Lot 67.  1954 Topps set of 250. A consistently average very good set including the stars. Highlights: 1-Williams (vg), 10-Robinson (vg), 17-Rizzuto (vg), 32-Snider (vg-ex), 37-Ford (ex), 50-Berra (vg), 90-Mays (vg), 94-Banks (gd-vg), 128-Aaron (vg), 132-LaSorda (vg), 201-Kaline (vg), 239-Skowron (ex), 250-Williams (excellent with horizontal printers mark); Balance of Cards: 141 cards are excellent with some better and the balance average very good. Winning Bid $1,210.

Lot 68.  1955 Topps near set of 204. The set is missing 2 high numbers, 187 and 208. Highlights: 2-Williams (fair), 4-Kaline (good), 28-Banks (good), 31-Spahn (gd-vg), 47-Aaron (fair-good), 50-Robinson (fair), 123-Koufax (very good), 124-Killebrew (very good), 155-Mathews (gd-vg), 164-Clemente (good), 189-Rizzuto (gd-vg), 194-Mays (good), 198-Berra (good), 210-Snider (good); Balance of set: Low Numbers- 42 cards excellent, 65 cards vg, 33 cards good, 11 cards fair-poor; High Numbers-  4 cards excellent, 15 cards vg, 16 cards good, 4 cards poor-fair. Winning Bid $799.

Lot 69.  1956 Topps Pin set of 60. Very popular set of pins sold one to a box with a piece of gum. The pins portray the same portraits as on the 1956 Topps baseball cards. The set is enhanced by the presence of the 3 rarities, Diering, Lopez and Stobbs. Highlights: Aaron (nr mt), Diering (nr mt except for some minor printers ink on the left side), Lopez (nr mt), Mays (nr mt), Robinson (nr mt, slight o/c), Stobbs (nr mt), Williams (nr mt). Winning Bid $3,461.

Lot 70.  1956 Topps Very High Grade Set of 341 with 4 major cards high graded including Mantle and the Checklist. An extremely high grade set with 75% near mint, and 95% ex-mt or better. Highlights: Checklist 1/3 (SGC 84 NM 7), 1-Harridge (gd-vg), 5-Williams (ex), 10-Spahn (nr mt), 15-Banks (ex+-mt), 20-Kaline (nr mt), 30-Robinson (nr mt), 31-Aaron (ex-mt), 33-Clemente (nr mt, o/c), 79-Koufax (SGC 84 NM 7), 101-Campanella (ex+-mt), 110-Berra (nr mt, o/c), 113-Rizzuto (nr mt), 130-Mays (ex+-mt), 135-Mantle (SGC 84 NM 7), 150-Snider (nr mt), 164-Killebrew (ex-mt), 166-Dodgers (SGC 86 NM-MT 7.5), 200-Feller (nr mt), 226-Giants (nr mt, o/c), 240-Ford (nr mt), 251-Yankees (nr mt), 260-Reese (nr mt),  292-Aparicio (nr mt, o/c); Balance: 247 cards near mint, 65 cards excellent-mint, 5 cards very good-excellent; Winning Bid $5,638.

Lot 71.  1956 Topps partial set of 297 with 5 cards high graded including Mantle. This is an above average excellent set with five key cards professionally high graded including Mantle and over 50% of the cards excellent or excellent-mint. A list of the 53 missing cards is available on request.  Highlights: 10-Spahn (nr mt), 15-Banks (ex), 20-Kaline (nr mt), 30-Robinson (vg-ex), 31-Aaron (nr mt), 33-Clemente (PSA NM 6), 79-Koufax (SGC 60 EX+ 5.5), 101-Campanella (ex-mt), 110-Berra (ex), 118-Fox (vg-ex), 130-Mays (ex), 135-Mantle (SGC 60 EX 5), 150-Snider (ex-mt), 166-Dodgers (ex), 181-Martin (PSA NM-MT 8), 226-Giants (vg-ex), 240-Ford (vg-ex), 251-Yankees (vg-ex), 260-Reese (ex+), 292-Aparicio (vg-ex), 340-McDermott (PSA 86 NM+ 7.5); Balance: 30 cards near mint, 110 cards excellent-ex-mt+, 120 cards very good-excellent, 9 cards very good, 7 cards good-very good; Winning Bid $2,000.

Lot 72.  1958 Topps very high grade set of 495. An extraordinary set with about 95% near mint. The Mantle and Clemente have been high graded by SGC. There are centering problems that would be encountered with a set assembled from a case and obviously there are no gum stains. The yellow letter variations that came with this set can be found in Lot #115.  Highlights: 1-Williams (ex-mt), 5-Mays (nr mt), 25-Drysdale (nr mt), 30-Aaron (nr mt), 47-Maris (some foreign substance on front, otherwise a mint card), 52-Clemente (SGC 88 NM-MT 8),  70-Kaline (nr mt, o/c), 150-Mantle (SGC 80 EX-MT 6, a couple of printing specks on the face of the card keep this from being an 8), 187-Koufax (nr mt), 246-Yankees (nr mt, badly o/c), 270-Spahn (nr mt, badly o/c), 285-F.Robinson (nr mt, o/c), 288-Killebrew (nr mt-mt), 307-B.Robinson (nr mt), 310-Banks (nr mt), 320-Ford (nr mt-mt), 321-Sluggers (nr mt-mt), 343-Cepeda (nr mt), 351-Braves (nr mt-mt), 370-Berra (nr mt), 418-Mantle-Aaron (nr mt), 436-Mays-Snider (nr mt-mt), 440-Mathews (nr mt), 485-Williams AS (nr mt), 487-Mantle AS (nr mt, o/c); Winning Bid $7,786.

Lot 73.  1958 Topps set of 495 including 1 yellow letter variation. Highlights: 1-Williams (good), 5-Mays (gd-vg), 25-Drysdale (vg-ex), 30-Aaron (gd-vg), 47-Maris (excellent, o/c), 52-Clemente (good),  70-Kaline (vg-ex), 150-Mantle (vg), 187-Koufax (vg-ex), 246-Yankees (vg-ex), 270-Spahn (nr mt), 285-F.Robinson (vg), 307-B.Robinson (vg), 310-Banks (good), 370-Berra (ex), 418-Mantle-Aaron (vg-ex), 485-Williams AS (gd-vg), 487-Mantle AS (good); Balance: 196 cards excellent, balance mostly good-very good with a few worse. Yellow letter variety is #60-Del Ennis. 29 cards have writing in the margin on the backs. Winning Bid $1,100.

Lot 74.  1959 Topps high grade set of 572 including a SGC Mantle 8. Beautiful set with most cards (80%) nr mt with the balance almost all ex-mt. There are centering problems that would be encountered with a set assembled from a case and obviously there are no gum stains. We noticed about a dozen consecutive cards that were mishandled and resulted in a dented corner. None are stars.  Highlights: 1-Frick (ex), 10-Mantle (SGC 88 NM-MT 8), 50-Mays (nr mt), 150-Musial (nr mt), 163-Koufax (nr mt, o/c), 202-Maris (nr mt), 316-Lumeneti w/o line (nr mt-mt), 316-Lumeneti with line (ex), 321-Giallombardo (nr mt-mt), 322-Hanebrink (nr mt, o/c), 336-Loes (nr mt, o/c), 350-Banks (nr mt-mt), 362-Nichols w/o line (nr mt-mt), 362-Nichols w line (nr mt), 380-Aaron (ex), 461-Mantle (nr mt-mt), 478-Clemente (nr mt), 510-Yankees (nr mt), 514-Gibson (nr mt front, paper imperfection on back), 515-Killebrew (nr mt), 543-Buc Trio (vg), 550-Campanella (nr mt), 561-Aaron AS (nr mt-mt), 563-Mays AS (nr mt), 564-Mantle AS (nr mt, o/c); Winning Bid $10,454.

Lot 75.  1960 Topps complete set of 572. Very strong Excellent + set with 429 cards excellent or better (75%). Low Number Highlights: 1-Wynn (ex-mt), 148-Yastrzemski (ex-mt), 160-Mantle/Boyer (nr mt), 200-Mays (ex+-mt), 250-Musial (vg), 300-Aaron (ex+-mt), 316-McCovey (ex), 326-Clemente (ex), 332-Yankees (ex), 343-Koufax (ex+), 350-Mantle (vg), 377-Maris (vg), 480-Berra (vg); High Number Highlights: 563-Mantle AS (vg-ex), 564-Mays (ex), 565-Maris AS (ex-mt), 566-Aaron AS (good); Balance Low #'s: 381 cards excellent to near mint, the balance averages vg-ex; Tough Series:  37 cards excellent to near mint, the balance averages vg-ex; Winning Bid $1,612.

Lot 76.  1961 Topps set of 588. A spectacular set with eleven key cards SGC graded including an SGC Mantle 8. The cards are near mint and better subject to centering and an occasional printing defect. There are no gum stains. Bought by our consignor from the historic dealer Sam Rosen. As nice a 1961 Topps set as I’ve ever seen. The graded cards that grade below near mint are because of centering, and there are 9 cards in the last series that would be considered to have severe centering problems. Both varieties of Checklists #17, #98, #361 and  #437 are present. Highlights: 1-Groat (ex-mt), 2-Maris (SGC 84 NM/MT 7), 44-Mantle/Maris (nm-mt), 120-Mathews (nr mt-mt), 141-B. Williams (nm-mt), 150-Mays (SGC 84 NM/MT 7), 160-Ford (nm-mt, o/c), 200-Spahn (nm), 207-Dodger Southpaws (nm-mt), 211-Gibson (nr mt), 228-Yankees (nr mt), 287-Yaz (nm-mt), 290-Musial (nm-mt), 300-Mantle (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 307-Mantle WS (nm-mt), 312-WS Maz (nr mt), 344-Koufax (SGC 88 NM/MT 8), 350-Banks (nm-mt), 388-Clemente (SGC 84 NM/MT 7), 401-Ruth’s 60th (nm-mt), 405-Gehrig (nm-mt), 406-Mantle HRs (nm), 415-Aaron (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 417-Marichal (nm-mt), 425-Berra (nm-mt), 429-Kaline (nm-mt), 430-Mazeroski (ex+-mt), 443-Snider (nm-mt), 472 Berra MVP (nm-mt), 475-Mantle MVP (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 517-McCovey (nm-mt), 576-Maris AS (SGC 84 NM/MT 7), 577-Aaron AS (SGC 84 NM/MT 7), 578-Mantle AS (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 579-Mays AS (SGC 50 VG/EX 4), 589-Spahn AS (nr mt, o/c). Winning Bid $7,786.

Lot 77.  1963 Topps set of 576. Well above average set with 47% near mint and 80% excellent or better. Highlights: 18-Buc Blasters (vg-ex), 138-Mays/Musial (ex), 173-Bombers (ex-mt), 200-Mantle (ex-mt), 210-Koufax (ex), 250-Musial (ex), 300-Mays (nr mt, o/c), 340-Berra (nr mt), 390-Aaron (ex+), 472-Brock (nr mt) , 473-Mets (good), 490- McCovey (nr mt), 500-Killebrew (vg-ex), 537-Rose (good), 540-Clemente (ex), 544-Rookies (PSA NM 7), 550-Snider (nr mt), 553-Stargell (SGC 80 EX/NM 6); Balance Low #'s: 228 cards nr mt, 187 cards are excellent, balance good-very good; Balance Tough Series (447-576): 228 cards nr mt, 187 cards are excellent, balance good-very good;  Winning Bid $1,612.

Lot 78.  1963 Topps set of 576. Very nice high grade set with 401 cards ex-mt or better (70%). Low # Highlights: 18-Buc Blasters (ex), 138-Mays/Musial (vg-ex), 173-Bombers (nr mt), 200-Mantle (ex-mt),  210-Koufax (vg-ex), 250-Musial (vg-ex), 300-Mays (ex, o/c), 340-Berra (ex+-mt), 390-Aaron (nr mt), 472-Brock (ex+-mt), 473-Mets (vg), 490-McCovey (ex-mt), 500-Killebrew (ex);  Balance Low #'s: 354 cards nr mt or ex-mt, balance vg-ex; Tough Series Highlights: 537-Rose (vg-ex), 540-Clemente (ex-mt), 553-Stargell (ex); Balance tough Series: 40 cards ex-mt or nr mt, balance average vg-ex. Winning Bid $1,832.

Lot 79.  1966 Topps very high grade set of 598 with 3 SGC 7’s including Mantle & Aaron. Many near mint-mint cards. Highlights: 1-Mays (ex+), 30-Rose (ex+-mt), 50-Mantle (SGC 84 NM 7), 70-Yaz (nr mt), 100-Koufax (nr mt), 126-Palmer (ex+-mt), 254-Jenkins (SGC 84 NM 7), 300-Clemente (nr mt, o/c), 500-Aaron (SGC 84 NM 7), 526-Twins (nr mt), 540-McLain (nr mt), 550-McCovey (nr mr), 583-Tigers (nr mt), 598-Perry (ex-mt). Balance Commons: 446 cards nr mint or better or ex+-mt, 51 cards vg-ex; Balance Last Series: 80 cards nr mint or better or ex+-mt, 7 cards vg-ex. Winning Bid $2,925.

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