April 5, 2018: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2018
This is a rare opportunity to pick up a handsome complete set of one of the more popular non-Topps issues of the decade, the NuCard Scoops offering that celebrated historic baseball moments down through the years in a newspaper format-style design. The cards are in black and red printing and are numbered from 401-480, though the listing below ignores the 400 prefix number. The offered set is in a highly attractive Excellent to Near-Mint condition (roughly 2/3), and includes three key cards that have been slabbed and graded by PSA and are duplicates of cards in the binder. The breakdown: Near-Mint or better (18) – No. 9, 10, 11, 16, 19, 20, 21, 27 Mays Catch, 35, 38 DiMaggio 56-Game, 41, 52 Ted All-Star, 55 Ruth’s Three WS HRs – PSA 8, 59, 60, 67 DiMaggio – PSA 7, 71 and 79; Ex-Mt (15) – No. 8, 12, 18, 22 Mantle, 22 Mantle – PSA 6, 25, 31, 39 Williams’ .406, 46, 48, 49, 54, 63, 67 DiMaggio, 70 and 72; Ex to Ex-Plus(20) – No. 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 33, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45, 55 Ruth’s Three WS HR’s, 57, 58, 61, 73, 75 and 77; VG-Ex (14) – No. 1, 3, 23, 24 Gehrig Record, 28, 29, 43, 62 Aaron World Series HRs, 64, 65, 66, 74, 78 and 80; Very Good (10) –No. 14, 26, 30, 32, 34, 40, 52 Mantle, 53, 68, 69 and 76; and Good (5) – No. 6, 47 Ruth’s 60th, 51 and 56.
1961 Nu-Card Scoops Baseball Complete Set with Ruth, Mantle & DiMaggio Extras (83)
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