Lot # 1562: 1962 Topps Near-Complete Set (592/598) Plus 46 Variations Including 275 Graded Cards

Presented is an exceptionally attractive and mostly high-grade near-complete set of 1962 Topps, one of the most popular and classic of all baseball-card sets. Accompanying the near-set of 592 different cards (of the 598 in the set) are an additional 46 variations, for a total of 638 cards! Missing the following 11 cards for a complete basic set (all offered as separate lots in this auction): #10 Clemente, 18 Manager's Dream, 200 Mantle, 320 Aaron, 350 F. Robinson, and 387 Brock. The forty-six variations consist of fifteen significant variations (#22, 129, 132, 134, 139 [three], 147, 174, 176, 190, 192, 441, 458, 462, and 516) and thirty-one green-tint variations (#110, 115, 116, 119, 121, 124, 127, 128, 137, 138, 142, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 161, 163, 167, 168, 171, 175, 178, 181, 184, 187, 188, 189, and 191). A total of 275 cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by PSA (267), SGC (4), GAI (3), and CGC (1).

PSA Grading Composite: NM-MT 8 (194 cards): #4, 6, 13, 17, 19 (GAI), 20, 22a/121-176 on back, 23, 29 Stengel, 30 Mathews, 31, 33 Larsen, 37, 38, 41, 44, 46, 50 Musial (SGC 88), 52, 54, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 65, 70 Killebrew (SGC 88), 75, 80, 81, 82, 85 Hodges, 88 Houk, 89, 94, 95, 96, 100 Spahn, 101, 104, 106, 110 Skowron/green tint, 115 green tint, 116/green tint, 120, 121/green tint, 124, 128/green tint, 129a/pinstriped jersey, 132b/no inset photos, 133, 136/green tint, 137/green tint, 138/green tint, 139a Reniff/portrait, 150 Kaline, 159, 171/green tint, 174b/no cap, 175/green tint, 184/green tint (NM-MT+ 8.5), 189/green tint, 202, 211, 213, 217 Alston, 225, 231, 232, 233, 245, 249, 251 Yankees Team, 255, 256, 258, 259, 261, 263, 265 (GAI), 267, 272, 282 (GAI), 285, 286, 289, 294, 299, 311, 313 Maris Blast, 318 Switch Hitter Connects - Mantle, 328, 330, 333, 335, 338, 339, 359, 368, 370, 373, 379, 380, 384, 385, 386, 388, 403, 409, 410, 412, 422, 423 Face/Wilhelm, 424, 431, 437, 439, 441a/large checklist, 442, 444, 445, 450, 456, 457, 458a/m on cap, 462a/w on cap, 465, 470 Kaline AS, 475 Ford AS, 476, 478, 482, 486, 488, 490, 494, 495, 499, 500 Snider, 501, 506, 507, 508, 509, 512, 513, 514, 516b/white boxes, 517, 518, 524, 527, 528, 529, 531, 532, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 540 (NM-MT+ 8.5), 541, 542, 544 McCovey (CGC NM/MT+ 8.5), 545 Wilhelm, 546, 547, 549, 550, 551, 555, 556, 557, 562, 566, 567, 568, 569, 571, 574, 575 Schoendienst, 576, 578, 580, 581, 584, 585, 586, 587, 591, 592 Bouton RC, 594 Uecker RC, and 595. NM 7 (81 cards): #1 Maris (SGC 84), 2, 5 Koufax, 7, 15, 21 Kaat, 26, 34, 51, 53 AL HR Ldrs, 99 Powell RC, 109, 111, 125, 131, 134a/green sky, 135, 138, 141, 143, 147b/portrait, 149/green tint, 154/green tint, 155, 156, 157, 167, 168/green tint, 172, 174a/with cap, 175, 183, 186, 191/green tint, 191, 192a/with comma, 195, 212, 214, 220, 222, 223, 234, 243 Roberts, 250, 264, 290, 292, 300 Mays, 303, 304, 321, 322, 323, 340 Drysdale, 341, 360 Berra, 361, 364, 367, 372 (NM+ 7.5), 375, 377, 381, 393, 398 Drysdale AS, 404, 425 Yastrzemski, 427, 429, 451, 463, 471 Mantle AS, 472, 498, 502, 503, 505 Marichal, 530 Gibson (SGC 84), 552, and 596 Pepitone RC.

Unencapsulated Keys: #25 Banks (Ex+), 45 B. Robinson (Ex-Mt), 139b Reniff/pitching (Ex-Mt), 139d Babe Hits 60/no pole in background (Nr/Mt), 140 Gehrig/Ruth (Ex-Mt+), 199 Perry RC (Ex+), 218 Torre RC (Ex-Mt), 310 Ford (Ex+), 394 Aaron AS (Ex-Mt+), 395 Mays AS (measures a bit small, otherwise Nr/Mt), 401 Maris/Cepeda (Ex-Mt), and 598 Hickman RC (Ex). This is an extremely impressive 1962 Topps near-complete set, far superior to the average set of this very condition-sensitive issue. At a total of 638 cards, the offered group provides an outstanding foundation toward completion of a true master set. The equivalent SMR value for just 272 of the graded cards (factoring in the three half grades at the lower whole-grade level and not including the three GAI-graded cards) is $18,394. Total: 638 cards (near set of 592 plus 46 variations). The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.