August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
Few sports card issues are dominated by a single Rookie card in the fashion of the legendary Jim Brown, whose No. 62 is found here in a PSA 3.5 holder. The classic 1958 Topps issue, a coveted, colorful issue that neatly mirrors the design of the 1959 Topps Baseball set, is presented here in a condition pretty evenly divided between Very Good, VG-Ex, Excellent and Ex-Mt, with a couple of cards above the range to Near-Mint and only a dozen below, mostly to Good. It comes out to 25 percent Ex-Mt, 23 percent Excellent, 27 percent VG-Ex and 13 percent Very Good. There are duplicates for 11 cards, including No. 129 Blanda. The breakdown: Near-Mint (4) – No. 11, 20 o/c, 24 and 119 George m/c; Ex-Mt (35) – No. 8, 13, 14, 15 Robustelli, 16 Marchetti o/c, 31, 32, 34, 36, 43, 46, 49, 50, 58, 59 McCormack, 61 Giants Team, 63, 67 o/c, 71, 75 Johnson o/c, 80, 81 Creekmur o/c, 83 o/c, 85 Rams Team, 98, 102 Brown, 103 Ringo, 107 m/c, 110 Colts Team, 112, 113, 121 o/c, 123, 126 McDonald and 128; Excellent (34) – No. 3 Schmidt, 4, 5, 9 Browns Team, 12 Ameche, 21, 27 Redskins Team, 28, 33, 37, 40, 45, 51, 60, 74, 76, 79 (2), 82 m/c, 86 Tittle o/c, 90 Jurgensen Rookie – PSA 5, 92, 93 Perry, 99 (2), 100, 101, 111 o/c, 117, 118, 122 McElhenny, 124, 127 Matson m/c and 131; VG-Ex (39) – No. 2 Layne, 6, 10 Moore, 17 Renfro, 18 Lary, 23, 25, 26, 29 Bears Team, 30, 35 Bednarik, 38, 39, 41 San Francisco Team, 44, 47, 50, 55, 56, 62 Brown Rookie – PSA 3.5, 65, 67, 69 Cardinals Team, 72, 77 (2), 78, 84 Conerly, 88, 89 Nomellini, 105, 108, 115 Lions Team, 116 Steelers Team, 117, 120 Berry, 125, 130 and 132; Very Good (19) – No. 1, 7, 19, 22 Unitas, 54, 64, 66 Star m/c, 67, 85 Rams Team, 91, 94, 95, 96 Packers Team, 97, 105, 106 Donovan, 109 Eagles Team and 129 Blanda (2); Good (10) – No. 42 Tunnell, 48, 52 Groza, 53, 57, 70 Christiansen, 73 Gifford, 87, 92 and 104; Fair (2) – No. 107 and 114.
1958 Topps Football Complete Set, Brown Rookie PSA 3.5 (143)
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