March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a significant array of 1958 Topps Baseball, representing nearly ½ of a complete set and including 21 Hall of Famers and a like number of the difficult Yellow print variations, almost all in a highly attractive Excellent to Near-Mint condition range. It is headlined by slabbed examples of two of the key cards from the set: No. 1 Ted Williams – PSA 5 and No. 150 Mantle – PSA 2. The roster of the Yellow variations includes the likes of Aaron, Kaline, Lemon, Dick Williams, McDougald, and Ennis; the array also includes key Rookies Cepeda, Flood, Roseboro and Boros (Yellow Team), plus most of the key cards from the inaugural Topps All-Star subset in the final series, including Mantle, Ted Williams, Aaron, Mays, Musial and Frank Robinson. Overall, it comes out to 13 percent Near-Mint, 44 percent Ex-Mt, 30 percent Excellent and 13 percent Very Good. There is an additional No. 1 Ted Williams card included in the mix, along with both the Yellow Name and regular version Aaron cards; in addition, four other cards have been third-party slabbed and graded and are noted in the listing that follows. The breakdown (241): No. 1 Ted Williams (2) – PSA 5 and Very Good, 2 Lemon (Yellow Team) – Excellent, 13 Hoeft (Yellow Name) – SGC 55, 20 McDougald (Yellow Name) – VG-Ex, 23 Tuttle (Yellow Name) – Ex, 24 Landrith (Yellow Name) – Ex, 25 Drysdale – PSA 7 m/c, 30 Aaron (Yellow Name) – Very Good, 30 Aaron – Ex, 32 Porter (Yellow Name) – VG-Ex, 33 Neeman (Yellow Team) – Ex-Mt, 42 Roseboro Rookie – Ex-Mt, 50 Pierce (Yellow Team) – Ex-Mt, 52 Clemente – VG-Ex, 53 Martin (Yellow Name) – VG, 60 Ennis (Yellow Name) – Ex-Mt, 61 Johnston (Yellow Name) – SGC 50, 54 McDaniel (Yellow Name) – Ex, 70 Kaline (Yellow Name) – Ex-Mt, 79 Dick Williams (Yellow Team) – VG, 81 Boros Rookie (Yellow Team) – Ex-Mt, 85 Aparicio – VG-Ex, 88 Snider – VG, 90 Roberts – Ex, 97 Jackson (Yellow Name) – Ex-Mt, 100 Wynn (Yellow Team) – VG-Ex, 101 Richardson (Yellow Name) – SGC 50, 108 Landis (Yellow Team) – Ex, 115 Bunning – Ex-Mt, 150 Mantle – PSA 2, 230 Ashburn – Ex-Mt, 238 Mazeroski – Ex, 246 Yankees Team – Ex-Mt, 307 Brooks Robinson – Ex-Mt, 314 Dodgers Boss & Power – Ex, 320 Ford – Ex-Mt, 343 Cepeda Rookie – Ex-Mt, 351 Fence Busters – Ex-Mt, 375 Reese – Ex-Mt-Plus, 377 Braves Team – Ex-Mt, 397 Tigers Team (2 – Alphabetical and Numerical) – Ex-Mt, 424 Doby – VG-Ex, 440 Mathews – Ex-Mt, 464 Flood Rookie – Ex-Mt o/c, 476 Musial All-Star – VG, 480 Mathews – Ex-Mt o/c, 484 Frank Robinson All-Star – Ex, 485 Ted Williams All-Star – VG, 486 Mays All-Star – VG-Ex, 487 Mantle All-Star – Ex-Mt and 488 Aaron All-Star – Ex.
1958 Topps Baseball Partial Set, 20 Yellow Variations, Including HOFers, Mantle PSA 2, Williams PSA 5 (241/494)
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