October 26, 2023: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2023
The important and colorful 1958 Topps Baseball issue is offered with a collector-grade pedigree that features a bit wider condition range than is typically encountered in mature collections, broadly Poor to Ex-Mt, with the emphasis probably to Good to Very Good. Also worth noting is the fact that roughly 75 percent of the issue is in Good or better condition. The Hall of Famers and stars are sprinkled throughout the range, but the majority fall within the lower end of the range. Overall, it comes out to 10 percent Ex-Mt (including a half dozen Near-Mint examples), 13 percent Excellent, 23 percent Very Good, 31 percent Good, 16 percent Fair and 7 percent Poor. The breakdown or keys and condition anomalies: No. 1 Ted Williams – Fair, 2 Lemon – Good, 5 Mays – Poor, 9 Bauer – Excellent o/c, 19 Giants Team – Very Good (mk), 20 McDougald – Ex-Mt, 25 Drysdale – Poor, 30 Aaron – Fair, 47 Maris Rookie – Fair, 52 Clemente – Poor, 70 Kaline – Poor, 71 Dodgers Team – Good (mk), 77 Zimmer – Fair, 85 Aparicio – Good, 88 Snider – Poor, 90 Roberts – Good, 100 Wynn – Fair, 120 Podres – Poor, 132 Law – Poor, 134 Phillies Team – Fair (mk), 150 Mantle – PSA 1, 161 Larsen – Good, 162 Hodges – Good, 170 Wertz – Near-Mint m/c, 174 Athletics Team – Good (mk), 187 Koufax – Poor, 190 Schoendienst – Good, 216 Cardinals Team – Poor, 230 Ashburn – VG, 238 Mazeroski – Good, 246 Yankees Team – Poor (Trimmed), 256 White Sox Team – Fair, 270 Spahn – Poor, 285 Frank Robinson – Poor, 288 Killebrew – Poor, 295 Minoso – Good, 307 Brooks Robinson – Good, 310 Banks – Poor, 312 Red Sox Team – VG, 314 Dodgers’ Boss – Poor, 320 Ford – Good o/c, 321 Sluggers Supreme – Fair, 323 – Ex (mk), 324 Wilhelm – Good, 341 Pirates Team – Good (mk), 343 Cepeda Rookie – Good (mk), 351 Fence Busters – Good m/c, 370 Berra – Fair, 375 Reese – Good, 377 Braves Team – VG, 391 – Poor, 400 Fox – Poor, 420 Pinson Rookie – Ex, 424 Doby – Good, 436 Rival Fence Busters – Poor, 440 Mathews – Fair, 464 Flood Rookie – Fair, 476 Musial All-Star – Poor, 485 Ted Williams All-Star – Good, 486 Mays All-Star – VG, 487 Mantle All-Star – Poor, 488 Aaron All-Star – Authentic (Incomplete Card), 494 Spahn All-Star – Poor and 495 Score All-Star – Good.
1958 Topps Baseball Complete Set, Mantle PSA 1 (494)
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