Lot # 1366: 1960 to 1969 Topps and Fleer Shoebox Collection (1,129) Including 56 Hall of Famers

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Presented is an extremely impressive collection of 1,129 baseball cards (mostly Topps, with some Fleer and Post Cereal), spanning the years 1960 to 1969. The collection is highlighted by dozens of stars and Hall of Famers including Mickey Mantle, Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, and Pete Rose. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1960 Fleer Greats(44 cards): Condition is 11% Nr/Mt or better, 25% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 64% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser). Includes the following: #1 Lajoie (Vg-Ex, 4 Hubbell (Ex+), 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, two 15, 16, three 18, 20, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, two 35, 36 Ott (Vg), 37, 38, 40, 45, 47 Young (Vg-Ex), 48 Wilson (Nr/Mt-Mt), 49, 50, 51, 56, 57, 63, 68, 69, 70, 73, 75, two 76, 77, and 78. 2) 1960 Topps (145 cards): Condition ranges from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd+), with 10% better. Keys: #1 Wynn (Vg), 10 Banks (Fr), 50 Kaline (Pr), 264 Roberts (Gd+), 295 Hodges (Fr), 326 Clemente (Fr), 332 Yankees Team (marked, otherwise Vg), 352 Cincy Clouters, 420 Mathews (Gd+), 429 Kuenn/Fox, two 445 Spahn (Ex-Mt and Vg), 480 Berra (Gd+), and 555 Fox AS (Vg). 3) 1961-1962 Fleer Greats(29 cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex/Ex), with a couple lesser. Includes the following: #3, 14 Cobb (Vg), 19, 22, 23, 31 Gehrig (Vg-Ex), 41, 42, 51, 53, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 67, 74, 77, 78, 80, 81, 86, 103, 106, 142, 145, and 148. 4) 1961 Post Cereal (1 card): #4 Mantle (Pr, company). 5) 1961 Topps (66 cards): Condition is 16% Ex to Ex-Mt (including a few better), 45% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 39% lesser (including one trimmed. Keys: #10 B. Robinson (Gd), 21 Roberts (Gd), 160 Ford (Vg), 260 Drysdale (Vg+), 290 Musial (Vg-Ex), 425 Berra (Ink marks on reverse, otherwise Vg), 455 Wynn (Vg-Ex+), 478 Maris MVP (100/0 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex), and 505 Schoendienst (Vg-Ex+). 6) 1962 Post Cereal (1 card): #7 Berra (Pr). 7) 1963 Post Cereal (3 cards): #18 (Pr-Fr), 19 Ford (Vg), and 21 (Pr). 8) 1963 Jell-O (1 card): #13 Richardson (Pr-Fr). 9) 1964 Topps (1 card): #299 (Nr/Mt). 10) 1965 Topps (51 cards): Condition is 25% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some better), 56% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 18% lesser. Key: #1 AL Batting Ldrs (Vg-Ex) and 330 Ford (Vg). 11) 1965 Topps Embossed (67 cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex/Ex), with a couple lesser. Keys: Two #8 Koufax (both Ex), five 11 Mantle (Ex-Mt, Ex, two Vg-Ex, Vg), 16 B. Robinson (Vg-Ex), 19 Clemente (Vg), two 27 Mays (both Vg+), 58 Banks (Vg-Ex), and 59 Aaron (Ex). 12) 1966 Topps (177 cards): Condition is 37% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some better), 44% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 19% lesser. Keys: #30 Rose (Vg), 72 Perez (90/10 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex), 120 Killebrew (Gd), 132 Cepeda (Vg-Ex), 213 Newman (unauthenticated pen signature, otherwise Ex), 249 Rigney (unauthenticated pen signature, otherwise Vg-Ex), 288 Sutton RC (Gd), 300 Clemente (90/10 L/R, otherwise Ex+), 310 F. Robinson (Ex), 320 Gibson (Fr), 365 Maris (Fr), 445 Kaat (Nr/Mt-Mt+), 526 Twins SP (Gd), and 590 Skowron (Vg). Five additional high numbers (#523-598): #552 (Fr), two 553 (Ex and Fr), 563 (Vg-Ex+), and 596 (Gd). 13) 1966 Topps Rub Offs (72 cards): Condition is 32% Ex or better, 48% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 20% lesser (including a few miscut and some with miscut centering). There is considerable size variance within this group. Keys: Aaron (Ex), Allen, Banks, Bunning, Clemente (Vg), Drysdale, Ford, Gibson, Killebrew, Koufax (Ex-Mt), Mazeroski, Oliva, and F. Robinson. 14) 1967 Topps (135 cards): Condition is 30% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some better), 46% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 24% lesser. Keys: #5 Ford (Ex), 45 Maris (10/90 L/R, otherwise Ex), 60 Aparicio, 103 Checklist-Mantle (marked front and back, otherwise Vg-Ex), 200 Mays (85/15 L/R, otherwise Ex), 210 Gibson (2/98 L/R, otherwise Ex), 215 Banks (next card showing, otherwise Nr/Mt), 285 Brock (Pr-Fr), 320 Perry (Gd), two 326 Uecker (Ex and Fr), two 333 Jenkins (Ex and Fr), 334 Allison/Killebrew (Gd), two 350 Torre (Ex and Pr), and 355 Yastrzemski (Pr). 15) 1968 Topps (154 cards): Condition is 18% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt, 23% Ex to Ex-Mt (including some better), 44% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 15% lesser. Keys: #1 NL Batting Ldrs (Vg-Ex+), 3 NL RBI Ldrs (Ex), 5 NL HR Ldrs, 37 B. Williams, 85 Perry (Ex), 100 Gibson (Vg), 103 Sutton (Nr/Mt-Mt+), 145 Drysdale (Nr/Mt-Mt), 290 McCovey (Nr/Mt-Mt), 310 Aparicio (Nr/Mt-Mt+), 355 Banks (Nr/Mt), 369 Yastrzemski AS (Nr/Mt), and 520 Mays (Ex). 16) 1968 Topps Game (20 cards): Condition is Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt overall, with a couple higher and lower. Keys: #3 Yastrzemski (Ex-Mt), 8 Mays (Nr/Mt+), 9 B. Robinson, 19 Santo, 23 Allen, 27 Kaline (Ex-Mt), 29 Carew (Ex-Mt), and 30 Rose (Nr/Mt). 17) 1969 Topps (137 cards): Condition is 30% Nr/Mt-Mt, 40% Ex to Ex-Mt, 30% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #1 AL Batting Ldrs, 20 Banks (Nr/Mt-Mt), 50 Clemente (Nr/Mt), 75 Aparicio, 95 Bench (Ex-Mt due solely to centering), 99b Nettles RC/no loop (Nr/Mt), 100 Aaron (80/20 L/R, otherwise Nr/Mt+), 120 Rose (Nr/Mt-Mt), 130 Yastrzemski (90/10 T/B, otherwise Ex+), 175 Bunning (Ex), and 190 Mays (Ex+). 18) 1969 Topps Deckle Edge (25 cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Vg-Ex+), with most grades determined by centering. Keys: #1 B. Robinson (Ex-Mt), 4 Yastrzemski, 11 Wilhelm, 12 Carew, 19 Santo, 21 Rose (Vg), 26 Allen, 29 Gibson, 31 McCovey, 32 Marichal, and 33 Mays (Vg-Ex due to centering). This is a very attractive mixed-grade collection of baseball cards from eighteen classic 1960s sets with numerous highlights. Total: 1,129 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.