Lot 535. 359 Baseball Cards from Tommy John’s Collection. Ninety-five cards are of John himself, from his 1964 rookie through issues from the 2000s. His early Topps cards grade: 1964 #146 rookie vg-ex, 1965 #208 ex+, 1966 #486 vg, 1967 #609 vg-ex, 1968 #72 vg-ex, 1969 #465 ex, 1970 #180 ex and 1971 #520 ex. His 1971 Kellogg’s card #74 is vg. The remaining cards of John are from various companies. There are 264 other cards: 1959 #348; 1961 #70; 1963 #254 Hershberger; 1964 #246; 1965 #234 White Sox team; 1966 #2 and 340; 1967 #573 White Sox team; 1968 #103 Sutton, 398, 325 and 424: 1969 #26, 216 Sutton and 241; 1970 #347, 352, 501 (2) White Sox team, 571 and 622 Sutton; 1971 #15 (2), 57, 208 Martin, 289 White Sox team (2), 297, 309, 343, 361 Sutton, 549 and 744; 1972, 38 cards including #33 Martin, 50 Mays in Action, 89 N.L. Home Run Leaders, 91, 92, 96, 150 Cash, 410 Jenkins and 437 Wills; 1973, 10 cards including #10 Sutton; 1974, 28 cards; 1975, 7 cards; 1976, 4 cards including #235 Blyleven; 1977, 22 cards; 1978, 7 cards; and 1979, 115 cards including #1 Batting Leaders (2), 24 Molitor, 50 Garvey, 95 Young, 200 Bench, 204 Rose Record Breaker, 411 Cobb and Sisler, and 700 Jackson. Another card of interest is the 1970 Super Valu card of Rod Carew.. These cards range from f to nm-m and average ex. They come with two signed “Property of Thomas Edward John” labels.
Winning Bid $45.
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