Lot 137. 6 1970s Topps Cards – All HoFers – Beckett Vintage-Graded EX-MT+ 6.5 or Better. Five cards are from 1971: #30 Niekro, NEAR MINT 7; #110 Mazeroski, EX-MT+ 6.5; #230 Stargell, NEAR MINT 7; #325 Marichal, NEAR MINT+ 7.5, and #605 Cepeda, NEAR MINT+ 7.5. The other card is 1972 Topps #760 Mazeroski, graded NM-MT+ 8.5.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 138. 6 PSA or Beckett-Graded Cards of Mantle, Koufax, Ripken, Etc. Cards graded by PSA are 1975 Topps #308 RBI Leaders with Bench, NM-MT 8; 1978 TCMA the 1960’s #130 Koufax, MINT 9, and 1982 Fleer #176 Ripken Rookie, NM-MT 8. PSA also graded 1962 Post Cereal #142 Willie Mays Authentic. Neatly cut from the box and based on what we can see through the holder, the card is vg+ to ex, primarily because of a “ding” in the lower left corner. Otherwise, is has an ex-m appearance. One card is graded by Beckett Vintage, 1959 Topps #312 Newcombe, NEAR MINT 7. The final card has been graded by Beckett’s BCCG service, 1978 TCMA the 1960’s #262 Mantle, 9 Near Mint or Better.
Winning Bid $45.
Lot 143. Barry Bonds Topps Rookie and 3 Other Cards Graded by SGC. The Bonds card, #11T from Topps’ 1986 Traded set, received a grade of 96 MINT 9. So did 1999 Bowman #214 Escobar rookie and 2000 Upper Deck Victory #333 Beckett. The fourth card is 1999 Topps Traded #T51 Kearns, graded 92 NM/MT+ 8.5.
Winning Bid $5.
Lot 145. Beckett-Graded Rookie and Early Cards of Griffey, Bonds, Maddux, Johnson and McGwire. Fourteen cards, 10 NM-MT 8 or better. KEN GRIFFEY, JR: 1989 Upper Deck #1, NEAR MINT 7; 1990 Donruss #365, NM-MT 8; and 1990 Upper Deck #156, NM-MT+ 8.5. GREG MADDUX: 1987 Fleer Update #68 (2), one NM-MT 8 and one NEAR MINT+ 7.5. RANDY JOHNSON: 1989 Donruss Rookies #43 (2), one NM-MT 8 and one NEAR MINT+ 7.5; and 1989 Upper Deck #25, MINT 9. BARRY BONDS: 1986 Donruss Rookies #11, NM-MT+ 8.5 and 1986 Topps Traded #11T, NM-MT 8. MARK McGWIRE: 1987 Fleer Update #76 (3), two NM-MT 8 and one NEAR MINT+ 7.5; and 1987 Topps #366, NM-MT+ 8.5.
Winning Bid $40.
Lot 147. 19 1990s Cards Graded by PSA – 17 MINT or GEM MT. Highlights are 1994 Bowman’s Best #29 Posada (Blue, two cards) and 1994 Flair #340 Rodriguez, all graded MINT 9. GEM MT 10 cards are 1990 Upper Deck #17 Sosa, 1991 Topps Traded #45T Giambi and 1999 Grandstand Texas League To Prospects Rick Ankiel. The 11 other MINT 9 cards are 1990 Bowman #492 Gonzalez, 1991 Classic #60 Ramirez, 1992 Bowman Foil #676 Ramirez (2), 1992 Score #800 Ramirez, 1992 Stadium Club Skydome #146 Ramirez and 1992 Upper Deck #55 Green (5). Two cards are graded NM-MT 8, 1997 Topps Stars #125 Berkman.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 148. 14 1990s and 2000s Baseball Cards Graded by Beckett – 12 NM-MT+ 8.5 or Better. Highlights include 1991 Bowman #569 Jones rookie, NM-MT+ 8.5; 2002 Bowman Heritage #238 Mauer, NM-MT+ 8.5, and 2002 Topps Gallery #186 Mauer, GEM MINT 9.5. The other cards are 1990 Bowman #312 Sosa, NM-MT+ 8.5; 1990 Donruss #365 Griffey, NEAR MINT+ 7.5; 1990 Fleer Griffey #513 and 548 Sosa, both NM-MT+ 8.5; 1992 Topps Traded #39T Garciaparra (2), one NM-MT 8 and one NM-MT+ 8.5; 1998 Bowman Chrome #43 Guerrero, MINT 9; 1999 Just #103 Kearns, NM-MT+ 8.5; 1999 Stadium Club #338 Kearns (2), one MINT 9 and one GEM MINT 9.5; and 2000 Fleer Focus #250 Beckett, NM-MT+ 8.5.
Minimum Bid $10.
Lot 149. 18 PSA-Graded Cards, 1990-2003 – 5 GEM MT 10 and 10 MINT 9. Six cards are from 2000-2003. Among the GEM MT 10 cards is 2001 Upper Deck Heritage #346 2001 Vintage Rookies including Ichiro Suzuki. The other cards that earned at 10 are 1999 Bowman #200 Kearns, 2000 Topps #451 Zito and Sheets, 2001 Upper Deck #93 Kearns and 2002 Donruss #160 Prior. The MINT 9 cards are 1991 Classic #60 Ramirez, 1992 Score #800 Ramirez, 1992 Upper Deck #55 Green (6), 2002 Topps Chrome #125 Bonds and 2003 Topps 205 #138 Burgamy. The NM-MT 8 cards are 1990 Upper Deck #17 Sosa, 1992 Bowman Foil #676 Ramirez and 1997 Topps Stars #125 Berkman.
Winning Bid $10.
Lot 150. 6 Cards Graded by Beckett – Chipper Jones, Soriano, Dawson, Etc. Four cards have been graded by Beckett’s BCCG service. Chipper Jones’ 2000 Upper Deck Game Used Jersey Hidden Treasures Diamond Collection #314 is graded 10 Mint or Better. The card and a section of jersey are slabbed. Three other cards are BCCG-graded 9 Near Mint or Better: 1983 Donruss #518 Andre Dawson; 1989 Upper Deck #13 Gary Sheffield rookie; and 1990 Upper Deck #17 Sammy Sosa rookie. Beckett’s regular service graded two cards: 1990 Bowman’s Best #169 Alfonso Soriano rookie, 8.5 NM-MT+, and 2005 Bowman’s Best #100 Chuck James, 9.5 Gem Mint. Jones retired after last season as an eight-time All-Star and 1999 N.L. MVP with a .303 career average, 468 home runs and 1,623 RBI. After returning to this Yankees this season, Soriano joined the 400 home run club.
Minimum Bid $7.
