Lot 113. 1950 Bowman Baseball set of 252. This is not the best set I have ever seen, nor is it the worst, but it is a lot closer to the latter. 112 cards (45%) are very good or excellent. Low Number highlights- 1-Parnell (fair), 6-Feller (vg, autographed), 11-Rizzuto (gd-vg), 19-Spahn (vg), 21-Reese (gd), 22-Robinson (fr), 32-Roberts (gd), 35-Slaughter (vg), 37-Appling (fr), 46-Berra (poor). Balance of low #'s: 9 excellent, 16 cards very good, balance fair-good. A few poor. Highlights from Balance of set: 75-Campanella (vg), 77-Snider (vg), 84-Ashburn (vg), 98-Williams (fr), 112-Hodges (fr) and 217-Stengel (gd); Balance of set- 29 cards excellent, 59 cards very good, balance fair-good.
Winning Bid $807.
Lot 115. 1954 Bowman set of 224. A clean set with 84% excellent or better. Key Cards: 1-Rizzuto (vg), 6-Fox (vg), 15-Ashburn (ex), 58-Reese (ex), 65-Mantle (ex), 66-Piersall (ex), 89-Mays (ex), 90-Campanella (ex), 132-Feller (vg), 138-Hodges (gd-vg), 145- Martin (gd), 161-Berra (vg), 170-Snider (ex-mt), 177-Ford (vg); Balance of set: 78 cards ex-mt, 104 cards excellent, 28 cards vg.
Winning Bid $1,465.
Lot 116. 1955 Bowman near set of 306 missing 18 cards. Missing numbers are 10, 23, 139, 228, 237-9, 242-Banks, 244, 250, 258-60, 267, 283, 296, 298, 315. Beautiful group (66% ex-mt or better) with many cards near mint. Low Number Highlights: 1-Wilhelm (vg-ex), 22-Campanella (ex-mt), 37-Reese (vg), 59-Ford (vg), 68-Howard (vg-ex), 134-Feller (ex-mt), 168-Berra (vg), 179-Aaron (gd), 184-Mays (ex), 202-Mantle (gd) ; Balance of Low numbers: 167 cards ex-mt or better, 29 cards excellent, 10 cards vg-ex, 9 cards vg; High Number highlights: ; 265-Barlick (vg-ex), 303-Conlon (vg-ex), 320-Susce (vg); Balance of High numbers: 28 cards ex-mt or better, 24 cards excellent, 10 cards vg-ex, 16 cards vg;.
Winning Bid $1,832.
Lot 117. 1959 Fleer Ted Williams set of 80. Beautiful near mint set including the #68 which is very well centered with a clean back. The #1 card is ex-mt and a few card have gum stains on the rear.
Winning Bid $2,144.
Lot 118. 1963 Fleer set of 67 including Checklist.Highlights: 4- B. Robinson (gd-vg), 5-Mays (vg), 8-Yaz (ex+), 41-Drysdale (vg), 42-Koufax (vg), 43-Wills (gd), 45-Spahn (ex), 46-Adcock (nr mt). 56-Clemente (fr-gd), Checklist (good, lightly marked). Balance: 20 cards excellent-mint or better , 17 cards excellent, 20 cards good-very good.
Winning Bid $500.
Lot 119. 1951 Topps Connie Mack All Stars set of 11 including 5 cards SGC graded. Includes Babe Ruth (nr mt, except for tiny wrinkle at top of bat, 40 SGC VG 3), Walter Johnson (SGC 80 EX-MT 6), Lou Gehrig (vg, 3 tiny wrinkles and o/c), Jimmy Collins (vg-ex), Grover Alexander (SGC 60 EX 5), Connie Mack (vg-ex), Tris Speaker (SGC 80 EX-MT 6), Christy Mathewson (semi-circular wrinkle on back, o/w nr mt), Honus Wagner (SGC 60 EX 5), Mickey Cochrane (ex) and Eddie Collins (vg-ex).
Winning Bid $3,900.
Lot 120. 1951 Topps Team cards set of 9 plus two team cards. Group consists of set of 9 plus date variations for Brooklyn (ex-mt) and Washington (gd). Contents of regular set are Boston (ex+-mt), Brooklyn (gd), Chicago (vg), Cincinnati (vg, 1/2" wrinkle), New York (nr mt, o/c), Athletics (ex+-mt), Phillies (fair, has scrape of right side), St. Louis (ex-mt, o/c) and Washington (ex-mt).
Winning Bid $1,465.
Lot 121. 1952 Topps near short set of 1-310 missing 261-Mays. Average group with about 50% excellent or better. Highlights 1-80: 1-Pafko (gd-vg), 11-Rizzuto (vg), 33-Spahn (vg), 36-Hodges (vg), 37-Snider (ex), 59-Roberts (ex+), 65-Slaughter (vg); Balance of 1-80 (mixed red and black backs): 15 cards ex-mt, 33 cards excellent, 17 cards vg, 6 cards good, 2 cards fair; Highlights 81-250: 88-Feller (ex+, autographed), 129-Mize (vg), 175-Martin (ex), 191-Berra (vg), 195-Minoso (gd), 216-Ashburn (ex-mt), 227-Garagiola (ex); Balance of 81-250: 36 cards ex-mt, 58 cards excellent, 37 cards vg, 23 cards good, 8 cards fair, 1 card poor; Highlights 251-310: 268-Lemon (gd), 274-Branca (ex), 277-Wynn (ex); Balance of 251-310: 1 ex-mt, 6 excellent, 15 vg, 21 gd, 13 fair;
Winning Bid $3,146.
Lot 122. 1953 Topps set of 274. Beautiful set with 46% ex-mt or near mint and 85% excellent or better. Many high grade cards. Low Number highlights: 1-Robinson (ex-mt), 27-Campanella (vg), 37-Mathews (gd-vg), 54-Feller (ex), 61-Wynn (gd), 76-Reese (gd, o/c), 82-Mantle (vg-ex), 86-Martin (vg), 104-Berra (vg), 114-Rizzuto (vg), 147-Spahn (nr mt), 207-Ford (ex), 220-Paige (gd); Balance of Lownumbers: 93 cards ex-mt or nr mt, 63 cards excellent, 38 cards vg, 11 cards gd, 2 cards fair; High Number Highlights: 228-Newhouser (vg), 244-Mays (ex, would be nr mt except for tiny corner wrinkle), 258-Gilliam (vg), 263-Podres (ex), 280-Bolling (vg); Balance of High Numbers: 17 cards nr mt or ex-mt, 19 cards excellent, 10 cards vg, 3 card good.
Winning Bid $5,363.
Lot 123. 1954 Topps near set of 241 missing most major stars.Highlights: 1-Williams (vg-ex), 17-Rizzuto (fair), 20-Spahn (vg), 32-Snider (poor), 37-Ford (vg), 132-LaSorda (fair), 239-Skowron (vg, o/c); Balance: 93 cards ex-mt, 100 cards ex, 34 cards vg, 6 cards gd.
Winning Bid $1,000.
Lot 124. 1955 Topps near set of 194 missing 12 (2, 4-5, 8, 28, 47, 50, 123, 155, 164, 177 and 198). Highlights: 4-Kaline (gd-vg), 31-Spahn (vg), 124-Killebrew (vg), 187-Hodges (ex+-mt), 189-Rizzuto (ex), 194-Mays (vg), 198-Berra (vg-ex), 210-Snider (vg-ex); Balance of set: Low Numbers- 76 cards ex-mt or better, 48 cards excellent, 22 cards vg, 1 card gd; High Numbers- 13 cards ex-mt, 16 cards excellent, 10 cards vg.
Winning Bid $1,198.
Lot 125. 1956 Topps set of 340 with Mantle graded PSA 5. Nice set with 312 cards (92%) excellent with the great majority being ex-mt or better. The Mantle card appears to be very harshly graded. Its well centered and has good corners and should have been at least ex-mt in our opinion. Highlights:. 1-Harridge (gd-vg), 5-Williams (ex), 10-Spahn (ex), 15-Banks (ex+-mt), 20-Kaline (ex), 30-Robinson (ex-mt), 31-Aaron (nr mt), 33-Clemente (ex+-mt), 79-Koufax (ex-mt), 101-Campanella (ex+-mt), 110-Berra (ex-mt), 113-Rizzuto (vg), 130-Mays (ex-mt), 135-Mantle (PSA EX 5), 150-Snider (ex-mt), 164-Killebrew (ex-mt), 166-Dodgers (ex), 200-Feller (vg), 226-Giants (ex-mt), 240-Ford (ex+), 251-Yankees (vg+), 260-Reese (ex), 292-Aparicio (ex);
Winning Bid $3,900.
Lot 126. 1956 Topps near set of 332 missing 8 cards (20, 135-Mantle, 166, 181, 187, 251, 260, 292) . Extremely nice near set with over 90% excellent or better and a substantial amount of near mint cards. Highlights: 1-Harridge (vg-ex), 5-Williams (ex, o/c), 10-Spahn (Ex+), 15-Banks (ex), 30-Robinson (ex, o/c), 31-Aaron (ex+), 33-Clemente (ex), 79-Koufax (ex+), 101-Campanella (gd), 110-Berra (ex+-mt), 113-Rizzuto (ex-mt, o/c), 130-Mays (vg-ex), 150-Snider (nr mt), 164-Killebrew (ex), 200-Feller (vg), 226-Giants (vg-ex), 240-Ford (ex); Balance: 241 cards ex-mt or better, 60 cards excellent, 14 cards vg.
Winning Bid $1,815.
