Lot # 1325: 1959 Topps Near-Complete Set (568/572) Including 28 PSA-Graded Cards

Very attractive mid- to high-grade near-complete set of 1959 Topps Baseball consisting of 568 different cards (out of 572 in a set). Missing the following four cards for completion: #10 Mantle, 50 Mays, 478 Clemente and 514 Gibson. Includes a duplicate of #559 Banks AS. Condition is 23% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 38% Ex, 33% Vg-Ex, and 6% Gd to Vg (mostly Vg and including a couple lesser). Twenty-eight cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA. Keys: #1 Frick (EX-MT 6), 20 Snider (EX 5), 40c Spahn/1921 (Ex), 150 Musial (Vg+), 163 Koufax (EX-MT 6), 180 Berra (Pr-Fr due to two pinholes), 202 Maris (NM 7), 212 Fence Busters (EX-MT 6), 317 NL Hitting Kings (Ex+), 338 Anderson RC (EX-MT 6), 350 Banks (EX-MT 6), 360 Kaline (NM 7), 380 Aaron (EX 5), 387 Drysdale (Ex due to centering), 430 Ford (Vg-Ex), 435 F. Robinson (Ex), 439 B. Robinson (NM 7), 450 Mathews (EX-MT 6), 461 Mantle Homer (EX 5), 464 Mays' Catch (Ex), 467 Aaron Clubs Homer (Vg-Ex), 509 Cash RC (EX-MT 6), 510 Yankees Team (Ex), 515 Killebrew (VG-EX 4), 543 Corsair Outfield Trio w/ Clemente (Vg-Ex), 550 Campanella (VG-EX 4), two 559 Banks AS (EX-MT 6 and Vg-Ex+), 561 Aaron AS (NM 7), 563 Mays AS (EX-MT 6), 564 Mantle AS (EX-MT 6), and 571 Spahn AS (NM-MT 8). Eight additional PSA-graded cards: #2 (NM 7), 352 Roberts (EX 5), 353 (NM 7), 390 Cepeda (NM 7), 429 Thomson (MINT 9), 485 (NM-MT 8), 495 (NM 7), and 530 (EX-MT+ 6.5). Very attractive mid- to high-grade near-complete set of 1959 Topps, one of the most popular and classic of all baseball-card sets. The SMR value for just 26 of the PSA-graded cards (not including the two cards graded VG-EX 4 and factoring in the half grade at the lower whole-grade level) is $1,643. Total: 569 cards (near set of 568 plus one duplicate).