Winter Auction 2016 Closing January 30th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/31/2016
Offered is a "grab bag" collection of more than 750 baseball cards issued by Topps and other brands from 1948 to the 1980s. Highlighted by the rookie cards of Yogi Berra, George Brett, Roger Maris, Eddie Murray, Willie McCovey, Ozzie Smith, Carl Yastrzemski, and Robin Yount, this collection features a nice selection of Hall of Famers. The bulk of this collection is a group of a few hundred 1962 Topps baseball cards. Overall, most of the cards fall in the VG to EX range.
Highlights of the key cards include: 1948 Bowman - #6 Berra (VG); 1953 Topps - #104 Berra (EX+); 1955 Bowman - #'s 184 Mays (VG/EX) and 242 Banks (EX); 1957 Topps - #210 Campanella (VG); 1958 Topps - #47 Maris (EX-), 162 Hodges (EX), 285 Robinson (VG) and 288 Killebrew (EX); 1960 Topps - #'s 1 Wynn (VG/EX), 10 Banks (VG/EX), 35 Ford (VG), 50 Kaline (VG/EX), 73 Gibson (2: VG/EX, VG), 148 Yastrzemski (EX), 200 Mays (VG/EX), 210 Killebrew (EX/MT), 316 McCovey (EX-), 343 Koufax (EX), 377 Maris (VG/EX), 420 Mathews (EX) and 560 Banks (EX) and 480 Berra (VG); 1962 Topps - #199 Perry (VG/EX) and 310 Ford (PR); 1963 Topps - #173 Bombers' Best (EX) and 440 Marichal (EX); 1964 Topps - #'s 7 Mays/Rigney (VG), 21 Berra (EX/MT), 182 Sox Sockers (EX+), 423 Aaron/Mays (EX) and 440 Clemente (VG/EX); 1968 Topps - #330 Maris (PSA EX-MT 6); 1970 O-Pee-Chee - #140 Jackson (VG/EX); 1972 Topps - #130 Gibson (EX-); 1975 Topps - #223 Yount (EX/MT); 1975 Topps Mini - #228 Brett (EX); 1978 Topps - #36 Murray (VG/EX) and 707 Molitor/Trammell (EX); 1979 O-Pee-Chee - #52 Smith (2: EX/MT, EX+) 1983 Topps - #482 Gwynn (EX/MT). Also included is a 1951 Topps Red Backs slightly opened pack. Nearly two thirds of the collection is 1962 and 1964 Topps baseball cards.