August 8, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/8/2013
This is a wonderful grouping of the colorful and coveted 1959 Topps Baseball issue, found here with nearly three quarters of the set in Very Good or better condition, including a number of the Hall of Famers and stars. . While some of the team cards wind up with a Poor grade, that’s representative of pen and pencil marks on the checklists on the back, with the cards themselves often presenting in a better range.
The breakdown: Nr-Mt (19) – 16, 26, 32, 67 o/c, 111 Reds Team m/c, 228, 286 o/c, 306 o/c, 321 o/c, 398, 402 o/c, 432, 451 o/c, 455 Doby, 458 o/c, 459 o/c, 492, 523 and 535; Ex-Mt (65) – 9, 33, 43 o/c, 57, 58, 70, 71 o/c, 74, 75, 81, 95 o/c, 99, 110 o/c, 112, 165 o/c, 174 o/c, 176, 178 o/c, 180 Berra, 181 o/c, 219 o/c, 227, 239 o/c, 250 o/c, 253 o/c, 261 Wynn o/c, 287, 288, 320 o/c, 335 o/c, 337, 340 o/c, 385, 392 Herzog, 395, 400, 403 o/c, 406, 408 Keystone, 437, 439 Brooks Robinson, 442, 443 o/c, 444, 447, 452, 453, 463, 465, 468, 475 o/c, 479, 482 o/c, 483, 486, 499 o/c, 505, 506 o/c, 507, 529 o/c, 530, 540 o/c, 554, 567 o/c, and 568 o/c; Excellent (148) – 6, 7 o/c, 15 o/c, 21, 29, 35, 38, 44, 52, 54, 55, 59, 68, 77, 83, 84 o/c, 87, 89, 92, 102, 103, 104, 105, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 o/c, 122, 123 o/c, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 o/c, 132, 135, 138, 143 o/c, 151, 152, 157 o/c, 158, 159 m/c, 170, 175 o/c, 177, 182 m/c, 183, 184 o/c, 186 o/c, 187, 189, 190, 191, 194, 195 o/c, 199 o/c, 205, 207 o/c, 210, 212 Fence Busters o/c, 216, 225, 226, 233, 238, 240 o/c, 242, 244, 249, 251, 254, 257, 261, 263, 268, 269, 271, 273 m/c, 274 m/c, 281 o/c, 285 o/c, 290 o/c, 291, 294, 297, 298 o/c, 308 o/c, 311 o/c, 318, 319 o/c, 325, 326, 328, 332, 339 o/c, 346, 351 o/c, 355, 361, 367 o/c, 372, 373, 377, 380 Aaron PSA 4 VG-EX, 388, 389, 390 Cepeda, 411, 414, 416, 417, 418, 422, 425, 429, 433, 436, 438, 440, 446, 456, 461 Mantle 42nd, 462 o/c, 474 m/c, 481 o/c, 484, 488, 491, 495, 516 o/c, 517 o/c, 519 o/c, 527, 534, 536, 541 o/c, 542, 545, 555, 557 o/c, 558, 560, 562, 564 Mantle All-Star o/c, 566 o/c, and 572; Very Good (181) – 1 Frick, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 22, 28, 31, 36, 39, 41, 42, 45, 49, 51, 53, 56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 69 Giants, 72, 73, 78, 80, 85, 86, 88, 90, 96, 97, 106, 107, 108, 113, 115, 116, 124, 131, 133, 134, 139, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 Bunning, 153, 155 Slaughter, 156, 160, 161, 163 Koufax, 164, 167, 169, 171, 179, 185, 192, 198, 200 Giles, 201, 209, 211, 214, 215, 224, 230, 231, 234, 241, 243, 245, 246, 252, 258, 259, 262, 264, 266, 272, 277, 278, 282, 283, 284, 292 Dick Williams, 293, 300 Ashburn, 302, 303, 304 Cubs Team, 307, 309, 310 Aparicio, 312, 313, 314, 316, 317 N.L. Kings, 323, 327, 333, 338 Sparky Anderson, 343, 344, 347, 353, 354, 356, 357, 362, 364, 365, 368, 369, 370, 374, 375, 376, 379, 381, 382, 384, 387 Drysdale, 393, 400, 410, 412, 421, 423, 424, 426, 428, 431, 434, 441, 449, 454, 457 Dodgers Team, 460, 466, 471, 473, 477, 478 Clemente, 487, 489, 493, 496, 497, 508, 511, 512, 513, 521, 522, 526, 537, 539, 546, 547, 548, 549, 551, 552, 556, 559, 561 Aaron All-Star, 563 Mays All-Star, 565, 569 and 571; Good (133) – 2, 3, 8 Phillies Team, 14, 17, 19, 20 Snider, 23, 24, 25, 30 Fox, 34, 37, 40 Spahn, 46, 47, 50 Mays, 60, 76, 79, 82, 91, 93, 98, 100, 101, 109, 114, 136, 137, 141, 142, 150 Musial, 154, 162, 166, 168, 188, 193, 196, 197, 203, 204, 206, 208, 213, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223 Cardinals Team, 229, 232, 235, 236, 237, 247, 256, 265, 270, 275, 276, 279, 280, 295, 296, 299, 301, 305, 315, 322, 324, 331, 334, 336, 341, 342, 345, 348, 349 Wilhelm, 350 Banks, 358, 359, 360 Kaline, 363, 366, 371, 378, 383 Words of Wisdom, 386, 391, 394, 396, 399, 404, 407, 409, 413, 420, 427, 430 Ford, 435 Frank Robinson, 445, 448, 450 Mathews, 467, 469, 470, 472, 480 Schoendienst, 485, 490, 494, 498, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 509, 510 Yankees Team, 518, 520, 525, 531, 532, 533, 538, 544, 550, 553 and 570; Fair (15) – 27, 130, 173, 222, 255, 267, 289, 330, 352 Roberts, 415 Mazeroski, 464, 514 Gibson, 515 Killebrew, 524 and 543; Poor (12) – 10 Mantle, 48 Orioles Team, 94 White Sox Team, 172 Athletics Team, 202 Maris, 248 Red Sox Team, 329 Tigers Team, 397 Senators Team, 405 (Evidence of Trim), 419 Braves Team, 476 Indians Team and 528 Pirates Team.
1959 Topps Baseball Complete Set (572)
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