Baseball Sets - Complete, Near and Partial
19 Lots
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Lot 9. 1949 Bowman Baseball Starter Set – 78 of 240 Including 12 High Numbers. This collection provides a good start on a collector set. It consists of: #1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 18 Thomson g, 20, 30, 32, 34, 38, 41, 44, 45, 51-53, 55-59, 62, 65 Slaughter p, 67 Dark rookie g, 68, 71, 72, 76, 81, 88, 93, 95, 96, 101, 106, 108, 109a (script name), 111 Schoendienst f, 117, 119, 121, 124a (script name), 136-138, 140, 142 and 144, as well as these high numbers, 153 g, 168 g, 182 f-g, 184 g, 220 ex, 238 Lemon f-g and 239 f-g. The following cards have some defect, which is noted; the grade indicates the overall appearance in the absence of the defect. Nine cards, including five high numbers, have tape along a side border on the front: #27 Feller g, 29 Kiner f, 74 vg-ex, 104 Stanky rookie p-f, 156 f, 179 p-f, 190 g-vg, 223 g-vg and 232 g-vg. Three have tape on the back: #39 ex, 40 vg and 66 vg. Two have pin holes: #112 p-f and 132 ex+. Four have writing on the back: #17 vg, 22 vg, 37 g-vg and 48 g. And two have back damage: #115 ex-m+ and 133 g-vg. The remaining cards are Ex-m: 1 card. Ex+: 2. Ex: 2. Vg-ex: 6. Vg: 12. G-vg: 9. G: 10. F-g: 1. F: 2. P: 2.
Winning Bid $218.
Lot 10. 1952 Bowman Near Set – 244 of 252 Cards. Very respectable collector set with half of the cards vg or better. Stars include: #1 Berra p-f, 2 Thomson vg, 4 Roberts g, 5 Minoso rookie f, 8 Reese p, 11 Kiner g-vg, 21 Fox f-g, 23 Lemon vg, 30 Schoendienst g+ to vg, 33 McDougald rookie f+ to g, 43 Feller p, 44 Campanella ex, 52 Rizzuto g-vg, 53 Ashburn p, 80 Hodges g, 115 Doby g, 142 Wynn g, 162 Irvin f, 196 Musial p, 232 Slaughter p-f, 244 Burdette rookie f+ and 252 Crosetti g. The rest of the cards grade: Ex-m+: 1 card. Ex+: 2. Ex: 20. Vg-ex: 36. Vg: 63. G-vg: 33. G: 32. F-g: 12. F: 9. P-f: 7. P: 7. Missing #101, 116, 145, 152, 156, 170, 217 and 218.
Winning Bid $587.
Lot 11. Starter Set of 95 Different 1952 Bowman Cards, #7-215. Cards in this starter set are #7, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 25, 28, 31, 36, 38, 40, 41, 45, 47, 49, 50, 54 Pierce g-vg, 55, 57-59, 62, 63, 67-69, 72, 74, 75 Kell, f-g 76-79, 81-83, 86, 87, 89, 92, 97-100, 102-104, 106-108, 112 Burgess, 113, 117-119, 122-124, 127, 129, 130, 134, 135, 139-141, 143, 144, 148, 155, 158, 159, 166, 169, 170-172, 178, 187, 188, 190, 194, 198, 202, 203, 207-209, 211, 212, 214 and 215. Cards #38, 77, 79, 98, 104, 123, 124, 129, 155, 171 and 214 have a star drawn on the back or other writing; #14, 68 and 97 have a glue-residue stain on the back; #81 has very minor back damage, and 82, moderate back damage. The following grades take these conditions into account. Ex+:3 cards. Ex: 7. Vg-ex: 21. Vg: 27. G-vg: 11. G: 7. F-g: 5. F: 3. P-f: 5. P: 6.
Winning Bid $152.
Lot 12. 1953 Bowman Black & White Set of 65. Includes both Bevan cards. #15 Mize p-f, 25 Sain f, 27 Lemon f, 28 Wilhelm vg, 31 Woodling g, 39 Stengel p, 43b Bevan (birth year 1930) vg-ex, 45 Noren p, 46 Harris p, 52 Branca p-f and 60 Cox f-g. The remaining cards grade Vg-ex: 3 cards. Vg: 5. G-vg: 6. G: 5. F-g: 8. F: 11. P-f: 4. P: 12.
Winning Bid $240.
Lot 16. 1956 Topps Baseball Starter Set of 129 – 18 HoFers, 57 High #s, Team Cards, Etc. All different. Forty cards feature Hall of Fame members, teams, rookies or stars: #1 Harridge g-vg, 8 Alston g-vg, 11c Cubs (no date, name at left) g, 14 Boyer vg-ex, 15 Banks vg-ex, 20 Kaline p, 25 Kluszewski g-vg, 31 Aaron vg+, 33 Clemente g+-vg, 63 Craig rookie vg-ex, 72c Phils (no date, left name) g, 95c Braves (no date, left name) vg, 99 Zimmer vg-ex, 100c Orioles (no date, left name) vg, 101 Campanella vg+, 107 Mathews vg+-ex, 109 Slaughter vg, 111 Red Sox ex, 113 Rizzuto vg, 118 Fox vg, 140 Score rookie vg-ex, 146 Nationals ex, 164 Killebrew g, 173 Podres vg, 177 Bauer vg-ex, 180 Roberts ex, 187 Wynn vg-ex, 188 White Sox vg, 190 Furillo g-vg, 195 Kell f, 200 Feller vg, 108 Howard vg, 213 Tigers g, 226 Giants g-vg, 236 Athletics vg-ex, 255 Lemon g-vg, 260 Reese p, 280 Gilliam ex, 332 Larsen vg and 340 McDermott vg. The other cards are: #6, 21, 26, 27, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 42, 45, 46, 50, 52, 57-60, 68, 69, 74, 76, 78, 82, 83, 86, 98, 104, 114, 123, 131, 132, 136, 138, 141, 151, 155-158, 163, 168, 171, 176 and 179. The high numbers are: 183, 186, 191, 202, 207, 212, 214, 215, 223, 227, 238, 241, 243, 245, 253, 257, 258, 262, 267, 269, 271-275, 281, 284, 286, 289, 293, 301, 312, 314, 316, 319-321, 328, 329, 331, 333, 336, 337 and 339. The grades of these cards are Ex+: 4 cards. Ex: 25. Vg-ex: 33. Vg: 18. G-vg: 6. G: 2. F-g: 1.
Winning Bid $578.
Lot 17. 1960 Fleer Baseball Greats Set of 79. Key cards are #1 Lajoie vg, 2 Mathewson vg, 3 Ruth ex, 5 Alexander ex, 6 Johnson vg, 28 Gehrig ex, 42 Cobb vg, 53 Foxx ex, 62 Wagner g and 72 Williams ex. The remaining cards grade Ex-m+: 5 cards. Ex-m: 3. Ex+: 5. Ex: 15. Vg-ex: 24. Vg: 13. G-vg: 2. G: 1. P-f: 1.
Winning Bid $125.
Lot 18. 1960 Leaf Baseball Set of 144. Scarce set, particularly #73-144. Key cards grade as follows: 1 Aparicio vg, 6 Alou vg, 12 Boyer g-vg, 25a Grant (error) ex-m, 25b Grant (correct) vg-ex, 27 B. Robinson vg-ex, 37 Snider vg, 52 Green vg, 69 Wilhelm vg-ex, 71 Herzog vg-ex, 75 Culp vg-ex, 94 Baseball’s Two Hal Smiths ex-m+, 115 Tanner vg-ex, 125 Anderson f, 128 Cepeda vg+ to ex, 141 Flood vg and 144 Bunning g-vg. The remaining cards grade as follows: Nm-m: 1 card. Nm+: 4. Nm: 7. Ex-m+: 16. Ex-m: 12. Ex+: 14. Ex: 16. Vg-ex: 35. Vg: 20. G-vg: 2. Note: This set includes The Grat variations, but not the two others.
Winning Bid $480.
Lot 19. 1960 Nu-Card Baseball Hi-Lites Near Set – 70 of 72. Informative set missing #22 Mantle Hits Longest Homer and 68. Except for #22, all the key cards are present, including #1 Ruth 3 Homers vg, 7 DiMaggio f, 16 Ruth’s called shot g-vg, 24 Gehrig Consecutive Game Record Ends vg+ to ex, 27 Mays Makes Greatest Catch ex-m, 38 DiMaggio Hits in 56
Straight Games ex-m+, 39 Ted Williams Hits .406 g-vg, 47 Ruth Hits 60th Home Run ex, 50 Mantle Hits Longest Homer at Stadium ex-m+ and 52 Ted Williams Hero of All Star Game ex-m+. Card #6, 14, 37 and 51 are reprints. The remaining 66 cards are originals. Ex-m+: 21 cards. Ex-m: 7. Ex+: 4. Ex: 4. Vg-ex: 8. Vg: 8. G-vg: 2. G: 2.
Winning Bid $92.
Lot 20. 1961 Fleer Baseball Greats Set of 154. Keys to this set of Hall of Famer players and other stars are #1 Checklist vg-ex, 14 Cobb vg-ex, 31 Gehrig ex, 49 Johnson nm+, 75 Ruth vg+ to ex (ex-m card with 2 small indentations in the lower right), 89 Checklist vg, 150 Wagner vg, 152 Williams vg-ex and 152 Young vg. The other cards grade Nm: 1 card. Ex-m+: 7. Ex-m: 7. Ex+: 9. Ex: 25. Vg-ex: 46. Vg: 22. G-vg: 14. G: 10. F-g: 2. F: 3.
Winning Bid $264.
Lot 21. 1968 Topps Baseball Starter Set of 266 Including Stars, High Numbers. Stars in this group are #20 B. Robinson vg, 72 John vg-ex, 86 Stargell vg, 87 D. Williams vg, 99 Colavito vg and 103 Sutton g. Eighty-six cards are high numbers, ranging from #458-597. Of the lower numbers, 46 are #14-99, 28 are #103-199, 42 are #203-299, 37 are #303-397 and 27 are #402-457. Cards in the group grade Ex-m+: 8 cards. Ex-m: 28. Ex+: 39. Ex: 75. Vg-ex: 56. Vg: 32. G-vg: 13. G: 7. F-g: 3. F: 5.
Winning Bid $134.
Lot 22. 1969 Topps Baseball Near Set of 600 Including Stars, High Numbers. Highlights include #1-12 League Leader,s #1 vg, 2-12 ex overall, 24 Alston vg+, 75 Aparicio ex+, 82 Oliver rookie vg-ex, 147 Durocher vg, 163-169 World Series vg-ex to ex overall, 175 Bunning g-vg, 212 Tresh ex-m, 216 Sutton vg+-ex, 235 Hunter vg+-ex, 290 Kaat ex, 295 Perez ex, 311 Lyle rookie ex+, 330 T. Conigliaro ex, 349 D. Williams ex+, 350 Allen ex-m+, 355 Niekro ex+, 385 Cepeda ex-m, 400 Drysdale ex-m, 412 Checklist with Mantle checked otherwise vg-ex, 416 McCovey A.S. vg-ex, 428 Brock A.S. vg, 447 Houk nm+, 460 Torre ex-m, 462 Schoendienst ex, 465 John ex-m, 527 Lopez ex+, 540 Flood nm, 547 Martin ex-m+, 565 Wilhelm nm+, 587 Rudi rookie vg-ex, 589 Pepitone ex, 600 Oliva f, 640 Jenkins ex-m, 650 Ted Williams vg, 657 Murcer ex and 664 Hunt vg. The breakdown: #1-99 (92 cards), #100-199 (89), #200-299 (95), #300-399 (92), #400-499 (85), #500-588 (75) and #589-664 (72). Cards not listed above are Nm-m: 10 cards. Nm+: 32. Nm: 36. Ex-m+: 115. Ex-m: 120. Ex+: 90. Ex: 73. Vg-ex: 50. Vg: 9. G-vg: 4. G: 2. F: 6.
Winning Bid $393.
Lot 23. 1970 Topps Baseball Partial Set of 438 Cards Including Stars and Middle Series. Great start on an ex and better set. The breakdown: #1-99, 76 including #1 vg, 40 Allen ex-m+ and 96 Reuss rookie ex-m+. #100-199, 77 cards including #166 Oliver nm+ and 181 Anderson ex+. #200-299, 85 cards including #273 Houk nm. #300-399, 79 cards including #315 Aparicio ex+, 333 Murcer g, 340 T. Conigliaro ex-m+, 360 Flood nm+, 387 Orioles team vg and 399 Yankees team ex-m+. #400-499, 67 cards including #472 Braves team nm-m and 491 Nettles ex-m+. #500-546, 41 cards including #544 Reds team ex-m+. And #547-633, 13 cards including #549 Cards team vg and 579 Tigers team vg. The other cards grade Mint: 4 cards. Nm-m+: 4. Nm-m: 8. Nm+: 21. Nm: 33. Ex-m+: 106. Ex-m: 118. Ex+: 50. x: 32. Vg-ex: 19. Vg: 16. G-vg: 1. G: 2. F: 7.
Winning Bid $182.
