March 30, 2023: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/30/2023
Offered is an impressive array of uncut baseball sheets that neatly commemorate the dawn of the modern age of card collecting, touching upon the classic sheets from Topps’ first years after the end of its 25-year monopoly in the business along with historic sheets from the two rival competitors that arrived in 1981, Fleer and Donruss. Here’s the breakdown: Topps - 1981 Topps Sheet (132), with Ryan, Raines Rookie and five Checklists – Ex-Mt; 1981 Topps Sheet (132), with Carew, Jackson and Niekro – VG-Ex; 1981 Topps Sheets (132), with three (3) sheets, with Valenzuela Rookie, Record Breakers, Leaders, Future Stars and World Series – two Very Good and one Fair; 1981 Topps Sheets (132), with five (5) sheets, with Jenkins – Ex-Mt, three Fair and Poor; 1981 Topps Sheets (132), two (2) sheets, with Brett, Carlton, Yount, Fisk, Dawson and Perez – Excellent and Fair; 1981 Topps Sheets (132), two (2) sheets, with Fingers, Murray, Bench and Rose – Ex and Good; 1981 Topps High-Series Sheet (132), Nos. 727-858, with one card cut away – Poor; 1982 Topps Sheets (132), two (2) sheets, with Seaver, Molitor All-Star, Yount and Morgan – Fair and Poor; 1982 Topps Sheets (132), three (3) sheets, with Rose, Carew, Jackson, Carter, Schmidt, and All-Stars – Fair; 1982 Topps Sheet (132), with Ryan card – Ryan card is OK but sheet is Poor; 1982 Topps Sheet (132), with Bench, All-Stars and In Action cards – Poor; 1983 Topps Sheet (132), with Bench, Fisk, Rose, Perez and Carter – VG-Ex; 1983 Topps Sheet (132), with Boggs Rookie, Seaver, Sutton and Yount All-Star – Ex-Mt; 1983 Topps Sheet (132), with Sandberg Rookie, Brett, Jackson, Schmidt and Smith – Ex-Plus; 1983 Topps Sheets (132), two (2) sheets, with Rose All-Star, Henderson All-Star, Schmidt All-Star, Rice, Jenkins and Super Vets – Ex and VG-Ex; 1983 Topps Sheets (132), two (2) sheets, with Rose, Fisk, Perez, Bench, Carter and Henderson – Ex-Mt and Ex; 1983 Topps Sheets, two (2) sheets, with Ryan, Ripken, Carew, Dawson, Yastrzemski, Murray and All-Stars – Ex-Mt and VG-Ex; 1983 Topps Sheets, two (2) sheets, with Frank Robinson, Anderson, Record Breakers, Leaders – one presents Near-Mint with small crease not on a card – second sheet Ex-Mt; 1983 Topps Proof Sheet (66), blank backed, with League Leaders, Record Breakers and quite bizarre lower-right corner with two 1983 Topps Reprints of 1952 Topps Eddie Mathews No. 407 card – Good; 1984 Topps Sheet (132), with Gwynn, Schmidt All-Star and Leaders – Good; 1984 Topps Sheet (132), with Ripken, Baines, Raines and Niekro – Good; 1985 Topps Sheet (132), with Puckett Rookie, Ryan, Morgan, Boggs, Henderson, Ripken, Gwynn, Jackson and Father/Son subset – Ex; 1991 Topps Proof Sheet (132), with only the card backs, with Ripken, Brett, Dawson, Gooden, Winfield, and McGriff – Ex; 1992 Topps Glossy Proof Sheet (42), blank backed, with Gwynn, McGriff and Ozzie – VG-Ex; 1992 Topps Glossy Proof Sheet (66), with Dawson, Henderson and Maddux – Poor; 1992 Topps Micro Baseball Sheet (440) – VG-Ex; and 1993 Topps Inaugural Gold-Foil Stamping Proof Sheet (132) – Ex. Fleer and Donruss - 1981 Donruss Baseball Series I Sheet (132) – Nos. 1-120, presents Ex-Mt but with a couple of small tears; 1981 Donruss Baseball Series II Sheet (132) – Nos. 121-240 – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1981 Donruss Baseball Series III Sheet (132) – Nos. 241-360 – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1981 Donruss Baseball Series IV Sheet (132) – Nos. 361-480 – Ex-Mt; 1981 Donruss Baseball Sheet (121), with Brett, Schmidt and Raines – Fair; 1982 Donruss Sheet (132), with Rose, Rose Diamond King No. 1, Carew Diamond King and Carlton – VG-Ex; 1982 Donruss Sheet (132), with Ripken Rookie, Ryan Diamond King, Morgan and Schmidt – Ex-Mt-Plus; 1982 Donruss Sheet (132), with Seaver, Carew, Henderson and Carter – presents Near-Mint but 2-inch tear at the top; 1982 Donruss Sheet (132), with Bench, Brett Diamond King, Berra and Sutter; 1982 Donruss Sheet (132), with Reggie, Ripken Sr. and Shooty Babitt – Good; 1983 Donruss Baseball Massive Sheet (224), with Ripken, Sandberg Rookie, Murray, Winfield, Morgan, Yastrzemski, Jenkins, Perry – presents tolerably but with some tears - Poor; 1993 Fleer Sheet (132), with Molitor, Schmidt, 14 Checklists and Combination cards – Good; 1993 Fleer Sheet (132), with Carew, Murray, Carter and Eckersley – VG-Ex; and 1993 Fleer Sheet (132), with Brett, Morgan and Perez – Ex.
1981-93 Topps, Fleer and Donruss Baseball Uncut Sheets (54)
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