October 26, 2023: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2023
Presented is an old-fashioned style auction lot boasting almost three dozen Hall of Famers and many of the great baseball stars of the postwar era, a lineup that includes multiple cards of Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Roberto Clemente and Phil Rizzuto, among others, touching on many of the classic issues from the period. The array is mostly in collector grades but features the likes of a pair of 1955 Topps Ted Williams, Musial cards from 1952 Bowman and 1953 Bowman Color and nearly a dozen cards from the coveted 1952 Topps set, headlined by a Minnie Minoso Rookie. Here’s the breakdown: 1) 1951 Bowman (9) – Good to Very Good; 2) 1952 Bowman (4) – including Musial (Good), Stengel (Poor) and Minoso (Fair); 3) 1952 Topps (9) – mostly Poor to Fair, including Rizzuto (Fair), Silvera Rookie (Good) and Minoso Rookie (Good o/c); 4) 1953 Topps (7) – mostly Poor to Good, with two (2) Minosos; 5) 1953 Bowman Color (4) – mostly Fair, including Musial and Minoso; 6) 1954 Topps (8) – mostly Good, with Wilhelm and Martin; 7) 1954 Bowman (8) – Fair to Good, with Campanella, Snider and Minoso; 8) 1954 Red Heart Minoso (Good); 9) 1955 Topps (15) – mostly Fair to Poor with a few better, including Williams (2, Poor and Authentic), Berra, Banks, Rizzuto, Snider, Spahn and Boyer Rookie; 10) 1955 Bowman – mostly Poor to Fair with a few better, including Kaline (2), Kiner, Lemon, Slaughter, Howard, Piersall and Minoso; 11) 1955 Red Man Tobacco Minoso (Poor); 12) 1956 Topps (17) – mostly Fair to Good with a few better, including Clemente (2) and Minoso, plus Yankees, Cardinals and Nats Team cards; and 13) Miscellaneous (8) – including T206 Arellanes (Poor), 1933 Goudey Luque (Very Good), 1935 Batter Up Melilo (Poor), 1940 Play Balls (3) of Gehringer (Poor) and Gonzales (Excellent and Good), 1949 Bowman Henrich (Very Good) and 1950 Bowman Guerra (VG-Ex).
1950s Topps and Bowman Baseball HOFers Group (107)
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