2019 Winter Auction Closing March 2
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/2/2019
Offered is a 207-card collection of Topps (one card is from the 1940 Play Ball release) cards from 1954 to 1963. Loaded with Hall of Famers such as Mantle, Clemente, Aaron, Banks, Mays, Spahn, Reese and many others, this collection has great break value. Includes:
1940 Play Ball (1) - #176 Manush (GD, tear);
1954 Topps (41) - Highlights include: #'s 17 Rizzuto (VG), 20 Spahn (VG), 30 Mathews (VG/EX), 37 Ford (GD, pen) and 102 Hodges (2: EX, VG/EX);
1955 Topps (28) - Highlights include: #'s 4 Kaline (EX), 28 Banks (VG/EX), 47 Aaron (VG/EX), 124 Killebrew (VG/EX), 155 Mathews (VG/EX) and 198 Berra (VG);
1956 Topps (27) - Highlights include: #'s 10 Spahn (EX), 20 Kaline (VG/EX), 113 Rizzuto (EX), 187 Wynn (VG), 251 Yankees (VG/EX) and 260 Reese (VG/EX);
1957 Topps (41) - Highlights include: #'s 7 Aparicio (EX), 18 Drysdale (VG/EX), 24 Mazerowski (EX), 30 Reese (EX), 76 Clemente (VG/EX), 97 Yankees (EX), 210 Campanella (VG/EX), 302 Koufax (GD, tear) and 400 Dodgers' Sluggers (VG/EX);
1958 Topps (17) - Highlights include: #'s 25 Drysdale (VG/EX), 88 Snider (VG), 187 Koufax (EX), 246 Yankees (EX), 375 Reese (VG/EX) and 476 Musial AS (EX/MT);
1959 Topps (30) - Highlights include: #'s 20 Snider (PR, pinhole), 50 Mays (EX), 180 Berra (GD), 350 Banks (EX) and 360 Kaline (EX/MT);
1960 Topps (3) - #'s 70, 509 and 558 Mathews AS (VG);
1962 Topps (18) - Highlights include: #'s 30 Mathews (EX/MT), 53 A.L. HR Leaders/Mantle (EX), 70 Killebrew (EX/MT), 140 Ruth/Gehrig (EX), 310 Ford (2: EX/MT, EX), 318 Switch Hitter/Mantle (GD), 360 Berra (VG), 396 F. Robinson (VG/EX) and 500 Snider (VG);
1963 Topps (1) - #1 N.L. Leader (EX). Overall, the oldest cards fall mostly in the VG to EX range (some lesser) while the youngest cards are slightly nicer.