March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
A handsome 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats near set headlines this eclectic group of vintage baseball from the early 1960s, an array that includes significant groupings of some of the most beloved food issues from the time, often with many of the greatest names in the game included in the mix. From Ruth, Gehrig and Cobb in the Baseball Greats near set to Post and Jello cards from the likes of Mantle, Aaron, Mays, Koufax, Clemente et al., the array provides a great sampling of important non-Topps cards from six decades ago. The breakdown: 1960 Leaf (12) – mostly Good to Fair, including No. 1 Aparicio, Boyer (mk) and Wilhelm; 1960-62 Fleer Team Stickers (16) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats near set (84/88) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint – No. 1 Checklist – VG-Ex, 14 Cobb – Ex-Mt-Plus, 31 Gehrig – Nr-Mt and 75 Ruth – Nr-Mt – missing Nos. are 2, 10, 18 and 73; 1961 Post Cereal (107) – pretty decently scissored, Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below and about 30 percent from the Team sheets, with some of those approaching Near-Mint – No. 5 Ford – Excellent, 14 – cut short, 39 Bunning – cut short, 76 – cut short, 79 – cut short, 80 Wilhelm – Ex-Mt-Plus, 90 – cut short, 92 Killebrew – Ex-Mt-Plus, 101 Spahn – Good, 106 Mathews – Fair, 107 Aaron – Ex-Mt-Plus, 111 Schoendienst – cut short, 132 Clemente – Excellent-Plus, 134 – cut short, 140 – cut short, 145 Mays – Ex-Mt-Plus, 148 – cut short, 167 Snider – cut short, 168 Hodges – VG-Ex and 191 Banks – Ex; 1962 Post Cereal (65) – mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below and a few above – No. 5 Mantle – erratic cut, 6 Maris – Ex-Mt-Plus, 7 Berra – Ex-Mt, 29 Brooks Robinson – Near-Mint, 51 Minoso – Nr-Mt, 61 Yastrzemski – Ex, 85 Killebrew – Ex-Mt, 109 Koufax – Ex-Mt-Plus, 114 Snider – VG-Ex, 142 Mays – cut short, 147 Mathews – Ex, 173 Clemente – Ex-Mt-Plus and 186 Ashburn – Ex; 1963 Post Cereal (58) – Ex-Mt or better, some below – No. 17 Berra – Ex-Mt-Plus, 19 Ford – Ex-Mt-Plus, 59 Brooks Robinson – Near-Mint, 109 Marichal – Ex-Mt-Plus, 112 McCovey – Ex-Mt, 131 Frank Robinson – VG-Ex, 166 Gibson – Nr-Mt and 169 Banks – Nr-Mt; 1963 Jello (45) – Ex-Mt or better, some below – 13 – poorly cut, 16 Maris – Ex-Mt-Plus, 15 Mantle – Ex-Mt-Plus, 17 Berra – Near-Mint, 36 Fox – Fair, 37 Aparicio – Nr-Mt, 106 Mays – Ex-Mt-Plus, 123 Drysdale – Nr-Mt, 131 Frank Robinson – Poor, 143 Clemente – Ex-Mt-Plus, 152 Aaron – Very Good, 169 Banks – Ex-Mt-Plus and 179 – Poor – card Nos. 184, 186, 193 and 194 are VG.
1960-63 Leaf, Fleer and Post Cereal and Jello Baseball Group, Dozens of HOFers (387)
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