October 26, 2023: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/26/2023
This is yet another old-fashioned style auction lot of primarily Topps Baseball, with more than 100 classic cards of Hall of Famers represented, along with three dozen Rookie cards, most in a highly collectible condition range of broadly Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some exceptions noted. The Hall of Famer lineup includes names like Clemente (8), Musial (6), Mays (2), Aaron (2), Kaline (3), Koufax and Minoso (7), along with more than 70 other HOFers, plus Rookie cards from Minoso, Herzog, Flood, Felipe Alou, Oliva, Allen, John, Fisk, Blue and Murcer and a huge number of Specials, including Team cards, and several complete World Series subsets from the 1960s. In the listing below, the cards noted are the regular-issue versions unless otherwise indicated. Here’s the breakdown: 1) 1957 Topps (19) – Mostly Good to Excellent, with a few below, including Larsen, Herzog Rookie, Minoso and Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 2) 1958 Topps (24) – Good to Ex, with a few below, including Aaron (Good), Minoso, Flood Rookie, four (4) All-Star cards including Musial, plus Yankees and Dodgers Team cards; 3) 1959 Topps (46) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Clemente, Kaline, Maris, Musial, Hodges, Minoso, Alou Rookie, four High Numbers (inc. Cepeda All-Star and Yankees Team); 4) 1960 Topps (50) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including more than a dozen Hall of Famers, Kaline (2), Gibson (2), Musial, Minoso, Spahn, Brooks Robinson, Cepeda, Wilhelm, Schoendienst, Roberts, five High Numbers, seven Rookies and Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 5) 1961 Topps (32) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Clemente, Musial, Cepeda, Minoso (2), Gibson, Koufax, Rizzuto MVP, Yankees and Cardinals Team cards, three High Numbers, three League Leaders and four Baseball Thrills; 6) 1962 Topps (49) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including nine (9) Hall of Famers, Musial (2), Minoso, Gibson, Ford, Berra, Cepeda, Yankees and Cardinals Team cards, four Baseball Thrills and complete World Series subset (7); 7) 1963 Topps (34) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Musial, Minoso, Gibson, Pride of NL, seven Rookies, Yankees (2) and Cardinals (2) Team cards and the complete World Series subset; 8) 1964 Topps (28) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below, including Clemente, Mays, Gibson, Maris, Berra, Marichal, Oliva Rookie, Allen Rookie (3) and John Rookie; 9) 1965 Topps (32) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including seven (7) Rookie cards, Gibson, Oliva, Tiant Rookie (2), Cardinals (2) and Yankees (Poor) Team cards and two (2) League Leaders, plus the complete World Series subset (9); 10) 1966 Topps (26) – Very Good to Ex-Mt with some above and below, including Gibson, Perez, Oliva, Torre, Bunning, Murcer and Tolan Rookies, three League Leaders, plus Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 11) 1967 Topps (34) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Gibson, Perez, Oliva, Carlton, Mathews, three (3) League Leaders and Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 12) 1968 Topps (48) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Clemente, Gibson (2), Cepeda, Oliva (2), Maris, Perez, Clemente All-Star, Manager’s Dream, plus complete World Series subset (9); 13) 1969 Topps (51) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Clemente, Gibson, Ryan (Poor), Perez, Oliva, Fingers Rookie, two All-Stars, four League Leaders, two Checklists and a complete World Series subset (11); 14) 1970 Topps (33) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Clemente, Gibson, Ted Williams (Poor), Perez, five (5) Rookies (Blue), three (3) League Leaders and Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 15) 1971 Topps (25) – Very Good to Excellent, with some above and below, including Clemente, Gibson, Aparicio, Perez, four (4) League Leaders and Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; 16) 1972 Topps (23) – Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below, including Aaron, Clemente In Action, Mays, Ryan (2), Fisk Rookie, Gibson, Perez, Carew, Durocher, Aparicio, two League Leaders, plus Yankees and Cardinals Team cards; and 17) Miscellaneous (90) – including 1959 Fleer Life of Ted Williams (11); 1961 Nu-Card Scoops (11), 1961-63 Post Cereal, mostly Good to Very Good, with fairly typical cutting, including three Clementes, Gibson, Brooks Robinson, Cepeda, Minoso and Ford; 1963 Fleer Clemente and Gibson; 1963 Jello Mantle (Poor) and 1974 Topps Giants (5) – mostly Near-Mint, including Mantle and Oliva.
Massive Group of 1950s to 1970s Topps Baseball HOFers and Rookies Group (655)
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