March 24, 2022: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/24/2022
Here’s a neat vintage football lot featuring several difficult peripheral football issues, including 1962 Post Cereal, 1970 Topps Glossies and even the quaint 1972 NFLPA Stereoscope Slides, found here in a pristine complete set of (26), plus about four dozen Coke caps from 1964-66, or caps from some of the other legendary beverages of the time like Tab and Sprite. There’s also a nod to the modern, with four sets, including a striking 2008 Upper Deck Packers Helmets Set. It’s the kind of lot that begs for a good deal of careful examination, with a lineup that touches on many of the biggest names from postwar NFL play. The breakdown: 1951 Topps Magic Football (6) – Fair to Good; 1962 Post Cereal (79) – uncommonly good scissoring, mostly Ex-Mt, with some Near-Mint, including 14 Hall of Famers – No. 1 – Very Good, 2 – Fair, 6 Hornung – Ex-Mt-Plus, 13 Taylor – Near-Mint, 14 – imprecise cut, 20 Huff – Ex-Mt, 26 Robustelli – Nr-Mt, 33 Bednarik – Nr-Mt, 51 Lane – Nr-Mt, 52 Lary – imprecise cut, 61 Jim Brown – imprecise cut, 76 Berry – Ex, 82 Moore – Nr-Mt, 111 Ditka Rookie, 113, 119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125 Johnson, 126 Layne, 131, 134, 137, 142 Meredith, 144, 147, 152, 155, 157, 160, 161, 162, 168, 170, 173, 178, 180, 182, 185, 187, 190, 191, 195, 196, 197, 198 and 199 (Very Good); 1964-66 Coke Caps and other brands (47) – Broadly Excellent or better, with some below and the normal ding from opening – 16 are Coca-Cola and 31 Tab or Sprite – including Kramer, Wood, Unitas (Coke), Adderley (2), Lane, Starr (Tab) and Nitschke; 1970 Topps Glossies (17) – mostly Near-Mint, a few Ex-Mt, including Namath, Griese, Simpson, Unitas (VG-Ex), Dawson, Little, Renfro, Biletnikoff, Cook, Jackson, Jefferson, Kapp, Lamonica, Matte, Percival, Post (Very Good), Snell, Webster and Woodeshick; 1972 NFLPA Stereoscope Slides Complete Set (13 slides – 26 players) - Near-Mint, with nine Hall of Famers, including Barney, Brodie, Greene, Lilly, Little, Morris, Robinson, Smith and Wilson; 1971 NFLPA 3D cards (8) – Good to Excellent; 1984 Topps Football Stickers Near Set (32/33) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; 1998 Topps Football factory set (360) – as issued, Near-Mint to Mint or better; 1999 Topps Football factory set (357) – as issued, Near-Mint to Mint or better; 2008 Upper Deck Gannett Media Packers Helmet Complete Set in original tri-folder booklet (24) – booklet presents Near-Mint but has small, unobtrusive crease – 2 ½-by-3 ½-inch standard-size cards with metal helmet are 1/4-inch thick – Near-Mint or better, including Rodgers, Woodson, Nelson & Co.
1960s and 1970s Football Peripherals, Post Cereal, Packers Helmets, Stereoscopes and Coke Caps, Plus Modern Sets (183 Plus 4 Sets)
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