August 6, 2015: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/6/2015
This is a nice collectible example of a key set from the decade of the 1970’s, the unique 1972 Topps Baseball set. The set is essentially Very Good to Excellent-Mint with some cards above and below, with the emphasis probably Excellent. The set has a uniform and consistent look, jostled by perhaps a handful of cards that are oddly damaged. As a bonus, there are 20 signed cards, including seven of Hall of Famers, with the specifics included in the listings below. Here’s the breakdown of some of the keys: Ex-Mt – No. 49 Mays, 50 Mays In Action (offered signed, but PSA/DNA ruled the signature was secretarial), 67 Schoendienst, 100 Frank Robinson, 130 Gibson, 132 Morgan, 195 Cepeda, 309 Clemente, 358 Anderson, 410 Jenkins, 435 Jackson, 439 Billy Williams o/c, 445 Seaver o/c, 447 Stargell, 576 Durocher, 595 Ryan, 751 Carlton Traded and 752 Morgan Traded; Excellent – No. 37 Yastrzemski, 51 Killebrew o/c (signed), 137 Dick Williams (signed), 200 Brock, 280 McCovey, 433 Bench, 518 Ted Williams o/c and 567 Marichal; Very Good – No. 1 Pirates Team, 21 Braves Team (signed by Aaron), 80 Perez, 89 League Leaders HRS (signed by Aaron), 323 Weaver, 330 Hunter (signed), 420 Carlton, 441 Munson, 550 Brooks Robinson (signed), 555 Santo, 600 Kaline o/c (signed); Good – No. 270 Palmer, 285 Perry, 500 Torre, 559 Rose, and 695 Aaron; Poor – No. 259 Third Checklist, 299 Aaron and 378 Fourth Checklist. Other signed cards include: Tony Oliva, Sal Bando, Diego Segui, Bill Russell, Amos Otis, Dusty Baker, Jim Fregosi, Ed Kranepool, Gates Brown, George Foster, Mel Stottlemyre, Roy White and NL Batting Leaders signed by Glenn Beckert.
1972 Topps Baseball Complete Set (787) with 20 Signed Cards
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