August 6, 2015: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2015
This is an eclectic but important array of primarily vintage Topps baseball and football, with an enormous number of Hall of Famers and major stars, most in top grades and four cards even third-party entombed and graded. Also included in the lot are seven of the Topps Super oversized cards from 1970 and 1971, all in spectacular Nr-Mt condition. The four graded cards include: 1957 Topps No. 115 Jim Gilliam – PSA 7, 1966 Topps No. 225 League Leaders – PSA 7, 1971 Topps No. 361 Don Sutton – SGC 84, and 1975 Topps No. 320 Pete Rose – PSA 7. The three vintage football cards are: 1957 Topps No. 46 Hirsch – Ex-Mt o/c, 1959 Topps No. 130 Tittle – VG, and No. 150 LeBaron – Ex. The rest of the lineup: 1952 Topps – No. 48 Page Correct Back (Black Back) – Good; 1953 Topps – No. 15 Newsom – Good; 1954 Topps - No. 5 Lopat – Good; 1961 Topps No. 48 League Leaders – Ex-Mt and No. 330 Colavito – Ex-M; 1961 Nu-Card Scoops No. 467 DiMaggio – Nr-Mt; 1962 Topps – No. 167 McCarver – Ex-Mt, and Nos. 33, 42 and 182, all Ex-Mt; 1964 Topps – No. 423 Tops In NL – Ex-Mt; 1965 Topps – No. 170 Aaron – VG, plus Nos. 180 and 190, both Ex; 1973 Topps – No. 300 Carlton and No. 350 Seaver, both Nr-Mt; 1974 Topps – No. 80 Seaver, No. 85 Morgan and No. 350 Gibson, all Nr-Mt; 1975 Topps – No. 87 Foster and No. 490 Reggie Smith, both Nr-Mt; 1976 Topps – No. 670 Rice – Nr-Mt; (1980’s and forward cards are Nr-Mt or Nr-Mt to Mt condition) 1983 Topps – No. 70 Carlton and 100 Rose; 1984 Topps – No. 470 Ryan; 1986 Topps - No. 120 Carlton; 1988 Topps - No. 250 Ryan, 1993 Topps - Garciaparra; 1997 Topps Chrome - No. 67 Sandberg and No. 113 Murray. The 1970 Topps Super No. 8 Bench and the six Topps Supers from 1971 – No. 17 Howard, 20 Rose, 37 Clemente, 40 Allen, 44 Aaron and 56 Mays – are all Nr-Mt.
1950’s-70’s Topps Baseball and Football Group With Many High-Grade Hall of Famers and Stars (44)
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