Lot 258. 1935 Wheaties Fancy Frames near set of 7, missing Pop Warner. Howard Jones, Ernie Nevers, Jack Armstrong, Chris Cagle and Red Grange all have full borders. The Grange has a scrape in the upper portion of the border. The Bennie Friedman and Harry Kipke only have the inner borders.
Winning Bid $733
Lot 259. A comprehensive offering of 79 cards from the 1948-1953 Exhibit Football series. The generally accepted set of 59 is present missing only the Nate Johnson and Herman Wedemeyer cards. This includes 30 of the 32 cards originally issued in 1948-9 (missing Wedemeyer & Johnson), the 11 new additions in 1950 and the 16 new additions in 1952 for a total of 57 cards. Also included is 22 of the 32 1952-53 “reprint” set in brown tint. A total of 79 cards. Highlights: Bednarik (vg), Cifers (nr mt), Comp (nr mt), Coulter (ex), Davis (vg), Horvath (nr mt), Jacobs (good), Leforce (vg), Mastangelo (nr mt), Pritko (nr mt), Schlinkman (gd-vg), Tittle (nr mt). Balance: The great majority of the remaining cards are near mint. A detailed listing of the cards by year in available on request.
Winning Bid $2,440
Lot 260. 1950 Bowman near set of 144. Offered is an ex-mt to near mint appearing set, however, a good number of cards have been exposed to water and have a stain. The grading that follows has taken this into account. Highlights: 1-Walker (ex+), 5-Tittle (ex-mt, light stain), 6-Groza (nr mt), 35-Perry (nr mt), 37-Layne (ex-mt, light stain), 43-Motley (ex-mt, light stain), 45-Graham (ex+), 51-Fears (ex-mt), 52-Hirsch (nr mt, o/c), 100-Baugh (nr mt); Balance: 70 cards nr mt, 29 cards ex to ex-mt, 25 cards very good, 1 cards good and 9 high grade cards that have been autographed as follows: #19-Geri, 29-Dudley, 48-Rauch, 66-Gilmore 75-Panelli, 103-Conerly, 129 Trippi, 132 Bednarik and 139 Tershinski.
Winning Bid $1,513
Lot 261. 1951 Bowman set of 144. Nice set with nearly 60% ex-mt. Highlights: 1-Humble (vg), 2-Graham (ex), 4-Waterfield (nr mt), 20-Landry (gd-vg), 32-Tittle (ex+-mt), 34-Baugh (ex-mt), 91-Tunnell (ex+-mt), 102-Layne (good), 109-Motley (vg), 144-Dudley (vg); Balance: 86 cards ex-mt or better, balance average.
Winning Bid $1,330
Lot 262. 1952 Bowman Small near set of 128 (of 144). Nice set with over 40% excellent and better and about 15% autographed. Highlights: 2-Graham (ex-mt, gum stain on back), 4-Owen (ex-mt), 10-Bednarik (vg-ex), 23-Marchetti (poor), 29-McElhenny (vg-ex), 46-Donovan (vg-ex), 78-Layne (nr mt), 83-Perry (nr mt, stain at top), 85-Robustelli (good), 127-Matson (nr mt), 137-Waterfield (good), 142-Landry (fair-good), 144-Lansford (ex-mt). Balance: 48 cards ex-mt or nr mt, 27 cards vg, 17 cards good, 3 cards fair-poor and 20 cards have been autographed as follows: 1-Van Brocklin, 31-Dooley, 32-Mathews, 74-Kuharich, 76-Clark, 92-Pihos, 94-Tarasovic, 95-Shaw, 96-Wightkin, 99-Stydahar, 103-Paul, 105-Groza, 107-Nipp, 109-Quinlan, 110-Simmons, 111-Ratterman, 112-Badaczewski, 118-Hogan, 121-Williams and 126-Romanik. The missing cards are 14, 16-18, 28, 30, 36, 43, 45, 48, 54-57, 63, 72.
Winning Bid $1,952
Lot 263. 1952 Bowman Large near set of 126. Extremely nice and valuable partial set. 37% are ex-mt or better and 51% are excellent or better. Missing cards are 9-10, 36, 63, 72-3, 81-82, 90-91, 100, 108, 118, 127-8, 135, 142 and 144. Highlights: 1-Van Brocklin (ex), 2-Graham (vg-ex), 14-Brown (vg), 16-Gifford (good), 17-Tittle (gd-vg), 23-Marchetti (vg), 27-Miller (gd), 28-Rote (ex-mt), 29-McElhenny (gd), 30-Baugh (vg), 37-Hirsch (gd-vg), 45-Van Buren (ex+), 46-Donovan (vg-ex, autographed), 48-Halas (vg), 78-Layne (ex-mt, o/c), 85-Robustelli (vg-ex), 99-Stydahar (vg), 109-Quinlan (ex-mt), 117-O’Donohue (vg-ex), 126-Romaik (vg), 129-Christiansen (ex-mt), 140-Lary (vg); Balance: 42 cards ex-mt or better, 17 cards excellent, 37 cards very good, 7 cards good;
Winning Bid $2,684
Lot 264. 1953 Bowman Football set of 96 with an SGC high graded Gifford. Extremely nice set with 66% ex-mt or better. Highlights: 1-LeBaron (vg), 6-Walker (vg-ex), 9-Motley (ex), 11-Van Brocklin (ex-mt, o/c), 20-Conerly (nr mt), 21-Layne (nr mt, gum stains), 22-Hirsch (nr mt), 24-Bednarik (ex), 26-Graham (ex+), 32-McElhenny (ex-mt), 43-Gifford (SGC 70 EX+ 5.5), 53-Tunnell (vg), 56-Tittle (vg-ex), 95-Groza (ex-mt), 96-Cross (vg); Balance: 58 cards are ex-mt or better, the balance average vg+.
Winning Bid $1,209
Lot 265. 1954 Bowman Football set of 128. Nice appearing set but a good number of cards have been downgraded for staining. Highlights: 23-Blanda (ex+-mt), 40-Graham (nr mt, corner stain), 55-Gifford (ex) 128-Lattner (ex, stain); Balance: 54 cards ex-mt or better, 32 cards excellent, 38 cards very good, 2 cards good.
Minimum Bid $500
Lot 266. 1955 Bowman Football high grade set of 160. Beautiful set with only a few centering problems and some gum stains preventing a high grade near mint set. Highlights: 1-Walker (vg-ex), 7-Gifford (nr mt, gum stain on rear), 52-Summerall (nr mt), 62-Blanda (ex-mt), 70-Ringo (nr mt, o/c), 71-Layne (nr mt), 72-Tittle (nr mt), 101-St. Clair (nr mt), 119-Gatski (nr mt), 152-Landry (nr mt, tiny gum stain on rear); Balance: 75% near mint, 20% vg-ex+ and 5% gd-vg.
Winning Bid $1,209
Lot 267. Collection of 32 Football wrappers from 1951 to 1981. Group includes 1952 Bowman small 1c, two 1952 Bowman large 5c, 1953 Bowman 5c, 1954 Bowman 1c, 1954 Bowman 5c, 1956 Topps 5c, 1957 Bowman 1c, 1957 Topps 5c, 1958 Topps 1c, 1958 Topps 5c, 1959 Topps 1c, 1959 Topps 5c, 1960 Topps 5c, 1960 Fleer 5c, 1961 Fleer 5c, 1961 Nu-Card, 1962 Topps 5c, 1964 Topps 5c, 1965 Topps 5c, 1966 Topps 5c, 1967 Topps 5c, 1964 Philadelphia 5c, 1965 Philadelphia 5c, 1966 Philadelphia 1c, 1966 Philadelphia 5c, 1967 Philadelphia 5c, 1967 Topps 5c, 1968 Topps 5c, 1968 Topps Cloth Emblem 5c, 1969 Topps 10c, 1974 Topps, 1981 Fleers. Mostly excellent.
Winning Bid $711
Lot 268. 1955 Topps All-American Football set of 100 with 3 cards SGC graded. High grade set with 54% ex-mt or better and 83% excellent or better. Highlights: 1-Hickman (ex), 6-Kinnick (ex), 12-Graham (nr mt), 16-Rockne (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 27-Grange (SGC 84 NM 7), 37-Thorpe (SGC 50 VG/EX 4), 68-Four Horseman (ex-mt), 85-Luckman (ex+), 97-Hutson (ex), 100-Henry (good); Balance: 14 cards nr mt, 35 cards ex-mt, 25 cards excellent, 7 cards very good, 9 cards good;
Winning Bid $1,612
Lot 269. 1956 Topps set of 120. A very high grade set with over 100 cards ex-mt to near mint. Highlights: 1-Carson (ex+-mt), 11-Blanda (nr mt), 13-Janovicz (nr mt), 22-Chi cards (ex+-mt), 41-Brown (nr-mt), 44-Schmidt (ex-mt), 53-Gifford (ex+-mt), 60-Moore (ex-mt), 61-Wash. Redskins (nr mt), 71-Jones (ex-mt), 86-Tittle (nr mt), 101-Grier (ex-mt), 116-Layne (ex+-mt), 120-Vessels (ex-mt, o/c); Balance: Almost all are ex-mt to near mint except for 10 cards which are badly off-center and 6 others which might just grade excellent for corner wear.
Winning Bid $750
Lot 270. 1957 Topps set of 154 with a high grade Bart Starr. Beautiful set with 103 cards nr mt or better (67%). Highlights: 1-LeBaron (vg-ex), 30-Tittle (nr mt), 31-Blanda (nr mt, o/c), 32-Layne (nr mt), 85-Lane (nr mt), 88-Gifford (ex+-mt), 94-Berry (ex-mt), 104-Morrall (nr mt), 119-Starr (SGC 80 NM/MT 6), 124-McDonald (nr mt), 128-Moore (nr mt), 138-Unitas (appears nr mt, but tiny printing wrinkle at upper right), 151-Hornung (appears nr mt, but tiny printing wrinkle at left side), 154-Morrison (vg); Balance of Low numbers (1-88): 54 cards are nr mt or better, 14 cards are ex, 13 cards are vg, 1 card is good; Balance of High numbers (89-154): 42 cards are nr mt, 9 cards are excellent, 7 cards are vg;
Winning Bid $1,463
Lot 271. 1958 Topps Football set of 132 with high SGC grades on Unitas and Brown. Beautiful 95% near mint set. Highlights: 2-Layne (nr mt, o/c), 22-Unitas (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 62-Brown (SGC 80 EX/NM 6), 66-Starr (nr mt) , 73-Gifford (nr mt, o/c), 90-Jurgenson (nr mt), 120-Berry (nr mt, o/c); Balance: Almost all near mint except for an occasional nick or centering problem.
Winning Bid $999
