March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Presented is a truly remarkable array of modern New York Yankees cards, blazing often Mint or better monsters touching on many of the great stars of the modern dynasty, headlined by more than four dozen blazers in mostly PSA slabs, including 20 Gem Mint and another dozen Mint examples. The lineup includes the likes of Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, Gary Sanchez, Jorge Posada and Hideki Matsui in mostly Mint or even better slabs, plus a raw roster that includes Judge, Stanton, A-Rod, Teixeira, Granderson and other current Yanks, along with modern cards depicting many of the great figures from yesteryear like Ruth, Mantle, DiMaggio, Rizzuto, Ford, Munson, Reggie, Mattingly, Guidry and a host of others. 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 comprehensive listing of the key ingredients. The slabbed-card breakdown: 1989 Procards No. 736 Bernie Williams – PSA 10, 1989 Police Set Williams – PSA 9, 1990 Bowman Tiffany No. 439 Williams (2) – PSA 10 and 9, 1990 Topps Tiffany No. 701 Williams (2) - PSA 9, 1991 Upper Deck No. 11 Williams – FGS 10, 1992 Bowman No. 302 Mariano Rivera Rookie – PSA 9, 1992 Excel No. 214 Andy Pettitte – BGS 9, 1993 Bowman No. 327 Rivera – PSA 9, 1994 Classic No. 20 Rivera – PSA 10, 1994 Bowman’s Best B29 Jorge Posada Rookie (3) – BGS 9.5, 1994 Bowman’s Best B29 Posada Rookie – SGC 96, 1996 Bowman’s Best No. 24 Pettitte – PSA 10, 1996 Topps Finest No. 122 Refractor Pettitte – PSA 10, 1996 Topps Finest No. 122 Pettitte with coating – PSA 10, 2002 Upper Deck Superstars No. 156 Hideki Matsui – PSA 10, 2003 Upper Deck No. 501 Matsui – PSA 10, 2010 TriStar Obak Mini National Convention Promo Gary Sanchez – PSA 10, 2010 Donruss Elite Extra Edition Sanchez – PSA 10, 2011 Leaf Metal Draft Prismatic Banuelos Autograph – BGS 9.5, 2011 Bowman Platinum Prospects Banuelos (2) – BGS 9.5 and BGS 10, 2012 Bowman Chrome Prospects Bird – BGS 9.5, 2012 Topps Chrome Austin Romine Rookie Autos – BGS 9.5, 2013 Topps Chrome Gregorius Rookie Auto Blue – PSA 10, 2014 Bowman Tanaka No. 88 – PSA 10, 2016 Bowman’s Best Sanchez – PSA 10, 2016 Topps Tribute Severino Auto – PSA 8, 2017 Topps Now Sanchez Purple Auto – PSA 10, 2017 Topps Chrome Judge – PSA 10, 2018 Topps Now Torres – PSA 10 and 2018 Topps Andujar No. 305 – PSA 10. Raw cards breakdown: 1989 and forward Derek Jeter (74) and other Yankees (53) from all major manufacturers; 1991 Bowman Yankees Team sets (28); 2001 Myth Busters Rivera (10), 2001 Fleer Tailor Made Winfield, 2001 Myth Busters O'Neill (12), 2003 ETopps cards in sealed slabs (13) including Classic Munson, Mr. October, Williams, Clemens, Pettitte, Mussina, Posada, Matsui and Weaver; 2004 SP Significant Swatches Maris, 2005 Upper Deck Pastime Pennants (not all Yankees) including Mantle, DiMaggio, Ford, Rizzuto, Larsen, Mattingly, Lyle, Guidry and Gossage, 2007 ETopps No. 408 DiMaggio (7 different versions), 2010 Topps National Convention Promos (5) with Mantle (2) and Ryan, Ripken and Berra, 2010 Topps 150 Years of Baseball Mattingly Autograph, 2012 Heritage Rivera (2), 2012 Chrome Rivera, 2013 Topps Heritage Group (68) including Rodriguez (4), Teixeira (6), Granderson (6), Pettitte (5), Girardi (5), Gardner (6) and Robertson, 2014 Topps Chrome Yankees (10); Upper Deck Sweet Spot Signatures Drew Henson, Minor League Topps Heritage Sanchez cards (12) and (10) others, and miscellaneous Upper Deck, Topps Chrome and several years of Heritage Chrome inserts (22); a total of (92) Topps Now cards, including 2017 No. 168 Judge (5), 2018 Hicks (3), 2018 Team Set with Judge, Stanton, Sanchez and Gardner; 2020 (20) with Jeter, Rivera, Ruth, Sax and Maris; and (20) New York Mets, just to make sure everybody was paying attention.
1989-2020 Topps and Others Super High-Grade Yankees Group, 50 Slabs, More Than 30 Mint (400)
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