October 24, 2024: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2024
Here’s one of the truly classic Topps 1950s baseball card issues, the colorful 1959 set that depicts the great stars of the era in what is arguably the most attractive design the company ever produced. The offered set provides an attractive and consistent presentation, essentially Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below the range and the emphasis to Excellent. Three key cards are in PSA slabs: No. 10 Mantle – PSA 2, No. 50 Mays – PSA 3 and No. 514 Gibson Rookie – PSA 3. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Frick – Fair, 20 Snider – Good, 40 Spahn – Good, 50 Mays – PSA 3, 90 Skowron – Very Good,149 Bunning – Excellent, 150 Musial – Good-Plus, 155 Slaughter – Ex-Mt o/c, 163 Koufax – Good, 180 Berra – VG-Ex, 202 Maris – VG, 270 Hodges – Ex-Plus, 300 Ashburn – VG-Ex, 338 Anderson Rookie – Fair, 355 Banks – Ex-Plus, 352 Roberts Ex-Mt-Plus, 360 Kaline – Good, 380 Aaron – Fair, 430 Ford – Good, 435 Frank Robinson – VG, 439 Brooks Robinson – Ex-Plus, 450 Mathews – Good m/c, 461 Mantle Thrill – Good-Plus, 464 Mays Thrill – VG, 478 Clemente – VG-Ex o/c, 561 Aaron All-Star – VG m/c and 564 Mays All-Star – VG-Ex.
1959 Topps Baseball Complete Set, Three Slabbed (572)
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