August 6, 2020: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2020
Here’s an old-style auction lot loaded with hidden treasures and prizes that include primarily vintage Topps baseball from 1955-75, an array loaded with Hall of Famers, stars Rookies (more than two dozen) and high numbers and headlined by a 1966 Topps Sandy Koufax, a sparkling 1959 Topps Roger Maris and a similarly impressive Eddie Mathews card and Sparky Anderson Rookie from the same set, along with 1970s Topps cards of Aaron, Clemente, Stargell, Carew, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose and Steve Carlton. As might be expected, the condition range can be wide with vintage from 1955 to 1975 and pretty uniformly Near-Mint or better after 1980. Here’s the breakdown: 1955 Topps (2) – No. 80 and No. 137 – Fair; 1956 (4) – Broadly VG-Ex, Nos. 60, 69, 254 and 283; 1957 Topps (12) – Mostly VG-Ex, No. 121 Clete Boyer Rookie, Nos. 314, 353, 363, No. 375 Landis Rookie, Nos. 391 Terry Rookie (2), Nos. 379, 380, 384; 1958 Topps (15) – Mostly VG-Ex, some above – No. 37 McCormick Rookie, 133, 175 Throneberry Rookie, 180, 199, 216 Cardinals Team (Ex-Mt), 296 Duren Rookie (Ex-Mt), 350, 413 Davenport Rookie, 420 Pinson Rookie, 448 Lau Rookie, 454, 470, 474, and 476 Musial All-Star (Ex-Mt); 1959 Topps (33) – VG to Ex-Mt – No. 53 Williams Rookie, 120, 121, 123, 125 Fairly Rookie, 126, 128, 131 Johnson Rookie, 138, 139, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 202 Maris (Nr-Mt), 223 Cardinals Team, 224 Osteen Rookie (2), 257 Wagner Rookie, 285, 297 Brandt Rookie, 338 Sparky Anderson Rookie, 399, 449 Hansen Rookie, 450 Mathews (Ex-Mt m/c), 477, 479, 494, 518 Cuellar Rookie, 529 Bamberger Rookie, 542 Perry Rookie and 551 Haney All-Star; 1960 Topps (9) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with some below – No. 257, 327 Sadecki Rookie, 368 Green Rookie, 407 Peters Rookie, 427, 438, 507, 517 and 528; 1961 Topps (3) – Ex to Ex-Mt – Nos. 362, 456 and 514; 1963 Topps (2) – No. 49 and No. 524 Cardinals Team (Ex-Mt); 1964 Topps No. 306 Giants Gunners – Fair; 1965 Topps (2) – Ex-Mt – Nos. 43 and 294; 1966 Topps No. 100 Koufax – Ex; 1967 Topps No. 475 Palmer – Nr-Mt o/c; 1968 Topps (2) – No. 80 Carew – VG and No. 162 Torrez Rookie; 1969 Topps (2) – No. 255 Carlton – Ex and No. 480 Seaver – VG-Ex; 1970 Topps (3) – No. 140 Jackson – Ex-Mt, 220 Carlton – Ex and 580 Rose – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1971 Topps No. 210 Carew – Nr-Mt; 1972 Topps (2) – No. 299 Aaron In Action – Ex-Mt and 309 Clemente – Ex-Mt; and 1975 Topps (2) – No. 100 Stargell – Nr-Mt and 195 MVPs from 1952 – Ex. A large grouping of post-1980 cards includes 39 Rickey Henderson cards from multiple years and issues (1980 Topps Rookie No. 482 – Good) and 35 Mike Schmidt cards mostly from the 1980s, but also includes a 1974 Topps No. 283 (Ex-Mt) and 1975 Topps No. 70 – Ex-Mt; the final element is a miscellaneous array of 28 cards of HOFers and stars, including cards from Larry Walker, Baines, Bonds, Sosa and Lee Smith.
1955-75, Plus Modern Baseball HOFers, Stars, Rookies and More (200)
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