July 15, 2021: Summer Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2021
Offered is a truly eclectic but impressive array of key football and basketball vintage Hall of Famers, with seven in various third-party slabs and virtually all in a highly attractive and collectible condition, including a number of high-profile Rookie cards. It’s an old-fashioned auction lot that perhaps necessitates a good deal of careful examination but ultimately rewards the diligent bidder. The slabbed lineup includes names like Van Brocklin, Starr, Meredith, Namath, Pettitt and Kobe, while the raw array is headlined by the likes or Erving, Bird, Aikman, Tarkenton and Alworth. Breakdown of the slabs: 1957 Topps No. 22 Van Brocklin – GAI 5, 1961 Fleer No. 34 Pettitt – SGC 50, 1964 Topps Buchanan Rookie – SGC 60, 1968 Topps No. 1 Starr – SGC 50, 1969 Topps No. 75 Meredith – BVG 6.5, 1969 Topps No. 100 Namath – PSA 6 and 1996 Scoreboard Rookies No. 15 Kobe Bryant Rookie – WCG 10. The raw card array (86) includes: 1959 Topps Bears Team – Ex-Mt; 1964 Topps (33), mostly Ex-Mt to Near-mint, with four Team cards and a Checklist; 1965 Topps (8), generally Very Good to Excellent, with Alworth and Otto; 1970 Topps (3) No. 59 Page Rookie – Near-Mint, No. 114 Smith Rookie – Nr-Mt and No. 120 Tarkenton – VG-Ex; 1973 Topps Stabler Rookie – VG-Ex; 1975 Topps Basketball Erving No. 200 – Nr-Mt; 1977 Topps No. 177 Largent – Ex; 1980 Topps Basketball Brown/Bird/Brewer Rookie – Nr-Mt; 1982 Topps No. 454 Taylor Rookie – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1989 Score (3) - No. 270 Aikman Rookie – Nr-Mt-Plus and (2) Deion Sanders Rookie; plus (33) miscellaneous others, mostly 1990s football and basketball stars.
1957-89 Football and Basketball Group With HOFers and Rookies, Seven Slabs (93)
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