November 18, 2021: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/18/2021
Here’s the popular 1959 Topps Baseball issue in a nice collectible condition and missing only 22 cards, with most of the important keys being included in the mix. The lot offers the opportunity to pick up a near set that would basically require the addition of eight All-Stars from Series and a half dozen or so others to complete the issue. Overall, it comes out to 3 percent Near-Mint, 32 percent Ex-Mt, 48 percent Excellent and 16 percent Very Good. The missing numbers: No. 26, 34, 60, 67, 76, 90, 102, 106, 109, 212, 228, 439, 467, 510, 552, 553, 556, 558, 560, 561, 569 and 572. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Frick – Good, 10 Mantle – Fair, 20 Snider – Excellent, 30 Fox – Very Good, 40 Spahn – VG-Ex, 50 Mays – VG, 150 Musial – VG, 155 Slaughter – Ex, 163 Koufax – VG-Ex, 180 Berra – Ex, 202 Maris – VG-Ex, 212 Fence Busters (2) – Very Good and Fair, 260 Wynn – Ex, 270 Hodges – Ex, 300 Ashburn – Ex-Mt, 310 Aparicio – VG, 317 NL Kings – Good, 338 Anderson Rookie – Ex, 349 Wilhelm – Ex, 350 Banks – Ex, 352 Roberts – Ex, 360 Kaline – VG, 380 Aaron – Good, 387 Drysdale – VG, 390 Cepeda – Ex, 430 Ford – Ex, 435 Frank Robinson – VG, 450 Mathews – Ex, 455 Doby – Ex, 461 Mantle HR Thrill – VG, 464 Mays Thrill – Good, 478 Clemente – VG-Plus, 480 Schoendienst – Ex, 509 Cash Rookie – Ex, 514 Gibson Rookie – VG, 515 Killebrew – VG, 550 Campanella – VG, 562 Kaline All-Star – Ex, 563 Mays All-Star – VG, 564 Mantle All-Star (2) – VG-Ex and VG and 571 Spahn All-Star – Ex-Plus.
1959 Topps Baseball Near Set (550/572)
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