Lot # 1364: 1960 to 1963 Topps Collection (1,237) Including Two Partial Sets and 56 Hall of Famers

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Presented is a shoebox collection of 1,237 Topps cards from four classic 1960s card sets, highlighted by fifty-six Hall of Famers, including rookie examples of Carl Yastrzemski, Willie McCovey, Gaylord Perry, and Willie Stargell. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1960 Topps Partial Set (281/572) Plus 341 Duplicates: Condition is 68% Vg-Ex to Ex (including a few Ex-Mt) and 32% Gd to Vg (including 4% lesser). Keys: #1 Wynn (Vg-Ex), two 7 Mays/Rigney (both Vg-Ex), two 28 B. Robinson (Vg/Vg-Ex and Vg), two 50 Kaline (Ex due to centering and Vg-Ex), two 55 Mazeroski, two 73 Gibson (Vg-Ex and Gd), 148 Yastrzemski RC (Ex), 160 Mantle/Boyer (Vg-Ex), 250 Musial (Vg+), 264 Roberts, 316 McCovey RC (Fr), three 475 Drysdale (Ex and two Vg-Ex), 493 Snider (Vg-Ex), 554 McCovey AS (Gd), and 566 Aaron AS (Vg-Ex+). 2) 1961 Topps Partial Set (388/587) Plus 73 Duplicates: Condition is 21% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some Nr/Mt), 70% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 9% lesser (including some due to tape on the fronts). Keys: #20 Roberts, 30 Fox, 63 Kaat, 88 Ashburn, 120 Mathews (Vg-Ex), 160 Ford (Pr), 207 Koufax/Podres (Vg+), 228 Yankees Team (Vg), 360 F. Robinson (Nr/Mt due to centering), 380 Minoso, 425 Berra (Ex), 429 Kaline (Ex), 435 Cepeda, 440 Aparicio, 443 Snider (Vg), 455 Wynn, 460 Hodges, 490 Bunning, 505 Schoendienst. Missing the following 199 cards for completion: #1, 2 Maris, 3, 10 B. Robinson, 21, 25, 26, 35 Santo, 36, 37, 40, 43, 44 AL HR Ldrs, 48, 52, 59, 68, 70, 80 Killebrew, 95, 98, 106, 109, 113, 133, 136, 141 B. Williams, 150 Mays, 180, 200 Spahn, 202, 211 Gibson, 212, 213, 218, 219, 221, 223, 232, 233, 239, 240, 241, 244, 252, 260 Drysdale, 280, 282, 287 Yastrzemski, 290 Musial, 297, 300 Mantle, 306, 307 Mantle WS Gm. 2, 309, 310, 312, 313, 327, 333, 339, 340, 342, 343, 344 Koufax, 346, 348, 350 Banks, 356, 359, 361, 371, 372, 375, 376, 379, 385, 387, 388 Clemente, 389, 395, 396, 399, 401 Ruth Hits 60th, 402, 403, 404, 405 Gehrig Benched, 406 Mantle Blasts HR, 407, 408, 409, 410, 412, 413, 415 Aaron, 417 Marichal, 423, 426, 427, 428, 430, 436, 437, 439, 444, 456, 457, 461, 463, 465, 471, 472, 473, 475 Mantle MVP, 476, 477, 478 Maris MVP, 479, 480, 482 Mays MVP, 483, 484 Aaron MVP, 485, 489, 491, 492, 493, 495, 496, 497, 501, 506, 510, 515, 516, 517 McCovey, 520, 522, 523, 525, 527, 528, 529, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 553, 554, 555, and 557-587 (576 Maris AS, 577 Aaron AS, 578 Mantle AS, and 579 Mays AS). 3) 1962 Topps (145 cards): Condition is 53% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt (including a few Nr/Mt-Mt) and 47% Vg-Ex to Ex (including a few lesser, two with color added, and a couple with a slight miscut). Keys: Two #1 Maris (out of focus, otherwise Vg-Ex+ and trimmed with color added, otherwise Ex), 17 Callison (signed, Vg), 18 Manager's Dream (0/100 T/B, otherwise Ex), 21 Kaat (Ex-Mt), 28 Minoso, 53 AL HR Ldrs (Vg), 54 NL HR Ldrs, two 73 Fox (Ex-Mt+ and Vg-Ex due to centering), three 99 Powell RC (Nr/Mt+, Nr/Mt, and Ex-Mt), 170 Santo, 199 Perry RC (Vg-Ex), 208 Martin, 320 Aaron (color added, otherwise Ex), 468 B. Robinson AS (Ex), and 505 Marichal (Vg). 4) 1963 Topps (9 cards, all rookies): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex overall, including two with a miscut side edge. Includes: #353 407, 466 Freehan RC (Ex), 496, 522, 549, 553 Stargell RC (Vg-Ex+), 558 Hunt RC (Ex+), and 562 McNally RC (miscut left edge, otherwise Vg). This is a substantial collection of cards, with many notable highlights, from these extremely popular 1960s Topps sets! Total: 1,237 cards. Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.