March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
This is one of the largest and most impressive non-sport lots that we've engineered in some time, a fabulous array that touches on so many different genres of non-sport collecting from the postwar era, an assortment that hits so many of the most collectible and spectacular offerings from Topps, Bowman and host of other manufacturers. It’s an incredible opportunity for type collectors and provides cards that would help fill out any number of sets from primarily the 1950s and 1960s. It’s an old-fashioned auction lot that begs for a good deal of close examination, and we've done our best to provide a roadmap. The breakdown (most arrays are all different, with only minimal duplication in some of the large groups): 1940 Lone Ranger (15) – Good to Very Good; 1950 Topps Freedom’s War (135) – Very Good to Excellent, with some below and some Ex-Mt; 1951 Hopalong Cassady (7) – Very Good to Excellent, with a couple below; 1951 Topps Animals of the World Series Nos. 101-200, missing 11 cards (89/100); 1951 Giant Bar Series I (1 7/8-by-4 ¼ inches) – Good to Very Good; 1951 Giant Bar Series II (19) – Very Good to Ex-Mt; 1953 Bowman TV and Radio Stars of NBC (32) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1953 Bowman Antique Autos (27) – mostly Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below; 1954 Topps Wings (190) – Very Good to Excellent, with some Ex-Mt; 1954 Topps World on Wheels Near Set (99/100) – missing No. 72 – Good to Very Good, with some Excellent; 1954 Bowman Naval Victories (38) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1954 Bowman Power for Peace Near Set (92) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1955 Topps Rails N Sails (18) – Very Good to Ex-Mt; 1956 Topps Davy Crockett (Orange/Green) – (122) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some above and below; 1956 Topps Jets (21) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1956 Topps Roundup (58) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1958 Topps Space (29) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1960 Bazooka Presidents (20) – reasonably scissored – Very Good to Ex-Mt; 1960 Leaf Foney Ads (41) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some Near-Mint and some below; 1961 Untouchables Comics (6) – Very Good to Excellent; 1963 Topps Flags (10) – Excellent to Ex-Mt; 1964 Topps LBJ Near Set (65/66) – Near-Mint or better, missing No. 8; 1964 Topps Beatles Black-and-White and Color Series (40) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below; 1965 Topps Wacky Plaks (84) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; 1965 War Bulletins Near Set (76/88) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; 1965 Fleer McHale’s Navy (57) – Near-Mint or better; 1966 James Bond (60) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; 1966 James Bond (31) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; 1966 Green Hornet (37) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; 1966 Good Guys/Bad Guys Near Set (70/73) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1966 Tarzan (40) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1966 Space (23) – Excellent to Ex-Mt; 1967 Mysteries of India Set (55) plus 14 Puzzle Pieces – Near-Mint or better; 1967 Daktari (22) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1968 Topps Laugh-In (6) – Near-Mint or better; 1969 Topps Valentines (46) – mostly Near-Mint, some Ex-Mt; for the cards from the 1970s and beyond, the condition is typically Near-Mint or better, with some Ex-Mt; 1976 Topps Star Trek (52); 1976 Space 1999 (27); 1977 Saturday Night Fever (26); 1978 Battlestar Galactica (52); 1978 Elvis (34); 1978 Close Encounters (51); 1979 Topps The Black Hole (27); 1979 Moonraker (70); 1980 Topps Superman II (80); 1980 Empire Strikes Back (47); 1980 Dukes of Hazzard (55); 1981 Magnum P.I. (55); 1982 Donruss MASH (40); 1982 ET (59); 1983 Return of the Jedi (62); 1983 A Team (45); 1983 Jaws 3D (with 3D View Glasses); 1984 Gremlins (51); and a miscellaneous group of about five dozen cards of Firefighters, Treasure Island, Challenge of the Yukon, Jaws and Nabisco Wild Animals and a dozen or so plastic Presidents Coins. Whew!
Massive 1940-83 Non-Sport Group, Five Dozen Sets Represented (Est. 3,750 cards)
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