August 8, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/8/2013
The 1959 Fleer “Life of Ted Williams” was the company’s first effort to break into the baseball card business in the postwar era. The set offered here is in a relatively wide range of conditions, largely Good to Ex-Mt, with a few cards falling above and below the range. The rare card No. 68 “Ted Signs” card has been third-party slabbed and graded, a PSA 1.5. The condition breakdown: Nr-Mt (6) – 44, 46, 54 m/c, 64, 74 and 76 o/c; Ex-Mt (19) – 18, 23, 26, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42, 48, 49, 53 o/c, 57 m/c, 59, 65, 66, 67, 72 and 73; Excellent (14) – 12, 16, 24, 27, 30, 31, 40, 43, 47, 50, 56, 62, 69 and 70; Very Good (18) – 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 33, 36, 51, 52, 55, 60, 61, 71, 77, 78 and 79; Good (19) – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 35, 38, 45, 63, 68 Ted Signs PSA 1.5, and 80; Fair (2) – 21 and 58; Poor (2) – 19 and 75.
1959 Fleer Life of Ted Williams Complete Set (80)
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