March 25, 2021: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/25/2021
This is admittedly an unusual auction lot, involving two sports and spanning several decades, but its pedigree of nearly all Hall of Famers, including a dozen vintage baseball, makes it an entry worthy of a bit of careful examination. Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson headline the smaller basketball group that includes important Topps and Fleer cards from the 1970s and 1980s primarily. We’ll start with Baseball (34): 1959 Topps No. 154 Schoendienst – Near-Mint; 1959 Topps (2) – No. 223 Cardinals Team – Ex-Mt and 297 – Nr-Mt; 1963 Topps No. 415 Gibson – Nr-Mt; 1967 Topps (2) – No. 146 Carlton – Ex-Mt-Plus and 245 Flood – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1968 Topps (2) – No. 80 Carew – VG-Ex and 230 Rose – PSA 6 (st); 1972 Topps No. 406 Hendrick – VG-Ex, 1973 Carlton No. 300 – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1974 Topps No. 60 Brock – Good; 1975 Topps No. 300 Jackson – Nr-Mt to Mt; 1976 Topps (3) – No. 10 Brock – Nr-Mt-Plus, 19 Brett – Ex-Mt o/c and 240 Rose – Nr-Mt; 1977 Topps No. 580 Brett – Ex-Mt-Plus and 1979 Topps No. 714 – Ex; Modern group of Topps, Fleer, Donruss and Upper Deck all Near-Mint or better – 1981 Topps and 1982 and 1984 Donruss Henderson, 1982 Fleer Ripken, 1983 Fleer Gwynn, 1985 Topps McGwire Rookie, 1986 Topps Traded and 1987 Topps Bonds, 1990 Fleer and Upper Deck Lee Smith and 1992 Fleer Ryan, plus six other miscellaneous modern of Ryan (3) Smith, Schmidt and Brock; Basketball (10): 1961 Fleer No. 29 Lovelette – Nr-Mt; 1977 Topps No. 124 Malone – Nr-Mt to Mt; 1988 Fleer Stickers (3) – Bird, Ewing and Magic – Nr-Mt to Mt; 1989 Fleer No. 21 Jordan – Nr-Mt to Mt; 1989 Hoops (2) – No. 21 Jordan All-Star and 200 Jordan – Nr-Mt to Mt and 1993 Star Stellar No. 122 Chamberlain – GAI 7.
Baseball and Basketball HOFer Group, Vintage and Modern, 1968 Rose – PSA 6 (44)
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