1962 Topps Baseball Complete Set (598)

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The condition-sensitive 1962 Topps Baseball issue is offered here in a nice clean, consistent grouping, with an even presentation without an overwhelming amount of chipping of the delicate wood borders. The cards are largely Very Good to Ex-Mt, with some above and below. The League Leaders and the Babe Ruth Specials generally fall within the broader range, though the “Babe Hits No. 60” card is missing. There is an extra No.50 Stan Musial card included in the grouping. The National League and American League All-Stars are strong as well, as are most of the World Series subset cards. While some of the Checklist cards wind up with a Poor grade, that’s representative of pen and pencil marks on the boxes, with the cards themselves often presenting in a better range. The keys: 1 Maris – VG, 5 Koufax – VG, 10 Clemente – Ex-Mt, 18 Manager’s Dream – Nr-Mt o/c, 22 Checklist – VG, 25 Banks – Ex-Mt o/c, 29 Stengel – VG, 30 Mathews – Ex-Mt, 40 Cepeda – VG, 45 Brooks Robinson – Nr-Mt o/c, 50 Musial (2) Good and Ex, 53 Leaders – Ex-Mt, 73 Fox – Nr-Mt o/c, 98 Checklist 2nd – Poor, 100 Spahn – Ex-Mt, 150 Kaline – VG, 192 Checklist 3rd – Good, 170 Santo – Ex, 200 Mantle – PSA 3.5, 213 Ashburn – Nr-Mt, 217 Alston – Ex-Mt, 218 Torre – VG, 234 Maris World Series – Nr-Mt, 243 Roberts – VG, 277 Checklist 4th – VG, 300 Mays – VG, 310 Ford – Ex, 318 Switch Hitter – VG, 320 Aaron – Poor, 350 Frank Robinson – Ex-Mt, 353 Mazeroski – Ex-Mt, 360 Berra – VG, 367 Checklist 5th – Poor, 385 Wynn – Nr-Mt o/c, 394 Aaron All-Star – VG, 395 Mays All-Star – Ex, 396 Frank Robinson All-Star – Nr-Mt, 401 HR Kings – VG, 425 Yastrzemski – VG, 441 Checklist 6th – Poor, 471 Mantle All-Star - PSA 5, 500 Snider – Fair, 505 Marichal – Ex-Mt, 516 Checklist 7th – Poor, 530 Gibson – VG, 544 McCovey – Nr-Mt, and 598 Rookies – PSA 3.