1959 Topps Baseball Near Set, Mantle PSA 3.5, Mantle All-Star PSA 5 (569/572)

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Presented is a near set from one of the great Topps baseball issues from the 1950s, the coveted and colorful 1959 Topps set, found here in largely Excellent to Ex-Mt condition, with some above to Near-Mint and below mostly to Very Good. Missing the No. 50 Mays and a couple of commons, the near set is headlined by slabbed versions of No. 10 Mantle (PSA 3.5) and the No. 564 Mantle All-Star – PSA 5. The near set has some condition anomalies in that a couple dozen cards are cut a bit larger than the requisite 2 ½-by-3 ½-inch dimensions, and a similar number come up noticeably short; a listing of both groups appears at the end of the document. The key Gibson Rookie was assessed as Evidence of Trim and the Clemente card as Miscut. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Frick – Good, 8 Phillies – Ex-Mt, 20 Snider – Ex-Mt-Plus (oversized), 30 Fox – Ex-Mt, 40 Spahn – Near-Mint, 70 Kuenn – Nr-Mt, 94 White Sox Team – Ex-Mt, 102 Alou Rookie – Excellent, 111 Red Legs Team – Fair, 116 Allison Rookie – Ex, 149 Bunning – Ex-Mt, 155 Slaughter – Ex-Mt-Plus, 163 Koufax – Ex-Mt-Plus, 180 Berra – Ex, 200 Giles – Very Good, 202 Maris – Ex-Mt, 212 Fence Busters – VG-Ex, 260 Wynn – Ex-Mt, 270 Hodges – VG-Ex, 292 Williams – Ex-Mt-Plus, 300 Ashburn – Ex-Mt-Plus, 304 Cubs Team – Ex-Mt, 310 Aparicio – VG (oversized), 317 NL Kings – Nr-Mt, 338 Anderson Rookie – Ex-Mt, 349 Wilhelm – Ex-Mt, 350 Banks – Ex, 352 Roberts – Ex-Mt, 380 Aaron – Ex, 387 Drysdale – Ex, 390 Cepeda – Ex-Mt, 415 Mazeroski – Ex-Mt, 430 Ford – Ex-Plus, 435 Frank Robinson – Ex-Mt, 439 Brooks Robinson – VG-Ex, 461 Mantle Thrill – VG-Ex, 463 Kaline Thrill – Nr-Mt, 464 Mays Thrill – Ex, 467 Aaron Thrill – VG-Ex, 468 Snider Thrill – VG-Ex, 469 Banks Thrill – Ex-Mt, 470 Musial Thrill – Ex-Mt, 480 Schoendienst – Ex-Mt-Plus, 515 Killebrew – Ex-Mt, 528 Pirates Team – Ex, 550 Campanella – VG-Ex (oversized), 552 Stengel All-Star – VG, 561 Aaron All-Star – Ex, 563 Mays All-Star – Ex (undersized) and 572 Pierce All-Star – Good. Oversized cards (25): No. 9, 11, 16, 18, 20, 54, 69, 75, 78, 88, 100, 141, 156, 161, 201, 223, 238, 258, 310, 363, 393, 411, 501 and 550; Undersized cards (25): No. 21, 29, 38, 41, 48, 53, 73, 79, 81, 87, 95, 127, 206, 225, 253, 268, 280, 299, 482, 492, 509, 510, 543, 559 and 563.