March 30, 2023: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/30/2023
Presented is an intriguing array of 1950s and 1960s Topps baseball, with some Hall of Famers included in the mix along with a host of stars and Specials, along with some important Rookie cards. The condition ranges vary from year to year and are broadly outlined in the listing below; all cards are the player’s regular-issue Topps card unless otherwise indicated. The breakdown: 1955 (22) – mostly Good to Very Good, with a couple below and including Newhouser (3) and Snider (Poor); 1959 (119) – mostly Excellent to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Adcock, Antonelli, Amaro, Bell, Battey, Burgess, Covington, Dropo, Ennis, Held, Jensen, Kubek, Labine, Lollar, Maglie, Mazeroski, McMahon, Miller, Mueller, Nuxhall, Pappas, Pinson, Pierce, Runnels, Sauer, Tanner, Terry, Thomson, Trucks, Wagner and Zernial; 1962-64 (82) – wider range of Good to Ex-Mt, with some above, including (5) Near-Mint cards from 1962 (Nos. 152, 474, 518 Checklist, 538 and 570 – 1962, including Allison, Alston, Belinsky, Boyer, Bouton, Brosnan, Gilliam, Green, Groat, Kubek, Lollar (2), O'Toole, Throneberry and Veale – 1964 including Dark, DeBusschere, Hutchinson, Kubek and Richardson; 1965-67 (85) – mostly Good to VG, a few above – 1965, including Alston, Allen, Cardinals Team, Downing, Haddix, Herman, Kubek, Pascual, Podres, Simmons, Stottlemyre, Skowron and two League Leaders – 1966, including Bauer, Burgess, Groat, Horton, Giants Team, John, McCarver, Osteen, Stottlemyre, White Rookie, Yankees Team and five Leaders – 1967 – including Alou, Bouton, Howard, Kaat, Lolich, Skowron, Tiant and Tresh, plus four Leaders, four Combination cards and two World Series subset cards; 1968-69 (62) – Good to Ex-Mt for 1968 and a little better, mostly Ex to Ex-Mt, with a few below, for 1968 – Alou, Bird Belters, Cash, Cater, Hodges, John, Kubek, Lonborg, Monday, McCarver, Oliver Rookie, Powell, Mayo Smith, Tiant and Wills (2), plus three League Leader and two World Series subset.
1955-69 Topps Baseball Group With HOFers, Stars and Specials (370)
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