April 5, 2018: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/5/2018
This is an imposing an array of mostly middle-grade cards of many of the great stars of the postwar era, with almost half of the grouping (33) representing members of the Hall of Fame. Here’s the breakdown: 1950 Bowman No. 192 – Very Good; 1953 Bowman No. 23 – VG; 1954 Bowman (3): Wilhelm No. 57 – VG-Ex, 54 Mathews – VG, and 203 – VG; 1955 Bowman (4): No. 125 (2) – VG, 125 Ashburn – VG-Ex and 201 – VG-Ex; 1956 Topps Alston No. 8 – Good; 1957 Topps (8): No. 40 Wynn – Fair, 70 Ashburn – VG, 85 Doby – VG, 90 Spahn – VG, 173 – VG-Ex, 203 Wilhelm – Ex, 272 – Ex, and 317 Giants Team – Good; 1958 Topps (7): No. 77 – VG-Ex, 190 Schoendienst – VG-Ex, 289 – Good, 308 – Ex, 321 Sluggers Supreme – Good, 351 Braves Fence Busters – VG-Ex and 352 – Ex-Plus; 1959 Topps (14) Mostly VG-Ex: No. 17, 74, 147, 285, 304 Cubs Team, 325, 337, 346, 352 Roberts, 455, 491, 465, 468 and 469; 1960 Topps Ashburn – VG-Ex; 1961 Topps (4): No. 41 League Leader – Fair, 45 League Leader – Ex, 132 Lopez – Good (back is miscut) and 141 Williams Rookie – Ex (back is miscut); 1962 Topps (2): No. 593 and 597, both Ex; 1963 Topps: Boyer – Fair and 54 – VG-Ex; 1965 Topps (2), VG-Ex: 251 Herman and 460; 1967 Topps (2): No. 228 – Ex and 430 Rose – VG; 1968 Topps (6), Mostly Ex: No. 27, 45 Seaver, 87 Williams, 145 Drysdale (Good), 175 and 240 Kaline: and 1969 Topps (9), Mostly Very Good: No. 24 Alston (Ex-Mt o/c), 35 Morgan, 75 Aparicio (Ex), 100 Aaron, 120 Rose, 147 Durocher (Ex o/c), 190 Mays, 237 and 295 Perry.
1950’s and 1960’s Topps and Bowman Stars, Most Hall of Famers (69)
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