March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a complete set from the elegant 1965 Topps Baseball issue, arguably the most-attractive set that Topps produced in the decade, found here in a relatively wide condition range from Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above to Near-Mint and below to Good. The overall condition comes out to mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt, with roughly 20 percent or so below to Very Good and perhaps 10 percent or so to Good. The breakdown of keys: No. 1 Leaders – Good, 2 Leaders – Fair, 3 Leaders – Near-Mint, 4 Leaders – Good, 5 Leaders – Good, 6 Leaders – Fair, 7 Leaders – Fair, 8 Leaders – Very Good, 10 Leaders – Good, 16 Morgan Rookie – Good, 15 Roberts – Ex-Mt-Plus, 20 Bunning – Ex-Mt, 50 Marichal – VG, 95 Mazeroski – Ex-Mt-Plus, 110 Santo – Nr-Mt, 120 Frank Robinson – Excellent-Plus, 130 Kaline – VG-Ex, 134 World Series Mantle Homer – Ex-Plus, 150 Brooks Robinson – Ex-Mt-Plus, 155 Maris – Ex-Mt-Plus, 160 Clemente – VG, 170 Aaron – VG, 176 McCovey – Good, 187 Stengel – VG-Ex, 193 Perry – VG-Ex, 200 Torre – Ex-Mt, 205 Spahn – Good, 207 Rose – Good, 220 Williams – Nr-Mt, 236 McLain – VG, 250 Mays – VG-Ex, 260 Drysdale – Nr-Mt, 282 Murakami Rookie – Ex-Mt-Plus, 300 Koufax – Ex-Mt-Plus, 320 Gibson – VG-Ex, 330 Ford – Ex, 350 Mantle – Fair, 360 Cepeda – Fair, 385 Yastrzemski – Ex-Mt, 400 Killebrew – VG-Ex, 410 Aparicio – Ex, 461 Niekro – VG, 470 Berra – Ex-Mt-Plus, 477 Carlton Rookie – Good, 485 Fox – VG, 500 Mathews – Good, 508 Checklist – Good, 510 Banks – VG, 513 Yankees Team – Good, 519 Uecker – Ex, 526 Hunter Rookie – VG, 540 Brock – VG, 551 Mets Team – Nr-Mt, 556 Schoendienst – VG, 581 Perez Rookie – Good and 598 Downing – Ex-Mt.
1965 Topps Baseball Complete Set (598)
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