Lot # 845: 1948 to 1972 Topps, Fleer, Bowman, and Post Cereal Shoebox Collection (1,729) Including 153 Hall of Famers

Presented is a baseball "shoebox" collection of 1,729 Bowman, Fleer, Post Cereal, and Topps baseball cards spanning the years 1948 to 1972 and highlighted by 153 (not including the Fleer Greats sets) Hall of Famers, including Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron, as well as the rookie cards of Warren Spahn, Ralph Kiner, Phil Rizzuto, and Carlton Fisk. In the following composite, all Post Cereal cards are graded without reference to the neatness of the hand cuts. We have selected five cards for grading and encapsulation by SGC. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1948 Bowman (28 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr). Includes: #1 Elliott RC (Pr), 3 Kiner RC (Gd+), 4 Mize (Pr), 5 Feller (SGC VG 3), two 7 Reiser SP (both Pr), two 8 Rizzuto RC (Fr and Pr), two 9, 10, 12 Sain RC (Fr), two 13, 18 Spahn RC (Pr), 19 Henrich (Pr), two 20, 23, 24, two 25, 26, 27, two 28, 30 Lockman SP (Gd), 31, and 32. 2) 1951 Bowman (1 card): #215 (Pr). 3) 1952 Topps (2 cards): #79 (Pr, black back) and 133 (Fr). 4) 1953 Topps (44 cards): Ranging from Pr to Gd (averaging Fr), with a couple Vg.Does not include any cards from the high-number series (#221-280). Keys: #138 Kell (Pr-Fr) and 151 Wilhelm SP (Fr). 5) 1953 Bowman Color (2 cards): #84 Bauer (Fr) and 150 (Fr). 6) 1953 Bowman B&W (1 card): #13 (Pr). 7) 1954 Topps (52 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr-Gd). Keys: #1 Williams (Pr-Fr), 3 Irvin (Gd+), 17 Rizzuto (Fr), 25 Kuenn RC (Gd+), 30 Mathews (Fr), 37 Ford (Gd+), 45 Ashburn (Gd+), 50 Berra (Pr), 86 Herman (Vg), and 90 Mays (Pr). 8) 1954 Bowman (19 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr). Includes: #1 Rizzuto (Pr), 24, 25, 29, 37, 50 Kell (Fr), 53, 73, 83, 101 Larsen RC (Pr), 113, 150, 151, 152, 165, 173, 179, 190, and 206. 9) 1955 Topps (66 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr-Gd). Keys: #19 Herman (Pr-Fr), 22 Skowron (Gd), two 24 Newhouser (Gd+ and Fr-Gd), 187 Hodges (Gd+), 189 Rizzuto (Pr), and 194 Mays (Pr-Fr). 10) 1955 Bowman (10 cards): Ranging from Pr to Gd (averaging Fr). Includes: #3, 38 Wynn (Fr), 39, 73, 108, 110, 147, 159, 219, and 280. 11) 1956 Topps (51 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg (averaging Fr). Includes four significant gray back variations (#1-100). Keys: #2 Giles (Fr, gray back), 20 Kaline (Pr, white back), 125 Minoso (Pr, gray back), 292 Aparicio RC (Pr), and 307 Wilhelm (Pr). 12) 1957 Topps (116 cards): 11% Vg-Ex, 55% Gd to Vg, and 34% Pr to Fr. Keys: #1 T. Williams (Pr), 7 Aparicio (Fr), 15 Roberts (Vg+), 20 Aaron (Gd+), 24 Mazeroski RC (Vg), 25 Ford (Vg), 38 Fox (Fr), 59 D. Williams, 97 Yankees Team (Vg+), 120 Lemon (Pr), 125 Kaline (Pr), 138 Minoso (Fr), 154 Schoendienst (Pr-Fr), 175 Larsen (Pr), 215 Slaughter (Vg+), 250 Mathews (Gd), and 407 Mantle/Berra (Pr). 13) 1958 Topps (288 cards): 5% Ex, 75% Vg to Vg-Ex, and 20% lesser. Keys: #2 Lemon (Vg), 30 Aaron (Vg), 40 Kell, 70 Kaline (Pr-Fr), 88 Snider (Pr), 100 Wynn (Pr), 142 Slaughter, 150 Mantle (FAIR 1.5), two 238 Mazeroski, 270 Spahn (Pr), 271 Martin (Vg-Ex), two 285 F. Robinson (Vg and Pr), 300 Harridge/Giles, 304 Kuenn/Kaline (Ex), 307 B. Robinson (Vg-Ex), 310 Banks (Gd), 320 Ford (Gd), 321 Williams/Klu (Gd), 368 Colavito, 400 Fox (Fr), 420 Pinson (Pr), two 424 Doby, 436 Mays/Snider (Vg), 438 Herzog, 464 Flood RC (Vg), 476 Musial AS (Vg), 479 Fox AS, 480 Mathews AS, 483 Aparicio AS, 484 F. Robinson AS (Pr), 487 Mantle AS (VG 3), and two 494 Spahn AS (Vg and Gd). 14) 1960 Fleer Baseball Greats (1 card): #8 Bresnahan (Pr-Fr). 15) 1961-1962 Fleer Baseball Greats (72 cards): Ranging from Gd to Ex (averaging Vg/Vg-Ex), with a few lesser. Includes 42 cards from the rarer 1962 series (#89-154). Keys: #6 Baker (Vg), 49 Johnson (0/100 L/R, otherwise Vg), 59 Mathewson (Vg), 75 Ruth (Fr), 89 Sisler/Traynor (pencil-marked reverse, otherwise Vg), 120 Lajoie (Vg), and 150 Wagner (Vg-Ex). 16) 1961 Post (51 cards): Ranging from Pr to Vg-Ex (averaging Fr), with marks on the front or back of approximately 35% of the cards. Keys: #4 Mantle (Gd+, company), 6 Ford (Gd+, company), 7 Maris (Gd, company), 20 Fox (Pr, box), two 22 Wynn (both Gd, box), 35 Kaline (marked reverse, otherwise Vg, box), 36 Colavito (Vg-Ex), 75 B. Robinson (Vg, box), 88 Herzog (Pr, Box), 92 Killebrew (Pr-Fr, box), 107 Aaron (Fr, box), and 144 Cepeda (Pr, Box). 17) 1962 Post (7 cards): Ex, three Vg-Ex, two Vg, and Gd. Includes: #76, 85 Killebrew (Vg-Ex), 94, 103, 118, 133, and 138. 18) 1963 Fleer (52 cards): Ranging from Vg-Ex to Ex-Mt (averaging Ex), with a few lesser. Keys: #1 Barber (Ex and 2/98 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt), two 4 B. Robinson (Ex and Pr), 5 Mays (EX/NM 6), 32 Santo (Ex), two 41 Drysdale (both Ex), 56 Clemente (VG/EX+ 4.5), 59 Mazeroski (Ex), 60 K. Boyer, and 64 Cepeda (Ex). 19) 1965 Topps (260 cards): Ranging from Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex-Mt), with a few Nr/Mt-Mt and 10% lesser. Keys: Four #3 AL HR Ldrs w/ Mantle, two 4 NL HR Ldrs w/ Mays, three 5 AL RBI Ldrs w/ Mantle, 6 NL RBI Ldrs w/ Mays, two 8 Koufax/Drysdale ERA Ldrs, 15 Roberts, two 16 Morgan RC (Vg-Ex and miscut top edge, otherwise Ex due mostly to centering), 20 Bunning, three 50 Marichal, two 62 Kaat, 95 Mazeroski, 99 Hodges, 110 Santo, 130 Kaline (Vg-Ex+), 134 Mantle WS Gm. 3 (Vg-Ex+), 138 Gibson WS, two 187 Stengel, 205 Spahn (Ex-Mt), and 236 McLain RC (Ex+). 20) 1965 Topps Embossed (18 cards): Ranging from Gd to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex). Keys: #16 B. Robinson (Vg-Ex), 27 Mays (Vg-Ex), 28 Santo (Gd+), and 59 Aaron (Ex). 21) 1966 Topps (36 cards): Ranging from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex), with a couple slightly higher and lower. Keys: #90 Aparicio (Ex-Mt), 92 Yankees Team (Ex), and two 100 Koufax (Vg and 95/5 L/R, otherwise Vg-Ex+). 22) 1969 Topps (111 cards): Ranging from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with a few lesser. Keys: #412 Checklist - Mantle (miscut right edge, otherwise Ex+), 432 Gibson AS (Vg-Ex), 480 Seaver (Ex), 550 B. Robinson (Nr/Mt), 570 Santo (Nr/Mt), two 587 Rudi RC, 597 Fingers RC (Ex+), 600 Oliva (Vg-Ex), 640 Jenkins (Vg-Ex due to centering), and 653 Rodriguez RC (measures a bit small, otherwise Ex+). 23) 1970 Topps (90 cards): Ranging from Vg-Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex/Ex-Mt), with a few slightly lesser and a few that measure a bit small. Keys: #10 Yastrzemski (Ex+), 21 Blue/Tenace RC, 40 Allen, 63 NL RBI Ldrs, 65 NL HR Ldrs w/ Aaron, 67 NL ERA Ldrs, and 69 NL Pitching Ldrs. 24) 1972 Topps (351 cards): 29% Nr/Mt or better, 58% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 13% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a few lesser). Keys: #18a/green under "c" and "s" (Ex), two 28 Yastrzemski IA, three 33 Martin, four 37 Yastrzemski (Ex-Mt, two Ex, and Vg-Ex), 38 Yastrzemski IA, two 50 Mays IA (Ex-Mt and Ex), 51 Killebrew (Ex due to centering), two 52 Killebrew IA, 67 Schoendienst, two 79 Fisk RC (Ex and Vg+), 80 Perez, two 87 NL RBI Ldrs w/ Aaron, two 89 NL HR Ldrs w/ Aaron, three 100 F. Robinson (Nr/Mt+, Nr/Mt, and Ex due to centering), three 101 Richard RC, 117a/ green under 'c' and 's' (Ex), two 130 Gibson (Ex and Vg-Ex), 132 Morgan, 200 Brock (Ex-Mt), 147 Kingman RC, and 240 Allen. This is a very substantial collection of mixed-grade cards with many notable highlights from these popular sets! Total: 1,729 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.