November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Presented is a massive array of mostly pristine 1968 Topps Baseball cards, an array loaded with more than two dozen Hall of Famers, dozens of Specials and similar numbers of stars and minor stars, almost all in a compelling Ex-Mt to Near-Mint or better condition, with some below and a good deal of duplication, even among some of the key Hall of Famers and Specials. Among the two dozen-plus HOFers included in the mix are the key cards of Mickey Mantle (2), Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Pete Rose and the Johnny Bench Rookie. In terms of completeness, the partial set is approximately 412/598, with about 50 numbers missing from the first three series, no cards at all between Nos. 285-370 and about 56 numbers missing from 371 to 598. In addition, there are about 225 extras included as well, including a dozen Hall of Famers – Mantle, Rose, Killebrew, Cepeda (2), Williams, Perry, Palmer, Niekro, Bunning and Santo – plus nine (9) Checklists (five are mk), 12 Rookies and eight (8) Specials. Breakdown of keys: No. 20 Brooks Robinson – Excellent, 50 Mays – Ex-Mt-Plus, 100 Gibson – Near-Mint, 110 Aaron – Ex-Mt, 130 Perez – Ex, 150 Clemente – Ex-Mt-Plus, 168 Dodgers Team – Nr-Mt, 192 Checklist – Ex-Mt (mk), 205 Marichal – Nr-Mt, 220 Killebrew – Nr-Mt, 230 Rose – Ex-Mt-Plus o/c, 240 Kaline – Ex-Mt, 247 Bench Rookie – Nr-Mt, 250 Yastrzemski – Nr-Mt, 280 Mantle (2 – Ex-Mt-Plus), 490 Superstars – Nr-Mt, 500 Frank Robinson – Ex-Mt-Plus m/c and 575 Palmer.
1968 Topps Baseball High-Grade Partial Set With Extras, Two Dozen HOFers, Rookies (637)
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