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Topps, Fleer and Bowman Sets
23 Lots
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 Lot 128. 1948 Bowman Baseball set of 48. Very high grade set nearly 100% excellent and better and 50% near mint. Highlights: 3-Kiner (ex), 4-Mize (ex+-mt), 5-Feller (nr mt, centered to top), 6-Berra (nr mt), 7-Reiser (ex), 8-Rizzuto (ex-mt), 17-Slaughter (nr mt), 18-Spahn (nr mt), 36-Musial (ex+), 38-Schoendienst (nr mt). Balance of Set: 12 cards near mint, 11 cards ex-mt, 14 cards excellent, 1 card (#41) near mint with two small tape stains on rear.
Winning Bid $1,997.
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 Lot 129. 1948 Bowman Baseball set of 48 with 2 cards PSA graded. Nice set with over 40% ex-mt or better and over 75% excellent or better. Highlights: 3-Kiner (nr mt), 4-Mize (ex+-mt), 5-Feller (nr mt), 6-Berra (ex-mt), 7-Reiser (PSA VG-EX 4), 8-Rizzuto (fair-good), 17-Slaughter (ex-mt), 18-Spahn (ex+), 36-Musial (good, back damage), 38-Schoendienst (PSA NM 7 ). Balance of Set: 5 cards near mint, 9 cards ex-mt, 16 cards excellent, 6 cards very good, 2 cards good.
Winning Bid $1,100.
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 Lot 130. 1950 Bowman partial set of 221 cards. There are 44 cards from 1-72 and the early ones are in rough condition but improve half way thru them. There are 177 of the 180 high numbers missing only 202, 215 and 226. Highlights- 1-Parnell (fair), 11-Rizzuto (good), 22-Robinson (vg-ex), 37-Appling (good), 39-Doby (vg), 40-Lemon (nr mt), 43-Doerr (ex-mt), 46-Berra (ex), 75-Campanella (ex-mt), 77-Snider (ex-mt), 84-Ashburn (nr mt), 98-Williams (nr mt), 112-Hodges (ex+-mt) and 217-Stengel (ex+); Balance of low #’s – 19 ex-mt or nr mt, 4 vg-ex, 8 good, 3 fair, 1 poor, Balance of set- 145 cards excellent-mint or better, balance very good, with 7 fair to good.
Winning Bid $1,952.
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 Lot 131. 1951 Bowman set of 324. A beautiful set with 55% near mint and 83% ex-mt or better. There are a total of 99 cards with a removable gum stain on the rear and the key cards that have a gum stain have an “*” below. Highlights: 1-Ford* (vg-ex), 2-Berra (ex+-mt), 3-Roberts (ex+-mt), 7-Hodges* (ex+), 26-Rizzuto (ex+-mt), 30-Feller* (nr mt), 31-Campanella* (ex+-mt), 32-Snider (nr mt), 80-Reese* (nr mt), 122-Garagiola (nr mt), 134-Spahn* (ex-mt), 165-Williams* (ex+-mt), 181-Stengel (ex-mt), 186-Ashburn (ex+-mt), 198-Irvin (nr mt), 232-Fox (nr mt), 253-Mantle (ex+, slightly o/c), 254-Jensen (ex-mt), 260-Erskine* (ex-mt), 290-Dickey (ex), 295-Lopez (ex), 305-Mays* (nr mt) , 306-Piersall* (ex), 324-Pramesa (vg); Balance of Low Numbers: 147 cards near mint, 62 cards ex-mt, 26 cards excellent. 74 low numbers have a gum stain on the rear. Balance of High Numbers: 24 cards nr mt, 19 cards ex-mt, 22 cards excellent; 15 high numbers have a gum stain on the rear.
Winning Bid $12,559.
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 Lot 132. 1953 Bowman Color set of 160. Nice looking very good set, however about half of the cards have a light pencil mark on the back of the card at the top. The following grades take this into account on cards that are marked. Highlights: 1-Williams (vg+), 9-Rizzuto (vg), 10-Ashburn (gd-vg), 18-Fox (vg), 32-Musial (vg), 33-Reese (good), 44-Mantle, etc (vg-ex), 46-Campanella (vg-ex), 59-Mantle (near ex), 65-Roberts (vg), 92-Hodges (good), 93-Rizzuto-Martin (good), 97-Mathews (vg-ex), 99-Spahn (good), 114-Feller (gd-vg), 117-Snider (vg), 118-Martin (vg-ex), 121-Berra (vg+-ex), 146-Wynn (ex), 153-Ford (vg), 160-Abrams (vg-ex); Balance of low numbers: 20 cards ex, 63 cards vg, 15 cards good; Balance of High Numbers: 12 cards ex, 24 cards vg, 5 cards good.
Minimum Bid $2,500.
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 Lot 133. 1955 Bowman set of 324 with 1c and 5c wrappers. Beautiful high grade set with about 70% near mint. The two wrappers are excellent. Highlights: 1-Wilhelm (ex), 10-Rizzuto (ex), 22-Campanella (nr mt), 23-Kaline (nr mt), 37-Reese (nr mt), 38-Wynn (nr mt), 59-Ford (ex-mt), 103-Mathews (vg), 134-Feller (fair), 168-Berra (ex+), 179-Aaron (ex), 184-Mays (ex), 202-Mantle (vg+), 242-Banks (ex+), 265-Barlick (ex+), 283-Chylack (good), 303-Conlon (nr mt), 308-Lopez (vg), 315-Hubbard (ex-mt); Balance (1-224): 167 cards near mint, 31 cards excellent, 10 cards very good, 3 cards good; Balance (224-320): 51 cards near mint, 20 cards excellent, 16 cards very good, 3 cards good, cards fair-poor.
Winning Bid $5,363.
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 Lot 134. 1951 Topps Redback and Blueback sets of 54 and 52 respectively. Two very high grade sets of Topps first baseball issue. 1951 Redback Highlights: 1-Berra (ex), 5-Rizzuto (nr mt), 22-Feller (nr mt but for tiny printing defect at bottom edge), 30-Spahn (nr mt), 31-Hodges (nr mt), 36A-Zernial (nr mt), 38-Snider (nr mt), 50-Irvin (ex+), 52A-Holmes (vg). 1951 Redback Balance: 34 cards near mint, 7 cards excellent, 4 cards are good-very good; Â 1951 Blueback Highlights: 1-Yost (vg-ex), 3-Ashburn (ex-mt), 6-Schoendienst (nr mt), 30-Slaughter (nr mt), 37-Doerr (nr mt), 50-Mize (vg). 1951 Blueback Balance: 42 cards nr mt, 2 cards ex, 2 cards vg.
Winning Bid $2,016.
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 Lot 135. 1952 Topps 1-250 Topps partial set of 252 cards including Page and Sain errors. Highlights: 1-Pafko (vg-ex), 2-Runnels (ex), 7-Terwilliger (ex-mt), 9-Hogue (vg), 11-Rizzuto (ex), 20-Loes (ex-mt), 32-Robinson (ex-mt), 33-Spahn (ex-mt), 35-Sauer (ex+), 36-Hodges (ex), 37-Snider (ex-mt), 48-Page error (vg), 49-Sain error (ex-mt), 59-Roberts (ex), 70-Zarilla (nr mt), 88-Feller (ex+-mt), 162-Crandall (ex-mt), 175-Martin (ex+-mt), 180-Maxwell (ex+-mt), 191-Berra (ex-mt), 193-Simpson (ex-mt), 195-Minoso (ex-mt). Balance: 51 cards near mint, 102 cards ex-mt, 61 cards excellent, 16 cards very good, 2 card good.
Winning Bid $4,875.
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 Lot 136. 1952 Topps Run of 1-310 with 17 cards graded and both Page-Sain variations. Overall a very high grade short set with 25% near mint or better and 57% ex-mt or better. Highlights: 1-Pafko (ex appearance, but tiny wrinkle in lower right), 2-Runnels (ex), 7-Terwilliger (ex), 9-Hogue (vg), 11-Rizzuto (SGC VG/EX 4), 20-Loes (SGC VG/EX 4), 32-Robinson (ex), 33-Spahn (SGC VG/EX 4), 35-Sauer (ex-mt), 36-Hodges (gd-vg), 37-Snider (ex-mt), 48-Page error (SGC VG/EX 4), 49-Sain error (fair), 59-Roberts (vg), 70-Zarilla (vg-ex), 80-Wehmeir (vg-ex), 88-Feller (vg), 161-Byerly (ex-mt, o/c), 162-Crandall (nr mt), 175-Martin (ex), 180-Maxwell (nr mt), 191-Berra (SGC VG/EX 4), 193-Simpson (ex-mt), 195-Minoso (SGC VG/EX 4), 216-Ashburn (ex), 268-Lemon (SGC VG 3), 277-Wynn (SGC EX 5), 310-Metkovich (SGC EX 5); The additional 10 cards graded by SGC are - #10 (4), 29 (4), 66 (1.5), 67 (3), 227 (4), 237 (1.5), 239 (4) and 243 (4). Balance: 76 cards near mint, 92 cards ex-mt, 65 cards excellent, 31 cards very good, 8 cards good, 4 cards fair.
Winning Bid $4,659.
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 Lot 137. 1953 Topps set of 274 with 14 cards graded. High grade set with over 60% ex-mt, with a good many near mint. Low Number highlights: 1-Robinson (gd-vg), 27-Campanella (vg+), 37-Mathews (ex), 54-Feller (nr mt), 61-Wynn (vg-ex), 76-Reese (nr mt), 82-Mantle (vg), 86-Martin (vg-ex), 104-Berra (nr mt), 114-Rizzuto (ex), 147-Spahn (vg-ex), 191-Kiner (nr mt), 207-Ford (ex-mt), 220-Paige (ex-mt), 228-Newhouser (vg), 244-Mays (fair), 258-Gilliam (ex+), 263-Podres (PSA EX-MT 6), 280-Bolling (good); There are 10 additional cards graded by PSA - #’s 4 (5), 34 (6), 101 (6), 135 (5), 136 (5), 137 (5), 146 (5), 251 (6), 255 (6) and 275 (5) and 3 cards graded by SGC – 43 (3), 138 (5) and 224 (5); Balance of Low numbers: 124 cards ex-mt or nr mt, 37 cards excellent, 26 cards very good, 8 cards good, 2 cards fair; Balance of High Numbers: 17 cards near mint, 17 cards ex-mt or excellent, 10 cards very good.
Winning Bid $4,000.
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 Lot 138. 1954 Topps set of 250. Nice above average set with about 115 cards excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Williams (gd), 10-Robinson (vg), 20-Spahn (ex), 30-Mathews (ex-mt), 32-Snider (ex), 37 Ford (ex), 50-Berra (gd-vg), 90-Mays (ex+), 94-Banks (gd), 128-Aaron (near ex), 132-Lasorda (nr mt), 201-Kaline (ex+), 250-Williams (fr-gd); Balance: 41 cards ex-mt, 74 cards excellent, 80 cards very good, 34 cards good, 8 cards fair-poor.
Winning Bid $1,612.
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 Lot 139. 1954 Topps near set of 242 missing 8 (53, 99, 138, 165, 174-5, 196 and 227). The mixed condition set includes 27 cards excellent or better and 86 cards that are very good. Highlights: 1-Williams (poor, 1 1/ 2 inch scrape of left side), 10-Robinson (vg), 17-Rizzuto (vg), 32-Snider (ex-mt), 37-Ford (good), 50-Berra (good), 90-Mays (fair), 94-Banks (good), 128-Aaron (good), 132-LaSorda (good), 201-Kaline (vg), 239-Skowron (fair), 250-Williams (good).
Winning Bid $807.
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 Lot 140. 1955 Topps set of 206 plus 1c wrapper. Mixed condition set with about one third of the cards excellent. Highlights: 2-Williams (ex), 4-Kaline (ex), 28-Banks (ex, o/c), 31-Spahn (vg-ex), 47-Aaron (vg-ex) , 50-Robinson (ex), 123-Koufax (vg), 124-Killebrew (vg-ex), 155-Mathews (vg-ex), 164-Clemente (vg), 187-Hodges (vg), 189-Rizutto (ex-mt, o/c), 194-Mays (good, small 1/8” tear at right edge), 198-Berra (ex), 210-Snider (vg); Balance low numbers : 13 cards excellent-mint, 49 cards excellent, 54 cards very good, 32 cards good, 4 cards fair-pr; Balance high numbers: 2 cards excellent-mint, 2 cards excellent, 16 cards very good, 16 cards good, 4 cards fair.
Winning Bid $1,610.
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 Lot 141. 1956 Topps set of 340 plus both checklist cards and 4 variations including a very interesting one of Ted Williams. This is essentially a spectacular near mint to mint set. You can expect the condition that would be found from unopened packs including some off centering and a very occasional nick. There are some interesting variations including the afore mentioned Williams. One card of Williams show a green line above the white box containing his name in addition to the normal one with a yellow line. A similar pair with card and variation exist for Reese and Wynn in the set. There is also a second Phils dated team card (nr mt), Highlights: 1-Harridge (ex+-mt), two 5-Williams (both nr mt), 10-Spahn (nr mt, badly o/c), 11-Cubs dated (nr mt), 15-Banks (nr mt), 20-Kaline (nr mt), 30-Robinson (nr mt), 31-Aaron (nr mt), 33-Clemente (nr mt), 79-Koufax (nr mt), 100-Baltimore dated (nr mt), 101-Campanella (nr mt), 110-Berra (nr mt), 113-Rizzuto (nr mt, o/c), 130-Mays (nr mt), 135-Mantle (nr mt), 150-Snider (nr mt ), 164-Killebrew (nr mt, slight o/c), 166-Dodgers (nr mt), 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), Checklist 1 (ex-mt), Checklist 2 (ex-mt).
Winning Bid $11,417.
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 Lot 142. 1956 Topps spectacular set with the original 340 cards, both checklists, 3 dated team cards and 136 white/gray back variation cards. A total of 472 cards. 325 cards are near mint (69%) and 429 are excellent or ex-mt (91%). Our consignor had a large accumulation of 1956 Topps and attempted to make a master set with all variations. He didn’t succeed, but came remarkably close. There are 178 of the 180 gray (G) back cards in the first 180 cards and there are 127 white (W) backs in that run. The missing gray backs are #5-Williams and #47. Highlights (1-180): 1-Harridge (G ex-mt, W ex-mt), 5-Williams (W ex-mt), 10-Spahn (G nr mt, W ex-mt), 15-Banks (G nr mt), 20-Kaline (G nr mt), 30-Robinson (G, nr mt), 31-Aaron (G vg), 33-Clemente (G ex+ W nr mt ), 79-Koufax (G nr mt, W ex-mt), 101-Campanella (G nr mt), 110-Berra (G nr mt), 113-Rizzuto (G ex), 130-Mays (G ex-mt, W nr mt, o/c), 135-Mantle (G nr mt), 150-Snider (G nr mt), 164-Killebrew (G nr mt), 166-Dodgers (G nr mt); Balance (1-180) 220 cards near mint, 54 cards excellent or ex-mt, 11 cards very good and 5 cards good; Highlights (181-340): 200-Feller (ex+-mt), 226-Giants (nr mt), 240-Ford (nr mt), 251-Yankees (ex, o/c), 260-Reese (ex+-mt), 292-Aparicio (nr mt, o/c); Balance of Set (181-340): 92 cards nr mt, 40 cards excellent or ex-mt, 21 cards very good, 1 card good.
Winning Bid $6,434.
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