Baseball Sets - Complete, Near and Partial
28 Lots
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Lot 80. 190+ 1956-60 Topps Cards Loaded with Stars. Cards of Hall of Fame players and stars in this collection include 1956: #85c Indians team (name at left) g, 90 Redlegs team (name at left) g and 113 Rizzuto f. 1957: #135 Skowron f-g, 175 Larsen g and 215 Slaughter f-g. 1958: #2 Lemon vg-ex, 19 Giants team p-f, 25 Drysdale g-vg, 44 Senators team p-f, 71 Dodgers team p-f, 88 Snider vg, 230 Ashburn vg, 307 B. Robinson vg, 370 Berra g, 476 Musial All Star vg+ to ex, 480 Mathews A.S. g-vg, 483 Aparicio A.S. g and 487 Mantle A.S. p. 1959: #76 Richardson vg, 90 Skowron (single print) g, 202 Maris vg-ex, 212 Fence Busters (Aaron-Mathews) vg, 260 Wynn ex+ and 350 Banks vg-ex. There are four cards from 1956, eight from 1957, 79 from 1958, 92 from 1959 and 10 from 1960. Cards other than those graded above are: Ex-m: 2 cards. Ex to ex+: 23. Vg-ex: 40. Vg: 50. G to G-vg: 44. F to f-g: 5. P to p-f: 4.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 86. 192 Different 1962 Topps Baseball Including HoFers and Stars. Fifteen cards are from the middle series, and three more are from the third series. #4, 8, 11-13, 15-17, 19, 26, 35, 36, 39, 40 Cepeda ex, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 52 NL Batting Leaders vg, 56 NL ERA Leaders vg+ to ex, 60 NL Strikeout Leaders vg, 66, 67, 69, 71, 74-76, 78, 79, 84, 85 Hodges vg, 86 Clendenon rookie ex, 88 Houk g, 89, 94, 95, 97, 98 Checklist (ink mark on the back; otherwise) vg-ex, 101, 103, 106-109, 111, 114-120, 122-124, 128-131, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153-156, 161, 163-166, 167 McCarver rookie vg+ to ex, 168, 171, 172, 179, 182, 184, 186, 187, 190b no cap, 191, 193, 195, 196, 204, 205, 221-224, 227, 228, 230, 231, 237 Yankees celebrate vg, 238-242, 246, 248, 250 Cash, 252, 253, 255, 258, 264, 266, 268, 273, 274, 277 Checklist vg-ex, 282, 286 Lopez vg-ex, 287, 290, 292, 293, 295, 296, 298, 304, 307-309, 323, 327, 328, 330-332, 335-339, 342, 343, 345, 347, 349, 352, 354, 357, 359, 361, 363, 364, 367 Checklist ex-m, 369, 375, 379, 382 Dick Williams vg+ to ex, 388, 397, 402, 405, 406, 410, 413, 416-418, 432, 433, 440, 442-444, 452, 453, 456, 458, 462, 479, 482, 483, 485, 495, 498, 510, 519, 520, 522, 553, 593 Rookie Pitchers g-vg and 595 Rookie Infielders vg. The other cards grade Ex-m+: 2 cards. Ex-m: 4. Ex+: 9. Ex: 40. Vg-ex: 79. Vg: 42.
Winning Bid $163.
Lot 88. 130 Different High-Quality 1967 Topps Cards with Stars, 60 High Numbers. These cards are crisp with pack-fresh corners; grades are affected primarily by centering. They range from #199-608, and 60 are from #534-608. The cards are #199, 201, 202, 205-209, 211 Twins team ex-m+, 213, 214, 215 Banks ex-m+, 217-219, 221, 224-227, 229-232, 233 A.L. ERA Leaders (tiny border tear otherwise) ex, 235 A.L. Victory Leaders ex-m+, 236 N.L. Victory Leaders (tiny border tear otherwise) ex-m, 237 A.L. Strikeout Leaders ex-m+, 238 N.L. Strikeout Leaders ex+, 239 A.L. Batting Leaders ex-m+, 244 N.L. Home Run Leaders ex-m, 247, 249, 250 Aaron (tiny border tear otherwise vg-ex to ex, 251, 252, 254-256, 258-261, 262 A’s team nm, 263-265, 266 Pitt Power (Stargell-Clendenon) ex-m+, 267-270, 272 Cubs Rookie Stars ex-m+, 273, 274, 277, 278 Checklist ex, 279, 281, 282, 292, 392, 395, 105, 425, 437 Senators team ex+, 439, 449, 531 Checklist ex, 534, 535 Clendenon ex-m+, 536 Cubs rookies (Joe Niekro) ex-m, 537-539, 541, 542, 544 Indians team ex-m+, 546-557, 558 Orioles rookies (Belanger) ex-m+, 559, 560 Bunning ex-m, 561-567, 571, 573 White Sox team ex-m, 574, 578, 579, 580 Colavito ex-m and 582, 583, 584 Piersall ex-m, 585-593, 595-597, 599, 601-603, 604 Red Sox team ex-m, and 606-608. SMR lists high number nm commons at $18, and nm-m commons at $38. Cards 1-533 not graded above are Nm: 3 cards. Ex-m+: 14. Ex-m: 15. Ex+: 5. Ex: 8. Vg: 8. F-g: 1. The other cards numbered 534-609 are Nm-m: 1 card. Nm+: 2. Nm: 9. Ex-m+: 16. Ex-m: 15. Ex+: 3. Ex: 2. Vg: 2. F: 1.
Winning Bid $704.
Lot 89. 165 Different 1968 Topps Baseball Cards, Almost All Nm or Better. Quality group of primarily commons taken from vending boxes and wax packs and then carefully preserved. Almost universally, they have super-sharp corners. Centering is the main determinant of the grade. Includes #40 McLain nm, 67 Checklist nm, 72 John nm-m, 87 D. Williams nm, 103 Sutton nm, 130 Perez nm, 168 Dodgers team ex-m+, 294 Schoendienst nm+, 321 Durocher nm-m, 410 Jenkins ex-m+, 424 White Sox team nm, 454 Checklist ex-m, 472 Alston ex-m+ and 518 Checklist ex-m. The Durocher card, submitted for professional grading as representative of the group, has been graded 88 NM-MT 8 by SGC. The remaining cards grade Nm-m: 72 cards. Nm+: 8. Nm: 24. Ex-m+: 14. Ex-m: 13. Ex+: 5. Ex: 8. Vg-ex: 6. Vg: 1. Twenty-one cards in this quality collection are from #1-100, 26 from 101-200, nine from 201-300, eight from 301-400, 40 from 401-458, 33 from 459-500 and 28 from 501-598.
Winning Bid $198.
Lot 90. 207 Pack-Fresh 1969 Topps Baseball Cards Including Stars. These cards were taken from vending boxes and carefully stored. With a couple of exceptions, all are ex or better. Centering primarily affects the grade. From the key cards, the Aparicio was selected at random for professional grading to demonstrate the overall quality of this collection. It received a grade of 98 GEM 10 from SGC. It is offered elsewhere with the Graded Baseball Cards. We can’t guarantee that there are others 10s here, but the group is very strong. Key cards are #1 ex+; 3 nm-m, 4 nm-m, 8 vg-ex, 10 ex+ and 12 mint (all six are League Leader cards), 57 Checklist ex-m+, 99 Nettles rookie (with black loop) ex-m, 107 Checklist ex-m, 169 World Series ex-m+, 295 Perez nm-m, 349 D. Williams ex-m, 412 Checklist (Mantle) vg-ex, 527 Lopez nm-m, 565 Wilhelm (stain on the front; otherwise) nm-m, 582 Checklist nm, 588 White nm+ and 657 Murcer ex-m+. The other cards grade Mint 4 cards. Nm-m: 56. Nm+: 14. Nm: 20. Ex-m+: 37. Ex-m: 22. Ex+: 16. Ex: 20. Sixty cards are from #1-100, 28 from 101-200, 16 from 201-300, 49 from 301-400, 26 from 401-500, 36 from 500-588 and one above 588.
Winning Bid $291.
Lot 91. 222 Different High-Quality 1970 Topps Baseball Cards. Primarily commons removed from vending boxes and well preserved for almost four decades, these cards are predominantly nm and better with strong corners and centering that varies. In fact, one card pulled at random from the higher-value group - #399 New York Yankees team – came back from SGC graded 88 NM-MT 8. There are some other star, rookie and other premium cards, including #62-65, 67-69 and 71, all League Leaders, 90 McCarver nm+, 128 Checklist nm+, 160 Niekro nm, 180 John nm+, 181 Anderson vg-ex, 195 World Series – Seaver Wins ex-m, 202 Orioles Celebrate ex+, 244 Checklist ex-m+, 286 Buckner rookie nm+, 343 Checklist ex-m, 346 Schoendienst vg-ex, 380 Perez vg and 440 Mazeroski nm-m. The other cards grade Nm-m: 34 cards. Nm+: 21. Nm: 18. Ex-m+: 28. Ex-m: 31. Ex+: 25. Ex: 27. Vg-ex: 20. Vg: 3. G-vg: 1. Twenty-six of these cards carry numbers ranging from 1-100, 64 from 101-200, 28 from 201-300, 62 from 301-400, five from 501-546 and three from 547-551.
Winning Bid $240.
Lot 92. Rare, Uncataloged 1972 Post-Gazette Pittsburgh “Pirates ’72 Album” Near Set of 26. A similar 1973 set from the newspaper is cataloged. Stars of the 1972 issue are #5 Clemente, 8 Ellis, 16 Mazeroski, 19 Oliver, 23 Sanguillen, 25 Stargell, 26 Veale and 28 Virdon. Missing are #2, possibly Dale Berra, and 12, possibly Grant Jackson. These “cards,” as issued, vary in size from about 5 ¼” x 8 ¾” to 5 ¼” x 9 ¾”. Each has a player photo portrait, biographical information and 1972 and career statistics. The near set is ex-m to nm. Except for #23 Sanguillen, all of the cards have the thick black border all the way around. The border is missing from the bottom and right side of Sanguillen. There is a very small chip in the bottom border of the Bob Johnson card. Very nice example of a rare Pirates newspaper issue!
Winning Bid $429.
Lot 93. Rare Uncataloged 1977 Post-Gazette Pittsburgh “Pirates Portraits” Set of 31. Using the same sketches by several artists, the Pittsburgh newspaper issued in book form a set of 30 cards, each 8 ½” x 11”. This set consists of 31 “cards,” each about 4 ½” x 9 ½” and clipped from the newspaper. Below each portrait are career and statistical information. The checklist is the same as for the book issue, except that Jerry Hairston has been added, increasing the newpaper set to 31. Hairston was sold to the Pirates in June, and the set appeared in the newspaper in June. There also are some number variations between the book and newspaper issues. Key players in the set are Stargell, Gossage, Oliver and Parker. This set has been neatly clipped from the newspapers. All have a black border all the way around, and in most cases, the full thickness of the border is present. Nm. The probability of finding a nicer set is not high.
Winning Bid $185.
Lot 94. 1980-87 Perez-Steele Hall of Fame Postcards, 1985 Greatest Moments. The postcards, all assigned #8041, are complete through the Ninth Series, which was issued in 1987. The collection consists of 210 cards, including checklists and special unnumbered cards. Baseball’s biggest stars are here – Ruth, Wagner, Cobb, Gehrig, Johnson, Robinson, Aaron, Mays, etc. The cards are nm-m to mint in their original boxes. The Greatest Moments First Series is complete at 12 cards, including Ruth, Kaline, Robinson, Gehrig, Ford, Mathewson, Campanella, Johnson, Aaron, Young, Musial and Cobb. Nm-m in the original box. The Great Moments cards alone list at more than our
Winning Bid $163.
Lot 95. Topps Traded Sets – 10 1981, 1 1982 (Ripken Extra Rookie) and 10 1983. The key to this collection is the 1982 set, which is complete without the original box. SGC has graded the Cal Ripken Rookie, #98, SGC 96 MINT 9. The 1981 and 1983 sets are in their original boxes. Nine of the 1981 boxes remain sealed; in the box without the seal, the cards appear to be unhandled. Seven of the 1983 boxes are sealed. The cards in the three other boxes have been handled, and the Strawberry rookie, the key card, in the set, is present. This lot has excellent potential break-up value.
Winning Bid $291.
Lot 96. 3 1982 Topps Traded Sets, Ripken’s Extra Rookie, in the Original Boxes. One box remains sealed, and cards in the two other boxes appear to be untouched by collector or investor hands. The up side of these sets is tremendous, with gem mint Ripken rookies listing for more than $900 each, and mint rookies, for more than $150 each.
Winning Bid $240.
Lot 99. 10 Donruss Baseball Sets Including 9 Factory Sets, 1981-90. The cards in the sets for 1983-90 are still wrapped in the original Cellophane. The 1981 set is hand-collated and averages nm. The 1982 set is opened, uncollated and missing the Babe Ruth puzzle. Key cards are #168 Rose ex-m (diamond centering), 405 Ripken rookie nm+ and 419 Ryan nm-m+. The set averages nm to nm-m. Key cards in the unopened factory sets are the Sandberg, Boggs and Gwynn rookies in 1983, the Mattingly rookie in 1984 and the Clemens rookie in 1985.
Winning Bid $110.
