Lot 572. 21 Coins - 1 1962 Salada, 17 1963, 3 1959 Armour. Armour: F. Robinson (red, nm), Skinner (red, ex-m+), Triandos (blue, ex). 1962 Salada: #151 Schoendienst ex. 1963 Salada: 17 coins, 14 different, including #4 Koufax ex-m, 13 Cepeda ex+, 22 Mays nm, 28 Mathews (2, both nm), 39 Wilhelm nm and 57 Maris vg-ex. Also, #2, 11 (2), 21, 26 (2), 32, 35, 40 and 41. These coins average nm+.
Winning Bid $83.
Lot 573. 22 Different 1963 Salada-Junket Coins Including Mays, Aaron, Berra, Kaline. This assortment, more than one-third of the set, includes #6, 8 Spahn ex-m, 9-12, 19, 22 Mays ex-m, 24 Aaron ex-m, 26, 27 Ashburn nm-m, 31, 35, 43, 44, 47, 52 Richardson ex-m, 54, 55, 60, 62 Berra ex-m+ and 63 Kaline nm.
Winning Bid $125.
Lot 574. 26 Different 1963 Fleer Baseball Cards, about one-half with gum residue on the back. Otherwise, these cards are at least nm: #1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24, 27, 28, 33, 35, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 65, 66. Nice start on a high-quality set.
Winning Bid $75.
Lot 577. 1968 Topps Game Set of 33, 1969 Topps Deckle Edge Partial Set of 25. Key Game cards: #2 Mantle nm-m, 4 Aaron nm-m, 6 Clemente ex, 8 Mays nm, 30 Rose ex-m+. The set averages ex-m with some vg cards and some nm-m. The Deckle Edge partial set is missing #4, 6, 11, 18, 19, 21, 25 and 26. Key cards: #1 B. Robinson vg-ex, 27 Clemente ex-m, 29 Gibson vg, 32 Marichal vg-ex and 33 Mays vg. Overall, vg-ex
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 578. Mint Set of 54 1969 Globe Imports Playing Cards. This set comprises 52 b&w player cards printed on thin 1 3/16”x 2 ¼” paper plus two jokers. Obscure set with Mantle, Mays, Gibson and Yastrzemski occupying the aces. Mint.
Winning Bid $68.
Lot 579. 7 Topps Wrappers - Mostly Baseball - Starting with 1969. Baseball wrapper: 1969 Topps 5-cent. 1971 OPC 10-cent, Extra Insert variety (2). 1972 Topps, ad for “Big Tooth” candy. 1977 Topps Cloth Stickers. Non-Sport: 1967 Topps 5-cent “Who Am I?” (2). These wrappers, with the usual folds, are free of tears except for a tiny tear in the 1977 Cloth Sticker wrapper and two very small holes in one of the “Who Am I?” wrappers. Also, a wrapper from 1961 Chemstrand Iron-On Patches.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 580. 4 Uncommon Baseball Card Sets, 1969-72.1. 1972 Classic Cards set of 120 features players from the early 1900s. The three other sets are from Sports Cards for Collectors of N.Y. Only the next set is cataloged: 2. 1970 Old Time Postcard set of 32. Includes three pcs of Ruth, plus Gehrig, DiMaggio, Cobb, Foxx, Feller, Doby, Wynn. 3. 1969 set of 78 Myron Aronstein drawings, with players ranging from Ruth, Wagner, Clarkson and Jim Thorpe to Ferdie Schupp and Larry Gardner. More than half feature HoF players. 4. 1970 “Sports Stuff” set of 10 pcs with Aronstein cartoon drawings, including “Tinker to Evers to Chance.” Ex-m+ to nm-m.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 582. 1971 Carl Aldana Set of 16 Obscure “Yesterday Heroes” - Valued at $10 or $125. If you don’t know who Walt Judnich is, then you may not recognize anyone from this set. Among the “heroes” of the 1940s and 1950s are Jim Westlake, who had a one-game major league career with the Phillies, and pitcher Ken Gables, 11-7 for Pittsburgh in 1945, and then gone forever from the majors with a 54.00 ERA after one game in 1947. The cards are nm. The SCD Standard Catalog prices this set at $125. The Beckett Almanac says it’s a $10 set. Here’s your chance to set the price for Judnich, the Browns’ outfielder; Ed Saurer, the Cubs’ outfielder, and Harry Malmberg, a one-season Tigers second baseman. We’re not taking sides, but we have to start somewhere.
Winning Bid $273.
Lot 583. Scarce 1975 Hostess Twinkies Uncut Sheet Set of 60. Key cards are the Yount rookie, Ryan and Rose. All of these cards are free of creases. Since the colors are somewhat light, we suspect that this sheet is from an early press run. The colors are consistent, however, with many cards that reached the market. The sheet has a couple of minor creases and displays as ex-m. All but a few cards would be “mint.”
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 584. Baseball Grab Bag.1. 94 1975 SSPC cards ranging from #541-630, including Stargell, Brett & Cowans, Mays & Score, Hunter & Ryan. Nm-m. 2. 11 1969 Topps stamps including a panel of 6 and a panel of 4. Nm. 3. Near set of 51 Globe Imports playing cards out of 52. No Ace of Hearts. Printed on thin paper, these b&w cards measure 1 5/8” x 2 ¼” and include Gibson, Killebrew, Seaver, Rose, McCovey, Banks, and Kaline. Nm+. 4. 1968 American Oil Sweepstakes card with Parnelli Jones vg+.
Winning Bid $25.
Lot 585. 1975 Shakey’s Pizza “West Coast Greats,” 1977 Sertoma Stars (Puzzle Backs) Sets. The Shakey’s set of 18 stars and Hall of Fame players includes DiMaggio nm+ and Williams nm. Stars of the nm-nm+ Sertoma set include Clemente nm-m+, Gehrig nm-m+, Joe Jackson nm-m+, Mays nm-m, Satchel Paige nm-m+ and Ruth nm-m+. The Shakey’s set is nm with nm-m cards, a vg Cronin and an ex Burns.
Winning Bid $61.
Lot 586. 100 Mid-1970s-Early 1980s Baseball Wax Pack Wrappers. Prices for vintage baseball card wax pack wrappers have been rising. The breakdown follows. Topps: 1976 (2 wrappers), 1978 (3), 1979 (10), 1980 (10), 1981 (15). Donruss: 1981 (15). Fleer: 1981 (15 Baseball Cap Variation), 1981 Fleer (15 Photo Button Variation Showing Reggie Jackson), 1982 Donruss (15 Babe Ruth on Wrapper). These wrappers, generally extremely nice with the usual folds, have great future upside potential.
Winning Bid $35.
