Lot 28. 1968 Topps Starter Set of 343 Mostly Pack-Fresh Cards with HoFers, SGC Grading. Fantastic group, all different, with various cards less than nm-m almost solely because of centering. Stars are #3 Cepeda-Clemente-Aaron ex-m+, 4 Yaz-Killebrew-F. Robinson vg-ex, 5 Aaron-Santo-McCovey ex, 6 Yaz-Killebrew-Howard nm, 11 NL Strikeout Leaders ex-m+, 27 Hodges SGC 96 MINT 9, 40 McLain SGC96 MINT 9, 45 Seaver ex-m, 50 Mays ex+, 58 Mathews nm, 67 Checklist ex-m+, 72 John 96 MINT 9, 80 Carew ex-m, 85 Perry nm-m, 86 Stargell nm+, 99 Colavito ex-m+, 100 Gibson nm+, 103 Sutton ex-m+, 107 Checklist ex, 129 Stanley ex-m+, 130 Perez ex-m+, 140 Conigliaro ex-m+, 144 Morgan ex-m+, 145 Drysdale ex-m, World Series (152 Yaz ex-m+, 153, 154 Gibson nm+, 155-158), 180 Flood ex-m+, 192a Checklist 5 (“To increase the”) nm, 205 Marichal ex-m, 250 Yastrzemski ex+, 278a Checklist (Copyright on right) ex, 290 McCovey nm+, 294 Schoendienst vg-ex, 310 Aparicio nm-m, 350 Wilhelm ex-m+, 356a Checklist 4 (cap away from circle) ex-m, 372 Brock AS ex-m, 384 McRae rookie nm+, 390 Mazeroski nm+, 472 Alston nm+, 497 Cardinals team mint, 500 F. Robinson SGC 92 NM-MT+ 8.5, 513 Bauer ex-m+, 518a Checklist 7 (Maj. L. rookies) ex, 520 Brock SGC 88 NM-MT 8, 574 Reds team mint, 575 Palmer SGC 88 NM-MT 8, and 598 May nm. The remaining cards are approximately 5% mint, 25% nm to nm-m, 45% ex-m to ex-m+, 20% ex to ex+ and 5% vg to vg-ex. Seventy-five cards are numbered from 3-100, 80 from 101-199, 29 from 201-299, 42 from 301-398, 21 from 401-457 and 96 from 458-598. Great start on a quality set.
Winning Bid $433.
Lot 33. Very-High-Quality 1971 Topps Baseball Starter Set of 284 - 17 Graded by PSA. In grading these cards, we may have handled them more than they otherwise were handled in the past 38 years! They have a pack-fresh, crisp feel and appearance. Seventeen were graded and encased by PSA. Two are graded NM-MT 8: #426 and 590. Three have grades of NM+ 7.5: #621, 622 and 629. And 12 more have been assigned NM 7 grades: #22, 33, 119, 157, 242, 378, 436, 463, 497, 599 Cash, 602 and 752. The quality of the “raw” cards, most of them commons, is similar to that of the graded cards. Among these cards are #68 N.L. ERA Leaders nm+, 105 Conigliaro ex-m+, 110 Mazeroski ex-m+, 248 Wilhelm ex-m, 290 Oliva ex-m+, 327-330 and 330 World Series, 499 Checklist ex-m+, 502 Cubs team ex-m+ and 695 Joe Niekro ex-m+. The cards break down this way: 35 from 1-100, 42 from 101-200, 40 from 201-300, 52 from 301-400, 72 from 401-523, 31 from 524-643 and 12 from 644-752. Cards other than those graded above are Nm-m: 35 cards. Nm+: 69. Nm: 55. Ex-m to ex-m+: 88. Ex to ex+: 9. Vg-ex: 2. Vg: 1.
Winning Bid $429.
Lot 37. Two 1909-11 T206 Cards PSA-Graded EX-MT 6. The cards are of Art Devlin (Piedmont 150 back) and Dots Miller (Sweet Caporal 350 back). Strong colors and centering.
Winning Bid $297.
Lot 38. 1912 T227 Miners Extra “Series of Champions” Rube Marquard SGC-Graded. The card has been trimmed by about 1/8” left-to-right, to about 2 3/16” x 3 3/8”, and therefore is graded Authentic by SGC. Its appearance is vg with creases at the top; otherwise, it is a strong card with a clean back.
Winning Bid $150.
Lot 41. Four 1952 Topps High-Numbers Including 2 PSA-Graded. Nice group of Topps scarce high number cards. PSA VG-EX 4, #377 Dressen. PSA VG 3, #382 Jones (small area of paper loss from the printing process on the back). The “raw” cards are #385 Franks vg and #389 Wade vg+ to ex.
Winning Bid $429.
Lot 46. 13 SGC-Graded 1960 Topps – 12 NM+ or Better, 9 “1960 Rookie Stars.” Two cards are graded 92 NM-MT+ 8.5: #130 Herrera and #131 Hobaugh. SGC assigned 88 NM-MT 8 grades to eight cards: #117 Borland, 118 Bruce, 122 Dillard, 123 Dobbek, 127 Hansen, 129 Hartman, 146 Wieand and 392 Clevenger. The two 86 NM+ 7.5 cards are #153 Thomson and 278 Stan Williams. Finally, high number 569, the Pascual All-Star, received a grade of 70 EX+5.5. Fun group with rookies, commons and a high number.
Winning Bid $100.
Lot 47. Mickey Mantle 1962 Topps #200 SGC-Graded 80 EX-NM 6. Well centered card with a great photo and light touches on the corners. Note: We inadvertently identified this card as graded by PSA in our catalog; it is graded by SGC.
Winning Bid $264.
