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Topps, Bowman and Fleer Sets
25 Lots
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Also see lots 333-336, 338, 339-341, 351, 353, 355, 404-412, 414-5
 Lot 186. 1951 Bowman set of 324. Nice average excellent set with over 70% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Ford (vg), 2-Berra (gd), 3-Roberts (vg), 7-Hodges (vg), 26-Rizzuto (ex), 30-Feller (vg-ex), 31-Campanella (ex-mt), 32-Snider (nr mt), 80-Reese (ex), 122-Garagiola (ex-mt), 134-Spahn (vg), 165-Williams (ex-mt), 181-Stengel (ex), 186-Ashburn (vg, writing on back), 198-Irvin (vg-ex), 232-Fox (ex-mt), 253-Mantle (good), 254-Jensen (vg), 260-Erskine (vg-ex), 290-Dickey (poor, back damage), 295-Lopez (ex-mt), 305-Mays (ex, o/c), 306-Piersall (vg-ex), 324-Pramesa (ex); Balance of High Numbers: 25 cards ex-mt, 23 cards excellent, 16 cards vg; Balance of Low Numbers: 80 cards ex-mt or better, 92 cards excellent, 61 cards vg, 3 cards good.
Winning Bid $3,993.
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 Lot 187. 1953 Bowman Color set of 160. Strong set with 78% excellent or better and 34% excellent-mint or better. Highlights: 1-Williams (vg), 9-Rizzuto (vg), 10-Ashburn (vg-ex), 18-Fox (gd), 32-Musial (ex-mt), 33-Reese (vg-ex), 44-Mantle (ex-mt), 46-Campanella (ex+), 59-Mantle (good), 65-Roberts (ex), 92-Hodges (good-vg), 93-Rizzuto-Martin (ex-mt), 97-Mathews (ex-mt), 99-Spahn (ex-mt),114-Feller (gd-vg), 117-Snider (gd-vg), 118-Martin (vg-ex), 121-Berra (vg), 146-Wynn (ex-mt), 153-Ford (ex), 160-Abrams (vg); Balance of low numbers: 40 cards ex-mt or better, 45 cards excellent, 13 cards vg, Balance of High Numbers: 8 cards ex-mt, 22 cards ex, 10 cards vg, 1 card fair.
Winning Bid $3,630.
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 Lot 188. 1955 Bowman set of 320 plus 4 of the 6 variations. A very nice above average set with 72% excellent or better. Low Number Highlights: 1-Wilhelm (vg), 10-Rizzuto (vg), 22-Campanella (vg), 23-Kaline (vg-ex), 37-Reese (ex), 59-Ford (vg), 68-Howard (ex), 134-Feller (vg-ex), 168-Berra (vg-ex), 179-Aaron (ex), 184-Mays (vg-ex), 202-Mantle (gd); Balance of Low numbers: 67 cards ex-mt, 97 cards ex, 34 cards vg-ex, 18 cards vg; High Number highlights: 242-Banks (vg), 265-Barlick (vg), 267-Honochick (ex), 303-Conlon (vg-ex), 315-Hubbard (vg), 320-Susce (vg-ex); Balance of High numbers: 16 cards ex-mt, 45 cards ex, 16 cards vg-ex, 13 cards vg.
Winning Bid $1,500.
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 Lot 190. 1960 and 1961 Fleers sets. Two crisp sets. 1960 All Time Greats set of 79. Highlights: 3-Ruth (ex+-mt), 28-Gehrig (nr mt), 42-Cobb (nr mt-mt) and 72-Williams (nr mt); Balance: Virtually everything is ex+-mt or better with most near mt.. 1961 All Time Greats set of 154. Highlights: 1- Checklist (vg, marked) 14-Cobb (ex+-mt), 31-Gehrig (ex+), 75-Ruth (ex+-mt) and 152-Williams (ex-mt). Balance: Virtually everything is ex+-mt or better with most near mt.
Winning Bid $932.
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 Lot 191. 1953 Topps set of 274 with a high grade Mantle. The Highlight of this set is a high grade Mantle and 17 autographed cards. Unfortunately , there are over 200 cards with a tiny set of staple holes, noted as "sh" in the descriptions. Highlights: 1-Robinson (vg, sh), 27-Campanella (ex, sh), 37-Mathews (ex, sh), 54-Feller (ex-mt), 61-Wynn (ex, sh), 76-Reese (ex, sh), 82-Mantle (SGC 60 EX 5), 86-Martin (ex, sh), 104-Berra (ex, sh), 114-Rizzuto (nr mt, sh), 147-Spahn (ex-mt, sh), 207-Ford (good, sh), 220-Paige (ex, sh), 228-Newhouser (vg, sh), 244-Mays (ex, sh), 258-Gilliam (ex, sh), 263-Podres (ex-mt, sh), 280-Bolling (vg, sh); Balance of Low numbers: 21 cards are excellent to near mint. 170 of the cards have two staple holes at the top, many of these cards would be near mint otherwise; Balance of High Numbers: Almost all of the cards have two staple holes at the top. The 17 autographed cards are 20-Hank Thompson, 24-Ferris Fain, 50-Charlie Dressen, 62-Monte Irvin, 74-Joe Rossi, 81-Joe Black, 179-Gene Hemanski, 182-Bob Hofman, 185-Jim Pendelton, 203-Cliff Fannin, 211-J.W. Porter, 221-Bob Milliken, 226-Ed Erautt, 242-Charlie Silvera, 243-Carlos Bernier, 249-Ed O'Brien and 269-Pillette.
Winning Bid $2,200.
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 Lot 192. 1954 Topps set of 250. A beautiful excellent to excellent-mint set with 52% excellent-mint or better and about 90% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Williams (ex+), 10-Robinson (ex), 17-Rizzuto (vg-ex), 32-Snider (ex), 37-Ford (ex-mt), 50-Berra (ex), 90-Mays (ex+), 94-Banks (ex-mt), 128-Aaron (vg, autographed), 132-LaSorda (ex), 201-Kaline (ex+-mt), 239-Skowron (nr mt), 250-Williams (vg); Balance of Cards: 40 cards nr mt, 90 cards ex-mt, 99 cards ex, 8 cards vg.
Winning Bid $2,662.
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 Lot 193. 1956 Topps set of 340. High grade set with virtually all cards excellent and better and the great majority ex-mt or better. Highlights:1-Harridge (vg-ex), 5-Williams (vg-ex), 10-Spahn (ex-mt), 15-Banks (ex), 20-Kaline (ex-mt), 30-Robinson (ex-mt), 31-Aaron (ex+), 33-Clemente (vg-ex), 79-Koufax (ex-mt), 101-Campanella (ex+-mt), 110-Berra (ex), 113-Rizzuto (vg), 130-Mays (ex+), 135-Mantle (ex-mt), 150-Snider (nr mt), 164-Killebrew (ex-mt), 166-Dodgers (nr mt), 200-Feller (nr mt, o/c), 226-Giants (ex+), 240-Ford (ex+), 251-Yankees (ex+-mt), 260-Reese (ex+-mt), 292-Aparicio (vg); Balance: There are about 40 cards that would not grade excellent because of centering, 6 cards are vg because of a light crease, the balance are ex-mt or better.
Winning Bid $4,290.
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 Lot 194. 1957 Topps set of 407. A magnificent set with 4 cards graded including Williams and Mantle both graded 8's! It appears to have been selected right out of a case. There are no gum stains. There are occasional centering problems as you might expect to find. The "nr mt" grades that follow include many cards which I suspect can and will be graded higher. We encourage serious buyers to come view the set. Highlights: 1-Williams (SGC 88 NM-MT 8), 2-Berra (nr mt), 10-Mays (ex+-mt), 18-Drysdale (nr mt), 20-Aaron (nr mt, centered to top), 35-F.Robinson (nr mt), 55-Banks (nr mt), 76-Clemente (nr mt), 95-Mantle (SGC 88 NM-MT 8), 125-Kaline (nr mt), 170-Snider (nr mt), 210-Campanella (nr mt, slight o/c), 212-Colavito (ex-mt), 286-Richardson (nr mt), 302-Koufax (SGC 70 EX+ 5.5, centering), 324-Dodgers (nr mt, o/c), 328-B.Robinson (nr mt, back is o/c), 338-Bunning (nr mt), 400-Dodgers (nr mt, slight o/c), 407-Yankees (SGC 80 EX-MT 6, centering).
Winning Bid $39,422.
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 Lot 195. 1958 Topps set of 484. Very nice average excellent + set. We note only 9 cards with a crease and 17 others that would grade less than excellent. Highlights: 1-Williams (ex+), 5-Mays (vg-ex), 25-Drysdale (ex), 30-Aaron (ex-mt), 47-Maris (ex+, o/c), 52-Clemente (vg), 70-Kaline (ex+-mt), 150-Mantle (ex-mt), 187-Koufax (ex-mt), 246-Yankees (ex-mt), 285-F.Robinson (ex), 307-B.Robinson (vg-ex), 310-Banks (vg), 418-Mantle-Aaron (vg), 436-Mays-Snider (vg), 485-Williams AS (vg), 487-Mantle AS (ex); Balance: 426 cards are excellent or better with over 50% ex-mt or better. The balance are very good, mostly due to centering or excessive corner wear.
Winning Bid $2,440.
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 Lot 196. 1959 Topps High Grade near set of 548 missing 24 cards and one duplicate. Beautiful set with 12 cards PSA graded. Most are 7's including Mantle, Musial, Aaron, Ford, #'s 21, 42, 47, 61, 536 and 543, #469 Hustler Banks is an 8, and the tough Mantle All Star #564 is a 6. There is a 2nd card of #469, which is ungraded. The missing #'s are as follows: 8, 22, 30-Fox, 69, 89, 115, 119, 179, 213, 223, 225, 252, 260-Wynn, 272, 351, 445, 449, 507, 509-Cash, 539, 546, 558, 569, 509, 556-Fox AS. Highlights: 10-Mantle (PSA NM 7), 50-Mays (vg-ex), 150-Musial (PSA NM 7), 163-Koufax (nr mt, o/c), 202-Maris (ex-mt), 380-Aaron (PSA NM 7), 430-Ford (PSA NM 7), 461-Mantle (ex), 478-Clemente (ex+-mt); 510-Yankees (ex+), 514-Gibson (ex+-mt), 515-Killebrew (nr mt), 543-Buc Trio (PSA NM 7), 550-Campanella (nr mt), 561-Aaron AS (ex), 563-Mays AS (ex), 564-Mantle AS (PSA EX-MT 6); 571-Spahn (nr mt). Balance Low Numbers: 120 cards near mint, Almost all the rest are excellent or excellent to mint with about 15 cards being less than excellent. Balance High Numbers: 22 cards near mint, Almost all the rest are excellent or excellent to mint with 3 cards being less than excellent.
Winning Bid $2,925.
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 Lot 197. 1959 Topps set of 572. Well above average set with 68% of the cards ex-mt or better. Highlights: 10-Mantle (vg), 50-Mays (ex-mt), 150-Musial (ex), 163-Koufax (ex), 202-Maris (ex), 380-Aaron (vg-ex), 461-Mantle (ex, o/c), 478-Clemente (vg), 510-Yankees (ex-mt), 514-Gibson (vg), 515-Killebrew (vg-ex), 543-Buc Trio (ex), 550-Campanella (vg-ex), 561-Aaron AS (ex), 563-Mays AS (ex), 564-Mantle AS (ex); Low # Balance: 349 cards ex-mt or near-mt, almost all the rest are vg to excellent.. High # Balance: 32 cards ex-mt or near-mt, almost all the rest are vg to excellent.
Winning Bid $2,016.
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 Lot 198. 1959 Topps near set of 566 missing 6 cards. Missing cards are 50, 90, 102, 515, 528 and 564. Beautiful set with 445 cards (78%) ex-mt or better although the star cards are mostly very good. Highlights: 10-Mantle (vg), 150-Musial (vg), 163-Koufax (vg), 202-Maris (gd-vg), 380-Aaron (vg), 461-Mantle (vg), 478-Clemente (vg); 510-Yankees (ex+-mt), 514-Gibson (ex-mt), 543-Buc Trio (ex+), 550-Campanella (vg-ex), 561-Aaron AS (ex-mt), 563-Mays AS (vg), Low Number Balance: 397 cards ex-mt or better with many near mint, balance average very good-excellent; High Number Balance: 46 cards ex-mt or better, balance average very good-excellent;
Winning Bid $1,774.
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 Lot 199. 1960 Topps near set of 562 missing 10 cards. The missing are 388, 513-4, 526, 528, 540, 544, 556, 566 and 571. Beautiful set with most cards (78%) ex-mt or better Low Number Highlights: 1-Wynn (ex), 148-Yastrzemski (vg-ex), 160-Mantle/Boyer (vg-ex), 200-Mays (vg), 250-Musial (ex), 300-Aaron (vg-ex), 316-McCovey (ex-mt), 326-Clemente (ex), 332-Yankees (vg), 343-Koufax (nr mt), 350-Mantle (vg), 377-Maris (ex-mt), 480-Berra (ex), 563-Mantle AS (vg), 564-Mays (ex-mt), 565-Maris AS (ex); Low Number Balance: 302 cards excellent-mt or better, balance average very good; High Number Balance: 30 cards nr mt, 10 cards excellent, 11 cards very good, 3 cards good.
Winning Bid $1,331.
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 Lot 200. 1960 Topps near set of 572 with a PSA 5 Graded Mantle. Extremely nice set with 74% ex-mt, with many near mint or better. Highlights: 148-Yastrzemski (vg), 160-Mantle/Boyer (vg-ex), 200-Mays (vg), 250-Musial (gd-vg), 300-Aaron (vg), 316-McCovey (ex-mt), 326-Clemente (near ex), 332-Yankees (vg), 343-Koufax (ex), 350-Mantle (PSA EX 5), 377-Maris (ex), 480-Berra (nr mt); 563-Mantle AS (ex-mt), 564-Mays (ex-mt), 565-Maris AS (nr mt), 566-Aaron AS (vg); Balance Low #'s: 368 cards ex-mt with the majority being near mint to mint, the rest are good to vg-ex; Balance High #'s: 47 cards ex-mt with many being near mint to mint, the rest are very good to vg-ex.
Winning Bid $1,774.
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