Lot # 2474: 1950 to 1973 Topps, Bowman, and Philadelphia Football Shoebox Collection (1,938) Including 320 Hall of Famers

Very substantial shoebox collection of 1,938 cards from twenty-eight different Topps, Bowman, Philadelphia, Fleer, and Post Cereal football-card sets spanning the years 1950 to 1973. The collection is highlighted by 320 Hall of Famers, including Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, and Frank Gifford. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1950 Bowman (2 cards): #56 (Ex+) and 77 (Ex). 2) 1951 Bowman (22 cards): Condition ranges from Pr to Vg (averaging Gd), with a couple better. Includes: #8, 33, 41, 50, 51, two 54, 58, 60, 61, 62 Creekmur RC (Vg), 67, 68, 82, 85, 91 Tunnell RC (Gd), 95, 97, 103, 123, 136, and 137 Trippi (Vg). 3) 1952 Bowman Small (1 card): #35 (Vg+). 4) 1952 Bowman Large (3 cards): #60 (Vg), 103 (85/15 T/B, otherwise Ex+), and 107 (Vg-Ex). 5) 1954 Bowman (10 cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex. Includes: #16, 17, 51, 63, 64, 67, 73, 79, 90, and 111 Lavelli. 6) 1955 Bowman (7 cards): #16 Conerly (Vg-Ex), 33 (Vg), 42 Johnson RC (Vg-Ex+), 44 Perry (Vg-Ex+), 45 (Vg-Ex), 82 Richter (Ex), and 160 (Vg+). 7) 1955 Topps All-American (1 card): #76 (Ex+). 8) 1956 Topps (47 cards, 46 different): Condition ranges from Gd to Ex (averaging Vg/Vg-Ex), with one Fr. Keys: #8 Creekmur, 20 Christiansen, 28 Bednarik (Ex+), 44 Schmidt RC (Vg+), 50 McElhenny, 60 Moore RC (Vg), 61 Redskins Team SP (Vg-Ex), 74 Nomellini, 78 Hirsch, 87 Stautner, 94 SP, and 109 SP. 9) 1958 Topps (89 cards, 60 different): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex/Ex), with a couple higher and lower. Keys: Two #2 Layne (Ex and Vg+), two 3 Schmidt, 10 Moore, two 15 Robustelli, 16 Marchetti, two 32 Dillon, two 35 Bednarik, 59 McCormack, 66 Starr (20/80 L/R, otherwise Ex-Mt), 70 Christiansen, 76 Butler, two 84 Conerly, three 86 Tittle (two Ex and Vg+), three 89 Nomellini, 93 Perry, two 102 Brown, three 120 Berry (Ex-Mt and two Ex), 122 McElhenny, and two 129 Blanda (Ex and Vg). 10) 1959 Topps (89 cards, 87 different): Condition ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex), with a few lesser. Keys: #1 Unitas (Fr), 10 Brown (Vg), 20 Gifford (Pr due to pen on front), 22 Butler, 23 Starr (Pr-Fr), 40 Layne (Vg+), 44 Johnson, 58 St. Clair, 60 Groza, 65 Conerly, 75 Ringo, 82 Hornung (Vg), 96 Jones, 100 Moore, 109 Marchetti, 114 R. Brown, 130 Tittle (Vg-Ex), 131 Lary, 132 Parker RC (Ex), 140 Mitchell RC (Vg+), 147 Robustelli, and 155 Taylor RC (Vg-Ex). 11) 1960 Topps (59 cards, 51 different): Condition ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex+). Keys: #3 Moore, two 4 Berry, 17 Jones, 46 Schmidt, 48 Lary, two 54 Hornung (Nr/Mt and slighty miscut, otherwise Vg-Ex), 72 Conerly, 81 Robustelli, three 93 Layne (Nr/Mt and two Vg-Ex), two 116 McElhenny, 118 St. Clair, 121 Nomellini, and 132 Redskins (Ex). 12) 1960 Fleer (51 cards, 41 different): Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with a few slightly lesser. Keys: #7 Gillman (Vg+) and 124 Kemp RC (Ex-Mt). 13) 1961 Topps (83 cards, 72 different): Condition ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex), with a few lesser. Keys: #1 Unitas (Gd+), 2 Moore, 14 Jones, 44 Ringo, 50 Matson, 58 Tittle (Ex), 67 Checklist (Ex), 70 Mitchell, 79 McElhenny, 85 Conerly, two 90 Robustelli, two 95 Jurgensen (Ex and Vg), and 105 Johnson. 14) 1961 Fleer (25 cards, 21 different): Condition is Vg to Vg-Ex, with a couple Ex. 15) 1962 Fleer (55 cards, 51 different): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex), with a couple Nr/Mt and a few lesser. Keys: #16 Shaw RC (Ex), 46 Blanda (Ex), 68 Flores (Ex-Mt), and 79 Kemp (Ex). 16) 1962 Post (27 cards, 13 different): Without reference to the neatness of the hand cuts, the condition ranges from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Gd). Keys: #38 McDonald, 52 Lary, and two 162 Lundy. 17) 1963 Topps Partial Set (107/170) Plus 12 Duplicates: Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex+), with a few lesser. Keys: #2 Moore, 5 Parker, 8 Marchetti, 17 McCormack, two 19 Groza, three 32 Lane, 33 Lary, 44 Jones RC (Vg), 59 Huff, 86 Starr (Ex), two 89 Gregg, 95 Wood RC (Vg-Ex), 103 McElhenny, two 107 Marshall RC (Ex+ and Vg-Ex), two 123 Johnson, 129 Stautner, two 134 Brodie, 140 St. Clair, 143 Nomellini, four 155 Wilson RC (Nr/Mt, Ex-Mt+, Ex-Mt, and Vg-Ex+), and 159 Mitchell. 18) 1964 Topps Partial Set (103/176) Plus 13 Duplicates: Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with a few lesser. Keys: #3 Buoniconti, 38 Shaw, 82 Checklist (partially erased marks, otherwise Vg+), 92 Buchanan RC (Ex), 125 Snell RC, 155 Alworth (Ex-Mt), 159 Hadl RC (Ex-Mt due to centering), and 176 Checklist (marked, otherwise Vg). 19) 1964 Philadelphia (100 cards, 74 different): Condition is 80% ranging from Ex to Nr/Mt (including a few Nr/Mt-Mt) and 20% Vg to Vg-Ex. Keys: #8 Parker, 15 Atkins, two 50 McDonald, 62 Lary, two 66 Schmidt, 72 Davis RC (Ex), 73 Gregg, two 75 Jordan, two 76 Kramer, 78 Ringo, 89 Gabriel, 114 R. Brown, 124 Tittle (Ex+), and 161 Johnson RC (Ex). 20) 1965 Philadelphia Partial Set (127/198) Plus 15 Duplicates: Condition is 21% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 65% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 14% Gd to Vg (including a couple lesser). Keys: #2 Berry, three 10 Parker, 19 Ditka (Ex-Mt), two 49 McDonald, 63 Lary, two 75 Gregg, two 76 Hornung (Ex-Mt and Ex), 81 Starr (Ex-Mt), 87 Gabriel, two 89 Jones, 105 Eller RC (Vg), 147 J. H. Johnson, 176 Jim Johnson, two 187 Huff, 188 Jurgenson, 189 Krause RC (Vg-Ex+), and 191 Mitchell. 21) 1966 Philadelphia (99 different cards): Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex/Ex), with a couple slightly higher and lower. Keys: #1 Falcons, 18 Mackey, 21 Moore, 60 Lilly, 61 Meredith, 63 Renfro, 69 Karras, 85 Gregg, 97 McDonald, 102 Olsen, 114 Tarkenton (Vg), 115 Tingelhoff, 185 Jurgensen (Ex-Mt), 197 Checklist 1 (Ex), and 198 Checklist 2 (marked, otherwise Vg+). 22) 1967 Topps (10 cards): Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with one Vg. Includes: #8, 9, 50, 68, 70, 76, 94, 96, 109, and 129. 23) 1969 Topps (9 different cards): Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt). Keys: #100 Namath (Nr/Mt) and 192 Buoniconti. 24) 1969 Topps Four-in-One (1 card): Namath (Nr/Mt). 25) 1970 Topps Partial Set (158/263) Plus 6 Duplicates: Condition ranges from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with a few better and 10% lesser. Includes 30 Hall of Famers. Keys: #1 Dawson (Ex), two 10 Griese, 25 Stenerud RC (Nr/Mt+), 55 Nitschke, 59 Page RC (Ex+ due solely to centering and Vg-Ex), two 70 Sayers (both Ex), two 75 Barney RC (both Ex), 80 Tarkenton (Vg-Ex), 85 Biletnikoff, 87 Lilly, 114 Smith RC (Ex+), 150 Namath (Gd), 200 Jurgensen, 240 Alworth, and 260 Hill RC/name in red (Ex-Mt). 26) 1971 Topps Partial Set (141/263) Plus 6 Duplicates: Condition ranges from Vg to Ex-Mt (averaging Vg-Ex+), with a few slightly higher and lower. Includes 31 Hall of Famers. Keys: #1 Unitas (Vg+), 3 Schottenheimer RC, 10 Alworth, two 19 Maynard, 25 Butkus (Vg-Ex), 39 Blanda, two 50 Jurgensen, 91 Morris RC, 106 Checklist (Vg-Ex), 113 Houston RC (Ex), two 114 Lanier RC (Ex+ due solely to centering and Vg-Ex), and 120 Tarkenton (Ex). 27) 1972 Topps (6 cards): #93 Hendricks RC (Ex-Mt), 120 Bradshaw PA (Nr/Mt), 122 Staubach PA (Vg-Ex+), 160 Simpson (Ex-Mt+), 165 Unitas (Ex+), and 240 Little RC (Nr/Mt-Mt). 28) 1973 Topps Near-Complete Set (441/528) Plus 13 Duplicates: Condition ranges from Vg to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex), with a few better and 10% lesser (mostly due to miscut centering). Includes 59 Hall of Famers. Keys: #89 Harris RC (Vg-Ex), 115 Ham RC (Ex+), 171 Riley RC (Ex), 280 Greene, 300 Butkus, 322 Dierdorf RC (Vg-Ex), 335 Dawson, 400 Namath (Ex), 455 Unitas (next card showing), 475 Staubach (100/0 L/R, otherwise Ex+), 487 Stabler RC (0/100 L/R, otherwise Ex), and 500 Simpson. A very attractive and sizable collection of cards from these classic football-card sets with countless highlights. Total: 1,938 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.