April 2, 2015: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/2/2015
This could be described as an old-time auction lot, one of those that would require a bit of examination from diligent collectors because of the gems to be found with just that extra effort. The baseball array includes a number of nonmainstream issues, along with some of those lovingly described as oddball items, all to a total of more than 2,000 cards and most generally in Near-Mint condition, with exceptions noted. Easiest way to do this is chronologically as follows:
Baseball: 1976 Topps Traded Assortment (179) – generally Very Good to Excellent, including Checklists (5) and No. 250 Fergie Jenkins (3); 1979 Topps Comics (75) – generally Ex-Mt, including No. 3 Yastrzemski, 4 Ryan, 11 Carew (3), 12 Jackson, 21 Bench (3) and 22 Seaver (8); 1981 Topps Scratch-Offs assortment (111), including No. 1 Brett (4), 10 Yount (5), 60 Schmidt (3) and 62 Rose; 1984 Ralston Purina Complete Set (33) Nr-Mt; 1985 Topps Circle K Home Run Kings Complete Set, (2) Mint sets (33 cards) in box; 1987-91 Classic Baseball assortment, with several near-complete sets, generally Ex-Mt, including 1987 Green near-set missing Bo Jackson; 1990 Topps Doubleheaders Unopened Pack; 1994 Norman Rockwell Umpires and Chicago drink coasters, Very Good to Excellent, (7), with cork backing, two different images; Upper Deck regular-issue sets except where noted, virtually all Near-Mint: 1989 assorted stars (37), including Canseco, Bo Jackson, Schmidt (2) and Ryan (3); 1990 (28), including Schmidt, Ryan Record (2), Griffey Jr., Ripken, Ryan (3) Juan Gonzalez (2) and Sosa; 1991 assorted stars (8), including (2) Frank Thomas; 1991 Upper Deck Final Edition Boxed Set (100); 1992 Upper Deck Top Prospects 1-100 Complete Set with 14 Extras (114); 1992 Upper Deck Diamond Skills Complete Set (10); 1993 Upper Deck Griffey Jr. No. 355 (2); 1995 Upper Deck assorted stars (24), with Bonds and Chipper Jones; 1997 UD Collectors Choice assorted (98), with Rodriguez (2), Clemens (2), and Ramirez; 1997 Upper Deck Marquee Matchups and Special FX (9), with Andruw Jones, Thomas and Ramirez; 1997 Upper Deck assorted, (200), with Great Futures, etc.; 1980 Fleer Star Stickers (team logos, etc.) mostly Ex-Mt (102); 1981 Fleer Star Stickers, mostly Ex-Mt (45); and Fleer Ultra Gold Medallion Edition Cal Ripken three-card promotional panel, Ex-Mt (7).
Basketball, Near-Mint unless otherwise noted: 1978-79 and 1979-80 Topps Unopened Wax Packs in very nice condition, with only a tiny nick on the earlier pack; 1980-81 Topps Poster Mini Team Pin-ups, Near-set (43), missing No. 6 Houston Rockets; 1981-82 Topps Basketball (5), with No. 4 Bird, 20 Abdul-Jabbar and 21 Magic Johnson; 1987-88 Fleer (1) No. 56 Magic Johnson; 1989-90 NBA Hoops (6), with No. 138 David Robinson rookie, 200 Jordan (3) and 270 Magic Johnson; rare 1990 Action Packed Test Promo Card of Patrick Ewing; 1990 Star Pics (6), with No. 2 Robinson and 43 Derrick Coleman (3); 1991-92 Front Row Premier – Sports Collectors Card Expo ’92 Promo of Steve Smith; 1992 Fleer Ultra (2); 1993-94 Skybox Commemorative Rookie Autographed card of David Robinson (front); 1994 Classic Glenn Robinson Promo Card BP1; 1996-97 Collectors Choice Mini cards (2); and 1996-97 Collectors Choice assortment (34) with No. 270 Shaquille O’Neal, 310 Iverson and 356 Hardaway vs. Jordan.
Massive Grouping of Mostly 1980’s and 1990’s Topps and Upper Deck Baseball and Basketball, With Many Non-Mainstream Issues (2,200)
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