March 21, 2019: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/21/2019
Presented here is an old-fashioned type auction lot featuring almost five dozen vintage mostly Topps baseball cards from the 1950s and 1960s, including nearly three dozen Hall of Famers and a boatload of stars and specials, all neatly embedded in an enormous grouping that demands a good deal of close examination to secure maximum value. The lineup is headlined by coveted vintage Topps cards from the likes of Willie Mays, Al Kaline, Whitey Ford, Tom Seaver, Willie McCovey, Johnny Bench and Reggie Jackson, to name a few, along with the legendary Life Magazine Post Cereal card insert of Mickey Mantle and key Rookie cards from Aparicio, Winfield and Yount. The breakdown: 1951 Bowman No. 143 Kluszewski – Good; 1956 Topps (4) – No. 20 Kaline – Ex, 187 Wynn – Ex-Mt and No. 292 Aparicio Rookie (2) – Excellent and Very Good; 1957 Topps (2) – No. 62 Martin – Ex and No. 324 Dodgers Team – Ex-Plus; 1958 Topps (4) – No. 71 Dodgers Team – Ex, 115 Bunning (2) – Ex-Mt-Plus and No. 350 – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1959 Topps (3) – No. 295 Martin – Nr-Mt o/c and No. 450 Mathews (2) – Ex-Mt m/c; 1960 Topps (2) – No. 200 Mays – VG and No. 395 Wilhelm – Nr-Mt o/c; 1961 Topps No. 586 Ford All-Star – Ex-Mt-Plus o/c; 1962 Topps No. 385 Wynn – Nr-Mt o/c; 1962 Post Cereal Life Magazine Insert Mickey Mantle – VG; 1963 Topps No. 549 Rookie Stars – Nr-Mt o/c; 1964 Topps (4) – No. 146 John Rookie – Ex, 262 Rookie Stars – Nr-Mt, 368 Rookie Stars – Nr-Mt o/c and 415 Kubek – Nr-Mt; 1965 Topps (2) – No. 65 Kubek Ex-Mt o/c and No. 82 Rookie Stars – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1967 Topps (2) – No. 5 Ford – Ex and No. 42 Mets Team – Nr-Mt o/c; 1968 Topps (2) – No. 45 Seaver – VG-Ex and No. 290 McCovey – Ex; 1969 Topps (3) – No. 95 Bench – Ex-Mt-Plus, 550 Brooks Robinson – Ex and 650 Bonds – Ex-Mt o/c;1970 Topps (2) – No. 140 Jackson – VG and No. 660 Bench – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1971 Topps (5) – No. 5 Munson – VG, 20 Jackson – Ex-Mt, 50 McCovey – Ex, 300 Brooks Robinson – Ex-Mt and 400 Aaron – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1972 Topps (4) – No. 49 Mays – Fair, 299 Aaron – Nr-Mt, 435 Jackson – VG-Ex, and 436 Jackson In Action – Nr-Mt; 1973 Topps (4) – No. 90 Brooks Robinson – Ex, 380 Bench – Ex-Mt-Plus, 613 Rookie – VG-Ex and 614 Evans Rookie – Ex; 1974 Topps (2) – No. 456 Winfield Rookie – Ex-Mt and No. 598 Griffey Rookie – VG-Ex; 1975 Topps (2) – No. 2 Highlights – Ex-Mt and No. 223 Yount Rookie – VG-Ex; 1985 Topps No. 694 Carter – Nr-Mt-Plus; 1987 Topps No. 320 Bonds Rookie – SGC 96; 1988 Donruss No. 34 Alomar – Nr-Mt to Mt; and 1990 Fleer No. 454 Sanders – Nr-Mt to Mt; plus three Donruss Box Tops – No. 2 Ted Williams – Ex-Mt, 7 Aaron – Ex-Mt-Plus and 8 Frank Robinson – Ex. The final element features two (2) of the 1992 Score Mickey Mantle Box sets (30 cards each) with original cellophane intact.
1950-1970s Topps Baseball Hoard with HOFers and Rookies (61)
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