August 8, 2013: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/8/2013
This lot includes the full 20-card set of 1966 Williams Portraits Green Bay Packers, along with some scarce "test issue" cards from set and extras from both the 1966 and 1967 set. The full 20-card 1966 sets includes greats like Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke, Herb Adderley, Henry Jordan, Max McGee, Jim Taylor, Willie Wood and more. Double from this set include: Anderson, Starr, Nitschke, Jeter and Tom Brown. Singles from the 1967 Williams Portraits set include: Travis Williams, Lionel Aldridge, Bob Skoronski, Steve Wright, Dave Robinson, Forrest Gregg, Bob Brown and Tommy Crutcher. There is also a Vince Lombardi single, which was issued separately, but checklisted with the 1967 set. Finally, there are seven different "test issue" single, with no writing across the bottom and printed on a slightly darker card stock. The list includes: Ken Bowman, Tom Brown, Carroll Dale, Willie Davis, Forrest Gregg, Elijah Pitts and Bob Skoronski. It is not known whether these singles are from the 1966 or 1967 set, but they are clearly different than other singles from the set.
1966-67 Williams Portraits Green Bay Packers Prints Grouping (41) with Lombardi
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