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Baseball Sets and Partial Sets
4 Lots
 Lot 1. 1959 Fleer Ted Williams Set of 80. The key to this set is #68 Ted Signs for 1959, and it grades ex with a light stain on the back. Other more important cards in the sets are #1 The Early Years ex, 2 Ted’s Idol - Babe Ruth vg-ex, 6 Ted Turns Pro g, 9 First Step to Majors vg-ex, 11 First Spring Training vg-ex, 12 Burning Up the Minors vg, 17 How Ted hit .400 (miscut otherwise) ex-m, 18 1941 All-Star Hero vg, 29 Ted Hits for Cycle vg-ex, 39 Great Start ex, 48 Ted Returns g-vg, 50 Spring Injury ex-m+, 52 Ted’s Comeback vg, 55 Retirement No Go g, 63 Ted’s All-Star Record ex-m, 67 Two famous Fisherman ex, 70 Williams & Jim Thorpe vg, 75 Williams’ Value to Sox vg-ex, 79 Where Ted Stands g and 80 Ted’s goals for 1959 vg. The remaining cards are Ex-m+: 2 cards. Ex-m: 3. Ex+: 4. Ex: 13. Vg-ex: 18. Vg: 13. G-vg: 2. G: 4.
Winning Bid $578.
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 Lot 37. 1966-68 Topps Insert Collection – Rub-Offs, Pin-Ups and Game Cards. This collection includes TWO 1967T PIN-UUPS SET of 32, a near set of 31 (missing #3) and 66 singles. All have the usual folds. The first set averages ex-m to nm; stars are #3 B. Robinson ex+, 5 Yaz nm, 6 Mantle nm+, 9 Cepeda ex+, 11 Clemente nm, 12 Mays nm+, 15 Aaron nm, 16 Drysdale ex-m, 19 F. Robinson nm+, 21 Kaline ex-m, 23 Killebrew ex+, 25 Morgan vg, 28 Marichal ex-m and 32 McCovey ex-m. The second set averages ex to ex-m with stars grading 3 vg, 5 vg-ex, 6 ex-m+, 9 ex, 11 ex-m, 12 nm, 15 ex-m, 16 ex-m, 19 nm, 21 ex-m, 23 vg-ex, 25 vg, 28 ex-m and 32 ex-m. The near set averages vg-ex to ex, and #6 grades ex, 11 vg-ex, 12 ex-m+ and 15 vg-ex. Among the 66 extras are #6 Mantle (2) one ex and the other vg-ex, 9 Cepeda (2) both vg, 12 Mays ex-m, 15 Aaron f-g, 16 Drysdale (2) both ex, 19 F. Robinson (6) 3 ex-m, 1 vg-ex and 2 vg; 21 Kaline (5) 2 ex, 1 vg-ex and 2 vg; 23 Killebrew (cut short, otherwise) ex, 27 Torre (2) both ex-m, 28 Marichal (2) 1 ex+ and the other ex, and 32 McCovey (3) 1 ex and 2 g. There are 54 Different 1966 Topps Rub-Offs: Highlights include Banks vg-ex, Boyer vg-ex, Clemente vg-ex, Conigliaro nm, Ford ex, Freehan nm-m, Gibson g-vg, Howard vg, Kaline vg-ex, Killebrew g-vg, Mays g-vg, Mazeroski nm-m, McCovey g-vg, Oliva ex, B. Robinson vg-ex, Roseboro vg-ex, Skowron g-vg, Stuart ex-m, Torre ex, Tresh ex-m, B. Williams g, Wynn g, Yastrzemski ex+ and 10 pennants. The “guide” size for these inserts is 2 1/16” x 3”. The inserts in this collection are 3” tall and vary in width from 1 29/32 to 2 1/8”. Most are 2” wide. They average ex as sized. Also, 20 cards (of 33) from the 1968 Card Game: #1 vg, 2 Mantle vg-ex, 6 Clemente ex-m, 7 F. Robinson nm, 10 ex-m+, 11 nm+, 14 vg, 17 nm, 18 ex-m+, 19 ex-m, 21 vg-ex, 22 vg, 23 g-vg, 24 vg, 25 ex-m+, 26 g-vg, 27 Kaline ex+, 30 Rose ex-m, 31 Torre ex-m and 33 Cepeda ex-m+. With a starting bid less than the price of a single Pin-Ups set, this lot has excellent break-up value!
Winning Bid $204.
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 Lot 42. 1975 Topps Partial Set of 293 Cards Including Rice and Carter Rookies. Key cards are #7 ’74 Highlights with Ryan vg, 100 Stargell vg, MVP Series including Mantle (192-198, 200-203, 205-207, 209, 210 and 212; of these, 194 is ex, 195 g-vg and 200 vg+ to ex, 243 Kaat g, 255 Evans vg, League Leaders (306-311, 313), 325 Oliva vg, 400 Allen vg, 420 Bowa ex, 421 Mets team g, World Series (459+, 461-466), 517 Checklist vg, 530 Perry ex, 531 Reds team (Anderson) vg, 565 Torre vg-ex, 586 McCarver ex, 616 Rice rookie p-f, 620 Gary Carter rookie vg, 622 Lynn rookie ex, 623 Hernandez rookie vg and 625 Powell vg. Forty-two cards are from 1-200, 43 from 101-200, 40 from 201-300, 46 from 301-400, 54 from 401-500, 33 from 501-600 and 35 from 601-660. Of the cards not graded above, approximately 50% are vg to vg-ex, and 50%, g to g-vg.
Winning Bid $30.
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 Lot 43. 1979 “Dodgers Blue” Set of 15 Cards. These cards have borderless fronts and say “Go Dodger Blue!” on the backs, which contain brief career information. Key cards are Garvey , Lasorda and Sutton. Nm-m to mint.
Winning Bid $27.
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