Massive Hoard of 1950s-70s Topps Baseball With More Than 100 HOFers (6,300)

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Here’s one of the more unusual lots we've offered in some time, an absolutely massive accumulation of vintage mostly Topps baseball from the 1950s to the 1970s, a lower-grade group of literally thousands of cards that is headlined by more than 100 Hall of Famers, including many of the most coveted and important pasteboards of the postwar era. The array is broadly Fair to Very Good, with the emphasis probably to Fair to Good. For obvious reasons, the numbers are approximate: from the non-HOF group, there are about 300 or so cards from the 1950s, maybe 2,500 from the 1960s and perhaps 3,200 or so from the 1970s. From that last group, the wider condition range is a bit better overall, perhaps Good to Excellent, with some below to Fair and even some reaching Near-Mint status. In the listing that follows, cards indicated are the player’s regular-issue card unless otherwise indicated. Breakdown of Hall of Famers and Stars: 1) 1954 Bowman (4) – including Garagiola, Kiner and Feller; 2) 1955 Topps (2) – Rhodes and Kluszewski; 3) 1956 Topps Alston; 4) 1957 Topps (4) – Ted Williams, Banks, Aparicio and Red Sox Team; 5) 1959 Topps (4) – Mantle, Musial, Furillo and Red Sox Team; 6) 1960 Topps (6) – including Wynn, Ford, Score, Schoendienst and Master & Mentor; 7) 1961 Topps (2) – Mathews and Drysdale; 8) 1962 Topps (7) – Aaron, Spahn, Wilhelm, Billy Williams, Stengel, Manager’s Dream and NL Home Run Leaders; 9) 1963 Topps (4) – Aparicio, Uecker, Pride of NL and NL Batting Leaders; 10) 1964 Topps (8) – Brooks Robinson, Snider, Drysdale, Marichal, Fox, Mathews, Allen Rookie and World Series Koufax; 11) 1965 Topps (7) – Oliva, Bunning, Roberts, Tiant, Tigers Team and two (2) Leaders; 12) 1965 Topps Embossed (3) – Mays (2) and Aaron; 13) 1966 Topps (13) – Mantle, Koufax, Sutton Rookie, Banks, Morgan, Aparicio, Schoendienst (2), Morgan, Cepeda (3) and Lolich; 14) 1967 Topps (3) – Mays, Aaron and Perez; 15) 1968 Topps (15) – 14 HOFers, including Mays, Seaver, Bench Rookie and No. 1 League Leaders; 16) 1969 Topps – 14 HOFers, including Brooks Robinson, Ted Williams, Frank Robinson (2), Brooks Robinson and Carew (4); 17) 1970 Topps (4) – Wilhelm, Frank Robinson All-Star, No. 1 Mets Team and NL Batting Leaders; 18) 1971 Topps (13) – 12 HOFers, including Ted Williams (2), Blyleven Rookie, Simmons Rookie (2), Hodges and Munson; 19) 1972 Topps (4) – Rose in Action, Jackson in Action, Schoendienst and Horton; 20) 1974 Topps McCovey; 21) 1975 Topps (4) – Ryan, Seaver, Rose and Perry; and 22) 1960 and 1962 Post (4) – Fox, Brooks Robinson, Killebrew and Ford.