Lot # 1505: 1966 Topps Near-Complete Set (524/598)

Presented is a near-complete set of 1966 Topps baseball consisting of 524 different cards (out of 598 in the set). The 1966 Topps set features all the stars of the day, which in this era includes so many (Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Koufax, etc.). Includes the following twenty-two duplicates: #1 Mays, 54, three 100 Koufax, two 110 Banks, two 160 Ford, 177, 200 Mathews, 214, 246, 254 Jenkins RC, 279, 354, 360, 412, 420 Marichal, and three 500 Aaron. Condition is 29% Ex (including a few Ex-Mt), 56% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 15% lesser (including forty-seven due mostly to tiny ink marks on the reverse). Keys: Two #1 Mays (Vg and tiny ink mark on reverse, otherwise Vg), 30 Rose (Vg-Ex), 50 Mantle (Pr), 70 Yastrzemski (Vg-Ex), 72 Perez (Ex+), four 100 Koufax (Vg-Ex and three with tiny ink marks on reverse, otherwise Vg), three 110 Banks (Vg and two with tiny ink marks on reverse, otherwise Vg), 120 Killebrew (Vg-Ex), 125 Brock (Vg-Ex), 126 Palmer RC (Vg-Ex), three 160 Ford (Vg-Ex+ and two with tiny ink marks on reverse, otherwise Vg+), 195 Morgan (tiny ink mark on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), two 200 Mathews (Vg and tiny ink mark on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex), 215 NL Batting Ldrs (Vg), two 254 Jenkins RC (Ex and Pr-Fr), 288 Sutton RC (Ex), 300 Clemente (Vg-Ex), 310 F. Robinson (Ex), 320 Gibson (Vg-Ex), 365 Maris (Vg), 390 B. Robinson (Ex), 410 Kaline (Ex), and four 500 Aaron (Vg-Ex+ and three with tiny ink marks on reverse, otherwise Vg-Ex, Vg+, and Fr-Gd). Missing the following seventy-four cards for completion: #85, 523, 524, 525, 526 526 Twins, 527, 528, 529, 530 Roberts, 531, 533, 534, 535 Davis, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540 McLain, 541, 542, 543, 545, 545, 546, 547, 548, 550 McCovey, 551-575 (555 Perranoski and 561 Coleman), and 577-598 (580 B. Williams, 583 Tigers, 590 Skowron, 591 Jackson, and 598 Perry). This is an attractive mid-grade near-complete set of this Topps classic, loaded with stars and Hall of Famers, dating from the heart of the 1960s. Total: 546 cards (near set of 524 plus 22 duplicates).