Lot 137. 9 1955 and 10 1956 Topps Baseball Cards, All Different – 18 Pirates, 1 Giant! Dick Groat, Roy Face, Dale Long and Dusty Rhodes are the more recognizable names in this little collection. The 1955 cards are #12 f-g, 26 Groat vg, 59 f, 95 vg, 118 f-g, 126 p, 127 Long rookie g-vg, 142 f and 147 f. The 1956 offerings are #13 Face f-g, 24 Groat g, 46 vg, 50 Rhodes vg-ex, 56 Long vg, 65 vg-ex, 94 vg-ex, 97 vg, 129 vg and 297 vg-ex. For 1956, cards 13 through 97 all have white backs; the two higher numbers have gray backs.
Winning Bid $25
Lot 139. 34 Baseball Cards, 1960 or 1963, a Fisk Rookie, 2 Armour Coins, Fleer Logo Decals, Etc. Twenty six Topps cards are from 1960 or 1963, and seven cards are from Leaf’s 1960 edition. Minor stars are plentiful: 1960T: #5, 25, 45, 70 Burdette vg-ex, 75 Power vg-ex, 96, 111, 159 Piersall vg-ex, 175, 205, 206, 228, 294, 310, 315, 325, 345 Newcombe vg, 360 Score vg-ex, 411 and 449. 1960 Leaf: #3 Lary vg, 10, 13, 16, 26, 32 and 38. 1963T: 311, 410, 449, 485, 493 and 495. The 1972 Topps Fisk rookie card, #79, is ex-m+; the card also includes Cecil Cooper and Mike Garman. The subjects of the two 1959 yellow Armour coins are Roy Sievers vg-ex and Bob Skinner ex-m. Eight 1960-62 Fleer Logo Decals represent the Athletics, Cubs, Giants, Indians, Orioles, Phillies, Pirates and Red Sox. And there is a group of eight more recent Fleer logo stickers. 52 items. Items not graded above typically range from vg-ex to ex-m.
Winning Bid $45
Lot 140. 80 Baseball Cards with a Food Connection, 1961-88 – Post, Kellogg’s, Hostess, Drake’s, Etc. Hall of Fame players are on 24 of these cards, including one that is uncommon: Pete Rose is on a 1971 Kellogg’s heavy-paper card that has not undergone the process to turn it into a “3-D” card. The back is blank, and the card vg. Here is the complete list of 80 cards – POST CEREAL: 1961 #114, vg-ex. 1962 #85 vg+, 90 vg and 155 g. And 1962 #75 (miscut) p-f and 115 Wills g+ to vg. KELLOGG’S: 1970 #6 Howard vg-ex, 16 g, 22 Aparicio (2) vg+ to ex and vg; 23 vg+ to ex, 30 g+, 36 g+ and 48 Flood f-g. These 1970 cards generally have ex fronts and creases on the backs. 1970 All-Time Baseball Greats, #2 Hornsby (2) p-f and vg, 9 Wagner p and 14 Ruth g+. 1971 #9 ex-m+, 25 ex-m+, 27 vg, 45 nm, 65 Rose (see above) and 68 Stargell g+. 1972, #32 ex-m+, 40 Clemente vg and 51 ex-m+. 1974 #40 nm-m. And 1975 #26 Ryan vg. HOSTESS: Single cards – 1976 #5 g-vg, 12 ex and 126 nm+. Panels – These panels of three cards were cut from the Hostess box so that the trim lines are complete around the cards. 1976, #124-126 with McCovey and Luzinski, nm, tiny printing defect on McCovey; 145-147 with Bowa, Reggie Jackson, nm-m. 1977, #37-39, nm. 1979, #52-54 with Dave Parker, nm-m; 64-66 with Seaver, g-vg; 91-93 with Sutton, nm-m; 94-96, nm-m; 97-99 with Horner, nm; and 106-`08 with Fisk, Foster and Hernandez, nm-m. DRAKE’S: 1980 #24 and 28, ex. 1984 #12 (2), 16 and 21 (2), ex to ex+. 1985 #20 Schmidt, ex. BURGER KING: 1980 #2 Carlton ex, 9 Ryan ex and 19 Parker vg-ex. NESTLE: 1988 Checklist-promo card, ex+. RALSTON PURINA: 1984 #20 Concepcion vg+ and 28 Lynn nm. TOPPS: Cereal Series, 1984 #9 Rice nm, 14 Ryan nm and 32 Hernandez vg. Circle K: 1976 #22 Bench vg-ex. KRAFT: Home Plate Heroes (two-card panels), 1987 #5-6 with Rice, nm-m; 17-18 with Garvey, nm-m; 29-30 with Mattingly and Schmidt, nm-m; and 47-48 vg with a vg+ to ex Ryan card.
Winning Bid $50
Lot 141. 10 Postcards with MLB Players, 1 with a Softball Star and 2 More MLB Cards. The 1963 World Championship Los Angeles Dodgers team is shown in one color card (P55773) g. Seven cards are b&w: Tim McCarver, 1972 Montreal Expos team issue, ex. Bill Goodman, Boston Red Sox, excellent portrait, vg. And five postcards of John Gooch, Pittsburgh Pirates catcher, 1921-28. The cards are likely from the 1960s to early 1970s. Each of these cards identifies Gooch with his name written on the back. Vg-ex There is one card each of two photos, and three cards from a third photo. Lefty O’Doul, an outfielder for five MLB teams, is featured in a color postcard promoting his San Francisco restaurant. He ended his player career with a .349 batting average, then had significant success as a minor league manager and had a significant role in establishing professional baseball in Japan. The postcard has a 1969 postmark, g. A postcard printed in brown and white features Eddie Feigner, softball pitching great, g-vg. A 5.5” x 9” color postcard has the San Francisco Giants’ 1972 schedule on the back. Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays and five other players are pictured on the front, ex. Two color 6.25” x 9” cards from Falstaff, which are not designated postcards, show the 1959 Giants team, g and the 1961 Los Angeles Angels, vg-ex.
Winning Bid $20
Lot 142. 7 1964 Auravision Baseball Player Records –Koufax, Drysdale, Mazeroski, Etc. Strong collection with all of these 33 1/3 rpm records, each 6.75” x 6.75”, at least nm. The center hole in all seven is unpunched. The records are well centered and free of creases with strong corners. The complete “roster” for this group consists of Bob Allison, Ken Boyer (2), Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Jim Gentile and Bill Mazeroski.
Winning Bid $50
Lot 143. 44 Different 1965 Topps Cards with Niekro Rookie and Other HoFers. Includes #1, 4, 18, 23, 30, 44, 50 Marichal f, 57, 60, 63, 64, 65, 76, 79, 82, 104, 106, 107, 110, 127, 141, 156, 158, 182, 196, 200 Torre vg to vg-ex, 214, 220 Williams vg, 221, 223, 233, 263, 266, 269, 270, 289, 417, 426 Braves team vg-ex, 441, 461 Niekro rookie vg, 474, 476, 500 Mathews g-vg, and 520. Cards not graded above average g-vg.
Winning Bid $30
Lot 144. 49 Different 1966 Topps Baseball Cards Including Stars. The cards include #12, 16, 26, 46, 60, 61, 66, 68, 69, 75, 83, 84, 119, 130, 132 Cepeda f, 133, 140, 141, 165, 170, 177, 180, 200 Mathews f, 206, 210 Mazeroski vg-ex, 217 NL Home Run Leaders (Mays, McCovey, B. Williams) f-g, 226, 231, 233, 236, 240, 246, 247, 251, 252, 268, 269, 272, 275 McCarver ex, 276, 299, 305, 307, 310 F. Robinson vg, 319, 330, 334, 357 and 360. Of the cards not graded above, 2 are ex, 8 are vg-ex and 33 are in vg or lower condition and average f-g.
Winning Bid $35
Lot 145. 98 Different 1967 Topps Baseball Cards. Highlights include: #103 Checklist with Mantle photo p, 152 1966 World Series – Game #2 shows Palmer pitching vg to vg-ex, 237 AL Strikeout Leaders vg to vg-ex, 309 Hurlers Beware (Allen, Callison) vg-ex, 314 Red Sox rookies (Reggie Smith, Mike Andrews) vg-ex and 598 White Sox rookies g. The other cards average vg, with some better and some in lower condition.
Winning Bid $45
Lot 146. 80 Different Quality 1970 Topps Baseball Cards with HoFers – Most Ex-m or Better. Grades lower than nm typically result from centering. #128 Checklist vg, 133-139, 141-147, 148 Weaver nm-m, 149, 151, 154-159, 160 Phil Niekro ex-m, 162-164, 166, 168, 169, 170 Billy Williams ex-m, 171, 172, 174-176, 178, 179, 180 John ex-m, 181 Anderson ex-m, 183, 186-188, 190 Torre ex, 192, 193, 195 Seaver Wins Opener! ex-m+, 203, 205, 210 Marichal p-f, 211 Ted Williams nm, 212, 213, 216-219, 221, 222, 225, 228, 233-235, 241, 242 Alston ex-m, 245-249, 252. 254, 258-260, 262 and 263.
Winning Bid $75
Lot 147. 87 Hostess Cards, 1976, 1977, 1979 – in 29 Neatly Cut 3-Card Panels – Including Ryan. Seventeen panels have a Hall of Fame player, and other stars are present. The 1979 panel with Nolan Ryan is completely bordered by the trim line. The Montanez card has a crease; the Ryan and Ozzie Smith cards are mint. Here is the complete list – 1976 (9 panels): #43-45, 52-54, 64-66 with Fisk and Rose, 124-126 (2) with McCovey and Luzinski, 127-129 with Rice and Concepcion, 133-135 with Parker, 145-147 with Reggie Jackson, and 148-150 with Yastrzemski. 1977 (2 panels): #94-96 with Concepcion and 148-150. 1979 (18 panels): #37-39 with Carew, 40-42, 43-45 with Simmons and Griffey Sr., 52-54 (2) with Parker, 64-66 with Evans and Seaver, 91-93 (4) with Sutton, 94-96 (3), 97-99 with Horner, 100-102 with Ryan and Smith, 103-105 with Stargell, and 106-108 (2) with Fisk, Foster and Hernandez. On almost every panel, the trim line is present the whole way around each card. The panels average nm.
Winning Bid $125
Lot 148. Unopened Packs - 22 with Baseball Cards, 57 with Stamps + 23 Stamp Albums, 3 Small Sets. The stamps and accompanying albums are 1982 offerings from Fleer. Each pack holds 10 stamps in a perforated strip and one logo sticker. The individual stamps are approximately 1.75” x 2.5”. The albums, nm-m, have a location for each of the 242 “Super Stars” stamps in the set, which includes Nolan Ryan, Reggie Jackson and numerous other stars. Seven unopened card packs are from Fleer: 1985 cello packs (4), 28 cards in each pack, one with George Bell on top. Foil packs - 1997 Fleer Ultra, 6 cards. 1999 Fleer SkyBox Thunder, 8 cards. 2000 SkyBox, 9 cards, some paper residue on the back of the pack. TOPPS: 1988 cello pack, 28 cards. Foil packs (all have paper residue on the back) – 1999 Series 2 (2), Clemens on the pack cover, 8 cards. 1999 Stadium Club, Series 2, 6 cards. 2000 Gold Label, Jeter on the pack cover, 3 cards. UPPER DECK: Foil packs – 1997 Collector’s Choice, Series 2 (2), 12 cards in each. 1999 Victory Premier Edition, 12 cards, paper residue on back. DONRUSS: 1998 Update foil pack, 10 cards, paper residue on back. CONLON COLLECTION: 1992 Edition, 12 cards. JIMMY DEAN: 1993 Rookies, 2 cards, Piazza and Conine. 1995 All-Time Greats, 1 card, Kaline. SKIN BRACER: 1995, 2 cards, Larsen, Mazeroski. SPORTFLICS: 1988, two rack packs of 39 cards each, Yount and Ryan on top in one pack. The three small set of standard-sized cards are a 1991 Topps Kansas City Royals team set, a 1992 Topps San Francisco Giants team set of 27 cards, both from Megacards, and a 1994 Post Cereal set of 30 cards, including Puckett, Griffey, Ripken, Glavine and other stars. Also included are an opened pack of 1988 Baseball Legends from Pacific and an opened Fleer pack of All-Star Game cards.
Winning Bid $20
