March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Offered is a truly massive and imposing group of 1960s and 1970s Topps football cards, and array headlined by more than 185 Hall of Famers and a similar number of specials and stars, most in a highly collectible Excellent to Near-Mint condition, with some below the range and perhaps four dozen or more reaching above to Near-Mint to Mint. Names like Unitas, Tarkenton, Jurgensen, Starr, Butkus, Hornung, Namath, Sayers, Bradshaw and Staubach and a host of others headline, a remarkable group that also includes a bit of duplication of even some of the biggest names of the era. 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 Topps (146) - broadly Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below and about four dozen above to Near-Mint to Mint, with some duplication – Ameche (3 – Excellent, Very Good and Good), Moore (2 – Near-Mint-Plus and Good), Parker (VG), George, Atkins, Mitchell (2 – Nr-Mt), Layne (Nr-Mt-Plus), Lary (2), Schmidt (2), Hornung (Nr-Mt-Plus), Taylor, Ringo (2), Gregg, Gifford (2 – Nr-Mt), Roosevelt Brown (2), Robustelli, Summerall, Tittle (3 – Nr-Mt to Mt, Nr-Mt-Plus and VG), Matson, Nomellini (2), St. Clair, Perry (2), plus 17 Team cards, including Bears, Lions (3), Eagles (3), Steelers, 49ers (2), Cardinals (3) and Redskins (3); 1961 Topps (10) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with Berry and Powell plus Colts (2) and Eagles; 1962 Topps (11) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below – with Schmidt (3), Lary and a Checklist; 1963 Topps (63) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below – Berry, Schmidt (2), Lane (3), Lary (4), Roger Brown (7), Brettschneider (8), Gibbons (6), Lewis (5), Pietrosante (5), Cogdill (4), Plum (2) and Sewell (2); 1968 Topps (244) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt or better, with some below, including 44 Hall of Famers – with Ditka (3), Butkus, Tarkenton (3), Kemp (3), Jurgensen, Taylor (2), Charley Taylor (3), Blanda (2), Nitschke (2), Brown (2), Kelly (2), Buchanan (3), Alworth, Lilly, Little (2), Maynard (2), Karras, Dawson, Krause (3), Wilson (2) and Biletnikoff (2); 1969 (38) – Excellent to Near-Mint, some below – Unitas, Sayers, Starr (VG), Butkus (VG), Griese, Karras (2), Tarkenton (2), Csonka and Nitschke (2); 1971 Topps (36) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below – with 21 HOFers, including Jurgensen, Page (2), Karras, Smith, Alworth, Renfro, Olsen, Blanda, Taylor (2), Little (3), Warfield, Csonka, Tarkenton (2), Jones and Stenerud; 1972 Topps (70) – Ex-Mt to Nr-Mt, with some below – two dozen Hall of Famers, including Namath (Good), Simpson (Good), Sayers (Good), Barney (6), Jurgensen (3), Jones (2), Little (2), Csonka, Blanda, Buchanan (2), Biletnikoff, Eller, Brodie and Houston; 1973 Topps (12) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below – Namath (VG), Maynard, Hayes (VG) and Renfro; 1974 (36) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below – With 17 Hall of Famers, including Unitas (2 – Ex and VG), Staubach, Bradshaw, Tarkenton, Rashad Rookie (VG), Griese, Olsen, Riggins, Buoniconti, Biletnikoff, Eller (m/c), Greene, Hannah, Guy and Youngblood; and 1975 and later (all Topps) – about two dozen, including 1975 Fouts Rookie, 1976 Bradshaw (Good), 1976 Stallworth (VG), 1977 Bradshaw (3), 1977 Payton (VG-Ex), 1979 Lofton Rookie (Ex) and 1978 Simpson.
1960-75 Topps Football High-Grade Group With 185 HOFers, Stars and Specials (690)
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