March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a massive array of 1960s and 1970s football issues, including traditional mainstream Fleer and Philadelphia Gum issues and peripheral sets from Kellogg’s, Sunoco Stamps and even some of the quirky Topps satellite issues from the era, all boasting a boatload of Hall of Famers and major stars. Names like Starr, Unitas, Griese, Simpson, Jurgensen, Staubach, Bradshaw. Butkus, and Namath, to name a few, headline this remarkable accumulation. It’s an array that begs for a good deal of close examination, an old-time style auction lot loaded with value that only demands a bit of careful inspection. The breakdown: 1960 Fleer (2) – Baugh – Near-Mint and Mix Rookie – Nr-Mt; 1961 Fleer (46) – mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Kemp, Blanda, Maynard, Atkins and McElhenny; 1964 Philadelphia Gum (23) – mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, including Lane and Davis; 1965 Philadelphia Gum (140) – mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, including Ditka (2), Meredith, Jurgensen (2), Mitchell, three Checklists and four Teams; 1966 Philadelphia Gum (55) – mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, with 13 Hall of Famers, including Tarkenton, Starr, Taylor, Schmidt, Gregg, Karras, Wood, Krause and Roosevelt Brown (5); 1967 Philadelphia Gum (16) – mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, including Starr, Tarkenton and Hornung; 1968 Topps Standups (15) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Karras, Jurgensen, Little, Meredith and Brodie; 1969 Topps Four-in-One (10) – Near-Mint, including Namath and Mitchell panels; 1970 Kellogg’s (45) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, including Unitas (Fair), Smith (Fair), Csonka (Fair), Barney, Jurgensen, Wilson, Eller, and Bell (29 – Near-Mint or better); 1970 Topps Glossy (27) – Near-Mint or better, with Unitas (2, one is m/c), Starr, Tarkenton, Griese, Little, Simpson, Jurgensen, Renfro, Hayes and Biletnikoff; 1960s Kahn’s miscellaneous years (4), with Tittle, Mitchell, McCormack and Ringo; 1972 Sunoco NFL Stamps (625), massive group of the colorful 1 5/8-by-2 3/8-inch stamps with 70 Hall of Famers and significant duplication, generally Ex to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Buoniconti (7), Eller (5), Stenerud (5), Starr (4), Larry Little (4), Csonka (4), Kiick (4), Shell (3), Otto (3), Jones (3), Floyd Little (3), Olsen (2), Kelly (2), Staubach, Butkus, Bethea, Biletnikoff, Bradshaw, Greene, White, Blount, Harris and Youngblood.
1960 Fleer, Philly Gum, Kellogg’s, Sunoco and Topps Peripheral Football Group With HOFers (1,000)
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