Winter 2014 Auction Closing Feb 7
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/8/2014
Offered is the first of three fresh to the hobby complete Topps sets. Fresh as in new to the hobby and fresh as being in magnificent overall condition! These cards feature extremely sharp corners, bright colors and sheens of original gloss. Our consignor had additional years (including duplicates) along with these three sets, but no duplicates from these three years, leading us to believe these sets might have been original Topps Presentation Sets removed from their boxes. A total of 16 cards have been graded and encapsulated by PSA. Includes: Graded Cards - PSA MINT 9: 1 card, #540 Gibson; PSA NM-MT 8: 7 cards w/#10 Mantle (PD), 147 Cubs Clubbers, 450 Mathews, 464 Mays Catch, 467 Aaron HR, 478 Clemente and 543 Corsair Trio; PSA NM 7: 6 cards w/#180 Berra, 317 Ashburn/Mays, 338 Anderson, 360 Kaline, 380 Aaron and 510 Yankees; PSA EX-MT 6: 2 cards w/#30 Fox and 50 Mays. Ungraded Cards - 1 Frick (VG/EX), 20 Snider (NM), 40 Spahn (NM), 150 Musial (NM), 163 Koufax (EX/MT), 202 Maris (VG/EX), 212 Aaron/Mathews (NM), 270 Hodges (EX/MT), 310 Aparicio (NM), 350 Banks (NM), 352 Roberts (NM), 359 White (EX/MT), 387 Drysdale (NM), 390 Cepeda (NM/MT), 408 Fox/Aparicio (NM), 415 Mazeroski (EX/MT), 430 Ford (EX/MT), 435 F. Robinson (EX/MT), 439 B. Robinson (NM), 461 Mantle HR (EX/MT), 463 Kaline Champ (NM), 470 Musial 3000th Hit (NM), 509 Cash (EX/MT), 515 Killebrew (NM), 528 Pirates (EX/MT), 550 Campanella (EX/MT), 559 Banks AS (EX), 561 Aaron AS (EX), 562 Kaline AS (EX), 563 Mays AS (EX) and 564 Mantle AS (EX). Grades 20% NM/MT, 45% NM, 35% EX to EX/MT, a handful lesser. An absolutely beautiful set highlighted by a newly graded PSA MINT 9 example of Bob Gibson's rookie card.