1950-79 Topps and Bowman Detroit Tigers Team Sets (555)

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/30/2023

For fans of one of the most beloved franchises in MLB history, here’s an opportunity to pick up literally hundreds of important vintage Tigers cards from three postwar decades, including a significant grouping of the coveted 1952 Topps cards. The lineup features dozens of Hall of Famers and the great stars who dazzled Motor City fans for generations; early years feature a sampling of players from each, while the years after 1960 are closer to full team sets. Here’s a breakdown: 1) 1950-52 Bowman (24) – Good to Very Good, including a 1950 Trout, and 1952 Bowmans of Kell, Evers and Wertz (also a 1935 Diamond Stars No. 40 Ryan – VG); 2) 1952 Topps (27) – mostly Good to Very Good, including two Kells (Good and Poor), Hutchinson (2), Priddy (2), Evers and Rolfe; 3) 1953 Topps and Bowman (4) – Good to Very Good, 1953 Topps Newhouser – Fair, 1953 Bowman Color Garver and Gray, plus 1953 Bowman Black-and-White Hoeft; 4) 1954 Bowman (8) – mostly Very Good, including Pesky, Garver and Hoeft; 5) 1956-62 Topps and Post Miscellaneous Group (6) – 1956 Topps Hoeft, 1960 Topps Kaline (Near-Mint) and Aguirre and Maxwell, 1962 Post Regan and Maxwell; 6) 1961 Topps (32) – mostly Very Good to Excellent, including Cash, Bunning, Colavito, two Teams and six (6) League Leaders (Nos. 41, 42, 43, 44, 46 and 47); 7) 1962 Topps (27) – Very Good to Excellent, with Colavito, Colavito All-Star, Bunning, Cash All-Star, Team card and three League Leaders; 8) 1963 Topps (32) – with Kaline (Ex-Mt), Cash, Colavito, Bunning and two League Leaders; 9) 1964 Topps (32) – mostly Very Good to Ex-Mt, with Lolich, Horton Rookie and Team card; 10) 1965 Topps (37) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with Northrup Rookie, Cash, Horton, Freehan, Lolich and Dressen; 11) 1966 Topps (24) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Cash, Lolich, Brown, Horton, Dressen, Stanley and McLain; 12) 1967 Topps (27) – Very Good to Excellent, with some below, including Horton, McLain, Freehan, Smith, Lolich and two Team cards; 13) 1968 Topps (23) – Good to Excellent, including Kaline, Lolich, Smith, Cash, Mathews, McAuliffe, Brown, Stanley, Horton and the Team card; 14) 1969 Topps (36) – Good to Excellent, with McLain, Lolich, Smith, McAuliffe, Cash, Horton, Wilson, Brown, two All-Stars, three League Leaders and all eight (8) World Series subset Nos. 162-169; 15) 1970 Topps (24) – Excellent to Near-Mint, with some below; 16) 1971 Topps (37) – Good to Excellent with Ex-Mt Kaline; 17) 1972 Topps (20) – Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below and Ex-Mt-Plus Kaline; 18) 1973 Topps (24) – Very Good to Excellent; 19) 1974 Topps (36) – Excellent to Ex-Mt; 20) 1975 Topps (21) – Excellent to Near-Mint; 21) 1976 Topps (31) – Ex-Mt to Near-Mint; and 22) 1977 Topps (21) – mostly Near-Mint.