1954-80 Topps Baseball, Football and Basketball Group, 20 HOFers (88)

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/21/2022

This is a truly eclectic array of important vintage mostly Topps cards touching on the three major sports and including some of the iconic cards from some of the greatest figures in their sports. That lofty description includes the likes of Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Wilt Chamberlain, Pete Rose and George Brett, to name a few. Here’s the breakdown: Baseball (28) – 1) 1954 Johnston Cookies (7) – Very Good to Excellent – Nos. 4, 6, 11, 16, 17, 35 and 42; 2) 1956 Topps (3) – Excellent – No. 140 Score Rookie, 241 and 249; 3) 1957 Topps (2) – Good to Very Good – Nos. 323 and 347; 4) 1959 Topps No. 468 Snider Thrill – Ex-Mt-Plus; 5) 1960 Topps (6) – Very Good to Excellent – Nos. 114, 140, 141, 209, 251 and 256; 6) 1961 Topps No. 88 Ashburn – Good; 7) 1968 Topps Deckle Edge No. 21 Rose – VG-Ex; 8) 1969 Topps No. 418 Helms All-Star – VG-Ex; 9) 1970 Topps No. 220 Carlton – Ex-Mt-Plus; 10) 1976 Topps (4) – No. 98 Eckersley Rookie (2) – Ex-Mt-Plus, No. 160 Winfield – Ex-Mt-Plus and No. 316 Yount – Excellent; 11) 1977 Topps No. 580 Brett – Ex-Plus; Football (54) – 12) 1956 Topps (11) – cards present Very Good, but corners on the back reveal residue from a scrapbook – Nos. 15, 21, 27, 32, 38, 52, 57, 80, 88, 100 and 108; 13) 1958 Topps (2) – Nos. 40 and 49 – Excellent; 14) 1962 Topps (39) – mostly Good to Very Good, with some above and below – including No. 1 Unitas – Ex-Plus and No. 28 Brown – Ex-Mt m/c, plus Lipscomb, Perry, Lary, and Browns and Eagles Team cards; 15) 1980 Topps (2) – No. 157 White – Ex-Mt and No. 289 – Nr-Mt; Basketball (6) – 16) 1969 Topps No. 1 Chamberlain – Good; 17) 1970 Topps No. 50 Chamberlain – VG; 18) 1971 Topps (2) – No. 107 DeBusschere and No. 120 Hayes – Very Good; 19) 1972 Topps No. 7 Cowens – VG-Ex; and 20) 1973 Topps No. 50 Jabbar All-Star – Good.