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 mostly Topps baseball cards from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, including more than four dozen Hall of Famers and a boatload of stars and specials, all neatly embedded in a large grouping that demands a good deal of close examination to secure maximum value. There is an intriguing lot for those wanting a peek at non-mainstream issues from earlier generations, headlined by 1959 Fleer Ted Williams cards and dozens of cards from food issues like Hostess and Kellogg’s. Here’s a chronological breakdown: 1959 Fleer Life of Ted Williams (6) – No. 8, 21, 26, 34, 39, and 42 (mostly Very Good to Ex); 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats (3) O’Doul, Tinker and Vander Meer; 1962 Bell Brand Dodgers (2) – No. 12 Tommy Davis (Ex-Mt) and No. 34 Sherry (Fair); 1963 Fleer No. 66 O’Dell (Ex-Mt o/c); 1968 Fleer World Series (10) – mostly Ex to Ex-Mt, including Nos. 16, 17, 21, 34, 35 (2), 44, 46, 55 and 56; 1969 Topps Deckle Edge (23) – Good to VG, some below, including Marichal, Gibson (2), Santo, Wilhelm, Yastrzemski and Brooks Robinson; 1970 Topps Booklets (5), mostly Excellent or better, including Jackson, Rose, Cepeda, Banks and Gibson; 1970-76 Kellogg’s Group (18), most Ex-Mt or better, including Brock, Perry, Aparicio, and Sutton; 1971 Topps Scratch-Offs (10), mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt, a few below, including Aparicio (2), Stargell (2), Killebrew (2), Marichal (2), Kaline and Perez; 1973 Fleer Famous Feats (2) with No. 11 Young and No. 15 Cobb; 1975 SSPC (3), with Carlton and Palmer; 1975-78 Hostess cards (26) – pretty nicely cut, many Ex-Mt or better, including a 1978 Hostess Bench (Ex-Mt) and 1977 Hostess cards of Schmidt, Brock, Stargell, Rice, Carew, Seaver, Yastrzemski and Palmer; plus ½ dozen others, including an O-Pee-Chee Hank Aaron Collector’s Souvenir card No. 6 (Ex), 1977 Shakey’s Pizza All-Time Superstars No. 11 Sisler, a 1979 O-Pee-Chee No. 254 Dent and a 1977 TCMA Clemente (Nr-Mt).
1950s-1970s Topps and Fleer Baseball Group With HOFers, Plus Hostess, Kellogg’s, SSPC and Topps Inserts Group (115)
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