Lot # 1511: 1961 and 1963 Topps Near-Complete Set Pair (2 Sets, 1,004 Cards)

Presented are a very attractive pair of near-complete Topps baseball sets from 1961 and 1963. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1961 Topps Near-Complete Set (484/587) plus one variation: Condition is 31% Nr/Mt to Nr/Mt-Mt (mostly Nr/Mt), 58% Ex to Ex-Mt, and 11% Vg to Vg-Ex (including a couple lesser). Keys: #20 Roberts (Vg), 88 Ashburn (Vg), 120 Mathews (Vg), 200 Spahn (Vg), 207 Koufax/Podres (Fr), and 455 Wynn (Ex due to centering). Includes two of the three variations of #98 (checklist in yellow, card number black and checklist in yellow, card number white). Missing the following 103 cards for completion: #2 Maris, 7, 8, 10 B. Robinson, 30, 35 Santo, 41, 43, 44 AL HR Ldrs, 49, 80 Killebrew, 86, 122, 126, 141 B. Williams, 150 Mays, 159, 160 Ford, 180, 211 Gibson, 228 Yankees Team, 249, 260 Drysdale, 265, 273, 287 Yastrzemski, 290 Musial, 300 Mantle, 307 Mantle WS Gm. 2, 311, 312, 313, 344 Koufax, 350 Banks, 360 F. Robinson, 361, 371, 373, 375, 388 Clemente, 401 Ruth Hits 60th, 402, 405 Gehrig Benched, 406 Mantle Blasts HR, 409, 415 Aaron, 417 Marichal, 425 Berra, 429 Kaline, 430, 435, 436, 443 Snider, 460, 461, 467, 471, 472, 475 Mantle MVP, 477, 478 Maris MVP, 480, 482 Mays MVP, 483, 484 Aaron MVP, 485, 490, 493, 495, 506, 510, 517 McCovey, 523, 526, 528, 529, 532, 538, 540, 541, 544, 545, 546, 555, 557, 559, 563, 565, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576 Maris AS, 577 Aaron AS, 578 Mantle AS, 579 Mays AS, 581, 586, and 589. 2) 1963 Topps Near-Complete Set (520/576) plus three duplicates and one error: Condition is 25% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 66% Vg-Ex to Ex, and 9% Gd to Vg (including a few lesser, a few miscut, and a couple that measure a bit small). Includes three duplicates (#189, 383, and 411) and a wrong-back error (#261). Two cards have been professionally graded and encapsulated by SGC. Keys: #6 AL ERA Ldrs (VG/EX 50), 25 Kaline (Vg), 138 Mays/Musial (Gd+), 144 WS Gm. 3 - Maris (VG/EX 50), 173 Bombers' Best with Mantle (Gd), 261 Miller (Vg-Ex+, wrong back with #208), 360 Drysdale (Ex), 400 F. Robinson (Vg), 454b Fowler/card # white background (Ex due to centering), 466 Freehan RC (miscut left edge, otherwise Vg-Ex), 472 Brock (Fr), 500 Killebrew SP (5/95 L/R, otherwise Vg), 550 Snider (Gd), and 562 McNally RC (Ex). Missing the following 56 cards for completion: #2, 10, 18 Buc Blasters, 20, 63, 115 Yastrzemski, 120 Maris, 126, 135, 143, 145, 146, 147, 148, 200 Mantle, 210 Koufax, 228 Oliva, 240, 242 Banks/Aaron, 247 Yankees Team, 250 Musial, 252, 275 Mathews, 288, 300 Mays, 306, 320 Spahn, 323, 331, 340 Berra, 345 B. Robinson, 347, 353, 365, 375, 377, 380 Banks, 382, 390 Aaron, 392, 400 F. Robinson, 412, 415 Gibson, 420, 440, 446 Ford, 451, 470, 473 Mets Team, 484, 490 McCovey, 520, 524, 537 Rose, 540 Clemente, 552, and 553 Stargell. This is a very attractive and mostly mid- to high-grade collection of 1961 and 1963 Topps baseball cards. Total: 1,009 cards. The size/weight of this item requires that there will be an additional shipping charge for this lot.