November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Here’s the colorful and coveted 1959 Topps Baseball issue in a collector-grade near set, missing only 16 cards, all but one of which are from the Seventh Series. The array is broadly Good to Excellent, with the emphasis to Very Good, and some cards above and below the range, including quite a few reaching Ex-Mt. One card, No. 543 Corsair Trio, is found in a PSA 6 holder; about a half dozen cards have some paper loss on the reverse from having been affixed to a scrapbook. The missing numbers: No. 338 Anderson Rookie, 511, 512, 513, 514 Gibson Rookie, 522, 527, 528, 531, 536, 537, 540, 548, 562 Kaline All-Star, 564 Mantle All-Star and 571 Spahn All-Star. Breakdown of keys: No. 1 Frick – Very Good, 10 Mantle – Good, 20 Snider – Good, 30 Fox – Very Good-Plus, 40 Spahn – Excellent, 50 Mays – Good, 102 Alou Rookie – VG-Ex, 150 Musial – VG-Ex, 163 Koufax – Good, 180 Berra – VG, 202 Maris – Ex-Plus, 212 Fence Busters – VG, 317 NL Kings – Good, 350 Banks – Ex-Plus, 360 Kaline – Ex-Plus o/c, 380 Aaron – Poor, 430 Ford – VG, 435 Frank Robinson – VG, 439 Brooks Robinson – Good, 461 Mantle 42nd HR Thrill – Good, 478 Clemente – VG, 509 Cash Rookie – VG, 510 Yankees Team – Good, 515 Killebrew – Good, 550 Campanella – Good, 561 Aaron All-Star (2) – Good and 563 Mays All-Star – VG-Ex.
1959 Topps Baseball Near Set (556/572)
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