October 24, 2024: Fall Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/24/2024
This is an old-time auction lot with samplings from many of the great vintage football issues from the 1960s and 1970s, a group loaded with hundreds of Hall of Famers and stars, found in a relatively wide condition range and offering a unique opportunity to pick up so many valuable and coveted cards in one setting. The massive lot features multiple cards of the players you might expect, like Unitas, Berry, Sayers, Staubach, Butkus, Ditka, Karras, Tarkenton and many more, plus a unique section focused on the late-1950s and early 1960s Baltimore Colts stars at the pinnacle of their prowess. In the listing below, all cards are the player’s regular-issue Topps version unless otherwise indicated. Because of the vast nature of the lot housed in five binders, the numbers given as yearly totals are approximate. We start with that aforementioned group, mostly Very Good to Excellent, with some above and below: 1960 Unitas, five (5) Moore cards from 1958 to 1962, five (5) Berry cards from 1958-63, five (5) Marchetti cards from 1958 to 1963, five (5) Parker cards from 1959-63 and a pair (2) of Ameche from 1957 and 1961; Philadelphia Gum cards from 1965 to 1967 are broadly Fair to Good, with some above and a handful below. 1965 Philadelphia Gum (170) – including Berry (2), Mackey, Moore, Parker (2), Roosevelt Brown (3), Roger Brown, Davis, McDonald, Ditka (2), Karras, Wood, Deacon Jones (3) Olsen; 1966 Philadelphia Gum (136) – including Sayers, Meredith, Butkus, Ditka, Hayes, Kramer (2), Deacon Jones (6), McDonald (6), Wood, Davis, Marshall and Tinglehoff; 1967 Philadelphia Gum (236) – including Sayers (2), Butkus, Ditka, Hayes, Jurgensen, Lilly, Brodie (4), Taylor (2) and Michaels; Note – Topps cards from 1967 to 1971 are broadly Fair to Good, with some above and below. 1967 Topps (65) – including Alworth, Flores, Powell, Taylor (2), Buchanan and Otto; 1968 Topps (40) – Griese Rookie (Poor), Mackey, Meredith and Powell; 1969 Topps (42) – Piccolo Rookie, Nitschke (2), Olsen, Wilson, Taylor, Jones and Gabriel (2); 1970 Topps (40) – Unitas, Kelly, Jordan, Hadl and Bell; 1971 Topps (78) – Butkus, Karras, Csonka, Jurgensen, Mackey, Maynard and Taylor (2); Note – Topps cards from 1972 to 1975 are broadly Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some below. 1972 Topps (116) – including Griese, Staubach, Namath, Sayers, Riggins Rookie (2), Manning Rookie, Hendricks Rookie, Simpson, Taylor (2), Kelly (2), Otto (2), Hayes (3), Little and Adderley; 1973 Topps (180) – Staubach, Dierdorf Rookie, Stabler Rookie, Tarkenton (2), Brodie, Upshaw, Alworth, Taylor (3), Adderley, Biletnikoff, Otto (2) and Little, plus 10 Team Checklists (most are mk); 1974 Topps (250) – with three dozen Hall of Famers, including Staubach, Riggins, Warfield (2), Csonka, Guy, Greene, Rashad, Simpson, and a dozen Team Checklists (most are mk); Note – Condition of Topps cards improves to Ex-Mt to Near-Mint, with some below, from 1975 forward. 1975 Topps (120) – with 13 Hall of Famers; 1976 Topps (130) – 20 Hall of Famers; 1977 Topps (270) – two dozen Hall of Famers, including Payton (Near-Mint), Webster Rookie, Simpson, Haynes Rookie and Harris;1978 Topps (1,100) – with considerable duplication, often involving HOFers and key Rookies – Dorsett Rookie (2, Near-Mint), Payton, Largent (2), Stallworth Rookie (3), Klecko Rookie (3), Staubach (4), Csonka (2), Bradshaw (2), Tarkenton (2), Griese (2), Rashad (4), Lambert (3), Riggins (4), Greene (4), Marshall (4), Stabler (3) and Simpson (3), plus 60 Team cards.
1959-78 Topps and Philly Gum Football Huge Group With 350 Hall of Famers, Rookies (3,000)
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