November 30, 2017: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/30/2017
This is a truly impressive grouping of the popular early 1960’s Topps baseball issue, a sparkling Excellent to Ex-Mt array that includes several Hall of Famers, All-Stars, stars and Specials among its rank. The emphasis is toward the upper end of the spectrum and there are even quite a few Near-Mint cards included in the mix, plus 31 very nice cards from the difficult high number series. About six dozen cards have the kind of centering that might prompt an upgrade, though not all of those would be severe enough to necessarily dictate an off-center designation. This lot represents a good opportunity to pick up just under half of the complete set and a number of important cards in a set that is notorious for being condition sensitive. The breakdown: No. 20 Colavito, 24 Tigers Team – Near-Mint, 29 Stengel – Ex-Mt, 37 Tribe Hill Trio – Ex-Mt, six League Leader cards, 61 Cardinals Team – Ex-Mt, 72 Bob’s Pupils – Nr-Mt o/c, 113 White Sox Team – Ex-Mt, 132 Angles Team, both versions, inset photo – VG), two of the Ruth Subset cards, 158 Braves Team – Ex, 163 Hot Corner – Ex-Mt, 192 Checklist, 206 Senators Team – Ex, 211 Midway Masters – Nr-Mt, 213 Ashburn – Ex-Mt, 218 Torre – VG-Ex, 226 Giants Team – Ex, 277 Checklist – Nr-Mt, 296 Lopez – Ex-Mt, three Baseball Thrills cards, 325 Aparicio – Ex-Mt o/c, 334 Red Sox Team – Ex, 351 Backstops – Nr-Mt, 384 Athletics Team – Nr-Mt o/c, four National League All-Stars, 461 Hubbs – Ex-Mt, 505 Marichal – Ex o/c and 537 Indians Team – Ex.
1962 Topps Baseball Partial Set With HOFers, Stars and High Nos. (278/598)
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