Lot # 1681: 1968 Topps Near-Complete Set (595/598) Including Mickey Mantle and Nolan Ryan Rookie

Presented is a crisp and clean near-complete set of 1968 Topps, highlighted by the rookie card of Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. The 1968 Topps set also includes the extremely popular “combo” cards featuring more than one player with #480 Managers Dream (with Roberto Clemente) and #530 Bird Belters (Frank and Brooks Robinson). Missing #247 Bench, 330 Maris, and 490 Superstars for completion. Condition is 41% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt, 45% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 14% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a couple lesser and a few with a slight miscut). Seven cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC (5) and PSA (2). Keys: #1 NL Batting Ldrs (PSA VG-EX 4), 20 B. Robinson (Ex-Mt), 45 Seaver (Ex due to centering), 50 Mays (Vg+), 80 Carew (Vg-Ex+), 100 Gibson (NM/MT 8), 110 Aaron (Vg-Ex), 150 Clemente (100/0 T/B, otherwise Ex), 177 Ryan RC (VG/EX 4), 220 Killebrew (Nr/Mt due to centering), 230 Rose (Vg+), 240 Kaline (Ex-Mt+), 250 Yastrzemski (Vg), 280 Mantle (VG/EX+ 4.5), 355 Banks (Ex-Mt), 370 Aaron AS (Ex-Mt), 373 F. Robinson AS (SGC EX 60), 374 Clemente AS (Ex), 408 Carlton (MINT 9), 454 Checklist (PSA EX-MT 6 [MC]), 480 Manager's Dream (Nr/Mt), 500 F. Robinson (10/90 T/B, otherwise Nr/Mt+), 520 Brock (Vg-Ex), 530 Bird Belters (Vg-Ex), and 575 Palmer (Ex). This is an extremely attractive mid- to high-grade near-complete set (minus three) of one of the great 1960s Topps issues, loaded with Hall of Famers. Total: 595 cards.