, with only five cards below Excellent (Fregosi, Torre and a League Leader card).
Massive Group of 1960s Topps Baseball With HOFers, Stars, High Nos. (1,327)
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