Lot # 962: 1952 to 1973 Topps, Fleer, and Bowman Shoebox Collection (2,624) Including 284 Hall of Famers

Presented is a baseball "shoebox" collection of 2,624 Topps (including a handful of Bowman, Fleer, Nu-Card, Atlantic, and Red Man) baseball cards spanning the years 1952 to 1973 and highlighted by 284 Hall of Famers, including Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, and Sandy Koufax. This collection consists of the following:

1) 1952 Red Man Tobacco (1 card): #24A Wynn (Vg, no tab).

2) 1953 Topps (1 card): #103 (Pr-Fr).

3) 1953 Bowman Black & White (1 card): #23 (Fr).

4) 1953 Bowman Color (1 card): #33 Reese (Pr).

5) 1954 Bowman (1 card): #10 Erskine (Pr).

6) 1955 Bowman (7 cards): Vg, Gd, Fr, three Pr, and measures small, otherwise Vg. Includes: #39, 49, 66, 117, 185, 258, and 279.

7) 1955 Topps (2 cards): #109 Lopat (Fr-Gd) and 117 (Vg).

8) 1956 Topps (1 card): #315 (Gd).

9) 1957 Topps (6 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr-Gd). Includes: #38 Fox (Vg), 49, 102, 111, 117, and 230 Kell (Vg).

10) 1958 Topps (16 cards): Ranging from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex). Includes: #12, 60, 100 Wynn (Vg-Ex), 188, two 223, 238 Mazeroski (Vg), 320 Ford (Gd), 379, 457, two 480 Mathews AS (both Vg-Ex+), 492, two 494 Spahn AS (Vg+ and Fr-Gd), and 495.

11) 1959 Topps (60 cards): 19% Ex to Ex-Mt, 57% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 24% lesser. Keys: #390 Cepeda, 430 Ford (next card showing, otherwise Vg-Ex), five 455 Doby (Nr/Mt, two Ex+, ,Vg-Ex, and Fr), two 463 Kaline Bat Champ, 468 Snider's Play, and 469 Hustler Banks (Gd+).

12) 1959 Fleer Ted Williams (27 cards): Ranging from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex/Ex and including color toning on some cards), with a couple lesser. Includes: #37, 41, 48, two 49, five 50, 51, three 52, two 53, five 54, 55, four 56, and 57.

13) 1960 Topps (32 cards): 80% range from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg/Vg-Ex) with 20% lesser. Keys: #1 Wynn (Gd+), 35 Ford (Vg), 73 Gibson (Gd), 115 Face/Wilhelm, 148 Yastrzemski RC (next card showing, otherwise Ex), two 420 Mathews (Vg and Gd+), 490 F. Robinson (Fr), and 502 Bunning (Vg).

14) 1961 Nu-Card Baseball Scoops (6 cards): Gd to Vg. Includes: #418, 426, 443 Cobb (Vg), 444, 451, and 454.

15) 1961-1962 Fleer All-Time Greats (9 cards): Six Vg and three Fr. Includes: #10, 28 Foxx, 40, 41, 52, 55, 57, 68 Ott, and 71.

16) 1961 Topps (49 cards): 75% range from Vg to Ex, with 25% lesser. Keys: #10 B. Robinson (Fr-Gd), 30 Fox (Vg-Ex), 35 Santo RC (Pr), 120 Mathews (Gd), two 141 B. Williams RC (Ex and Vg-Ex+), three 211 Gibson (Vg and two Gd), 350 Banks (Vg), two 455 Wynn, 477 Fox MVP, 480 Campanella MVP (Gd), 484 Aaron MVP (Ex), 580 Kaline AS (Fr), and two 586 Ford AS (Gd and Pr).

17) 1962 Topps (3 cards): #40 Cepeda (Vg-Ex), 58 NL Win Ldrs (slight miscut, otherwise Gd), and 315 Ford Tosses Curve (Gd).

18) 1964 Topps (27 cards): Ranging from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex). Keys: #177 Killebrew (Vg+), 244 La Russa RC (Gd), 250 Kaline (Fr), two 300 Aaron (Gd and pencil on reverse, otherwise Gd+), and 440 Clemente (Fr, with small tear of left edge).

19) 1965 Topps (24 cards): 54% ranging from Ex to Nr/Mt, 46% lesser (mostly Vg to Vg-Ex).

20) 1966 Topps (275 cards): Condition is 82% Vg to Vg-Ex (including 4% Ex) and 18% lesser. Keys: #1 Mays (Pr-Fr), 50 Mantle (Pr), 72 Perez (Pr), 76 Schoendienst, 80 Allen (Gd), 100 Koufax (Pr), 106 Staub, 120 Killebrew (Vg), 125 Brock (Pr), and 255 Stargell (Vg).

21) 1967 Topps (177 cards): Condition is 9% Ex or slightly better, 69% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 22% lesser. Keys: Two #5 Ford (Vg and Gd), 100 F. Robinson (Pr), two 166 Mathews (Ex and Vg-Ex), 215 Banks (Pr), 216 Cash/Kaline, 242 NL RBI Ldrs (Pr), 244 NL HR Ldrs (Pr), 315 B. Williams, 333 Jenkins (Vg+), and 500 Marichal (Vg).

22) 1968 Topps (445 cards): Condition is 25% Ex to Ex-Mt, 30% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 45% lesser. Keys: #1 NL Batting Ldrs (Pr), two 37 B. Williams, two 50 Mays (both Pr), two 58 Mathews (Fr and Pr), 85 Perry (Pr), four 86 Stargell (all Vg), 100 Gibson (Pr-Fr), eight 205 Marichal, two 220 Killebrew (Fr and Pr), 230 Rose (Fr), 247 Bench RC (Gd), two 250 Yastrzemski (Vg and Pr), 280 Mantle (Pr), 290 McCovey (Gd), 330 Maris (Pr-Fr), 355 Banks (Fr), 408 Carlton (Vg), and two 410 Jenkins.

23) 1968 Atlantic Play Ball Contest (16 cards): Ranging from Pr to Gd (averaging Pr-Fr). Includes: F. Alou, Aaron, Callison, Campaneris, Cash, Cepeda, Hart, Horlen, Kaline, Maris, Oliva, Pepitone, Tresh, Ward, Wills, and Yastrzemski.

24) 1968 Topps Game (37 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Gd), with a couple slightly better. Keys: #2 Mantle (Fr), 3 Yastrzemski, 4 Aaron (Gd), two 5 Killebrew, 6 Clemente (Gd), 7 F. Robinson, 9 B. Robinson, two 27 Kaline, 29 Carew, and 30 Rose (Gd+).

25) 1969 Topps (541 cards): Condition is 17% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt, 30% Ex to Ex-Mt, 41% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 12% lesser. Keys: #20 Banks (Gd), 50 Clemente (Gd+), two 75 Aparicio, three 82 Oliver RC, 85 Brock (Fr-Gd), 95 Bench (Fr), 120 Rose (next card showing, otherwise Gd), 216 Sutton, 235 Hunter, two 250 F. Robinson (Vg and Pr), 260 R. Jackson RC (Vg), two 355 Niekro, 370 Marichal (Vg-Ex), two 400 Drysdale (Gd and Fr-Gd), 416 McCovey AS, 419 Carew AS, two 421 B. Robinson AS, 424 Rose AS (Fr), 430 Bench AS (Vg), two 440 McCovey (Vg and Pr-Fr), three 460 Torre, two Perry 485, 500 Mantle (Vg), 516 Weaver RC (Vg), two 539 Ted Shows How, 550 B. Robinson (Fr), two 565 Wilhelm, 630 Bonds RC (Fr), and 650 T. Williams.

26) 1969 Topps Deckle (14 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd-Vg). Includes: #1 B. Robinson, 3, 5, 7, 11a Wilhelm (Gd), 12 Carew (Gd), 14, 20, 22a Staub (Pr-Fr), 23, 26 Allen, 28, 29 Gibson, and 30.

27) 1970 Topps (376 cards): Condition is 23% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some Nr/Mt), 67% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 10% lesser. Keys: #1 World Champs (Vg), 10 Yastrzemski (Fr), two 170 B. Williams, four 210 Marichal (three Vg-Ex and Vg+), 240 Jenkins, two 250 McCovey (both Vg), 411 Dodgers, 454 Santo AS, 455 B. Robinson AS, 459 Jackson AS (Vg), 463 F. Robinson AS, 530 Gibson (Fr), 555 Cepeda, 622 Sutton (Pr), 630 Banks (Pr), and 712 Ryan (Vg).

28) 1970 Topps Scratch-Offs (4 cards, detached fronts of booklets): Aaron (scratched off, otherwise Vg), Bando (scratched off, otherwise Vg), Kaline (scratched off, otherwise Vg), and J. Wynn (scratched off, otherwise Vg).

29) 1970 Fleer World Series (16 cards): Vg-Ex to Ex overall, with one measuring small.

30) 1973 Topps (449 cards): Condition is 40% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 40% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 20% Gd to Vg (including 5% lesser). Keys: #50 Clemente (Vg-Ex), 90 B. Robinson (Vg), four 100 Aaron (Vg-Ex, two Vg, and Gd), 130 Rose (Vg+), 142 Munson (Vg-Ex), two 165 Aparicio, 170 Killebrew (Ex-Mt), 175 F. Robinson (Vg), 190 Gibson, 230 Morgan, 280 Kaline (Ex), five 300 Carlton (two Vg, two Gd, and Fr), four 305 Mays (Vg-Ex, two Gd, and Pr-Fr), three 310 Allen, 320 Brock, five 330 Carew, two 350 Seaver (Vg-Ex and Gd), three 370 Stargell, three 380 Bench (Ex, Vg, and Gd), two 400 Perry, two 410 McCovey, two 475 Cobb ATL.

This is a very substantial collection of mixed-grade cards with many notable highlights from these popular sets! Total: 2,624 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.