Lot 191. Starter Set of 90 Different 1939 R334 Play Ball Cards. Numbered from 2-115. Cards with names on the back in upper and lower case, as issued, are #5, 9, 13, 21, 22, 27, 31, 34, 38, 46, 47, 57, 64, 65, 71-75, 80, 83, 86, 91, 96, 99-101, 104, 108, 109 and 115. The others have the name in upper case. Missing from the run are #3, 6, 7, 25, 26, 30, 39, 48, 50-53, 55, 56, 60, 79, 82, 89, 92, 94, 103, 106, 112 and 113. Sixteen cards have a team added to the back: #2, 4, 8, 19, 37, 43, 46, 61, 66, 69, 72, 78, 83, 87, 93 and 107; these additions have not been considered in grading. This collection constitutes a good start on a collector set – almost 80% of the lower numbers and well over half of the total set. Vg-ex: 14 cards. Vg: 45. G-vg: 10. G: 8. F to f-g: 4. F: 5. P-f: 3. P: 1.
Winning Bid $354
Lot 192. 1950 Callahan Hall of Fame Partial Set of 61. Mixed condition with grades ranging from p to nm. Key cards are Anson vg+, Brouthers ex, Chance f-g, Cobb (light writing on front and back; otherwise) ex, Chandler (writing on back; otherwise) vg+, Dean ex, Evers ex-m, Gehrig (name lightly written on front; otherwise) ex-m, Hornsby ex+, Walter Johnson ex-m+, Mathewson nm, Ott ex-m, Ruth ex-m+, Speaker ex-m, Wagner ex+, Wright vg and Young vg-ex. The complete breakdown of the cards not graded above is (11 cards have writing on them; here, all are graded poor): Nm: 3 cards. Ex-m to ex-m+: 10. Ex to ex+: 18. Vg to vg-ex: 18. F-g: 1. P: 11.
Winning Bid $113
Lot 193. 1954 Bowman Baseball Starter Set of 105 including #6 Fox SGC-Graded 80 EX-NM 6. The other cards in this starter set are #2 Jensen vg, 7-9, 11-14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26b Cox (.972 and .960) nm, 27, 29-31. 36, 44, 46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 558, 59-61, 63, 66 Piersall vg+, 67a Scheib (.306 with two lines under bio) ex-m+, 69-73, 75, 76, 78, 82, 83, 91, 96, 97 McDougald ex-m, 99, 100, 101 Larsen rookie ex, 107, 108, 117, 118, 120, 130, 134, 137, 140, 143, 147-149, 151-153, 155 Thomas rookie vg, 156-160, 162, 166, 168, 169, 171, 174, 177 Ford vg+ to ex, 178-185, 187-189, 192-194, 197, 199, 205, 211, 212, 214, 217, 220-223 and 224 Bruton vg-ex. The other cards grade Nm+: 1 card. Nm: 4. Ex-m+: 12. Ex-m: 19. Ex+: 17. Ex: 7. Vg-ex: 14. Vg: 15. G-vg: 5. G: 1.
Winning Bid $222
Lot 194. Starter Set of 1957 Topps: 122 First Series, 3 Second, 30 Third and the 1/2 Checklist. The checklist has the year written on it, is lightly checked and has some additional writing in pencil on the back. The other cards are #8 Mossi vg+ to ex, 13, 14, 16, 17, 23, 26-28, 29 Herzog rookie vg+ to ex, 31, 41, 42, 44, 47, 49, 50 Score vg, 51, 52, 54, 66-69, 71, 74, 84, 86, 87, 91, 93, 98, 99, 101, 104, 107, 109, 111, 115 Gilliam g-vg, 116, 119, 126, 129, 133, 134, 137, 139, 142, 144, 147, 148, 151-153, 155, 157, 162, 164, 167, 172, 173, 174, 176-182, 184-186, 189-191, 193-196, 199, 200 McDougald f, 201 Amoros vg, 202, 203 Wilhelm g-vg, 204 Athletics team vg-ex, 206-209, 211, 213, 216-219, 221, 222, 224-227, 229, 230 Kell f-g, 231, 233-237, 239, 241, 242 Neal vg-ex, 243 Cardinals team vg-ex, 244-247, 249, 254, 255, 259, 261, 311, 316, 318, 353-356, 358, 360-363, 367, 369, 371-373, 375-378, 383-386, 388, 392, 394-396, 399, 402 and 403. Cards not graded above are Ex+: 3 cards. Ex: 20. Vg-ex: 50. Vg: 37. G-vg: 13. G: 10. F-g: 4. F: 4. P-f: 3. P: 1.
Winning Bid $152
Lot 195. 1958 Topps Partial Set of 280 Cards Including Stars and HoFers. Among the stars in this collection are #42 Roseboro rookie, 77b Zimmer (white team) ex, 79 D. Williams (HoF, white team), 90 Roberts (HoF) g-vg, 134 Phillies team, 161 Larsen vg+, 174 Athletics team, 175 Throneberry rookie, 190 Schoendienst (HoF), 216 Cardinals team, 305 Labine, 334 Mound Aces, 408a Orioles team (alphabetical), 417 Furillo vg+ to ex, 424 Doby (HoF), 428a Reds team (alphabetical), 457 Pappas rookie, 483 Aparicio All-Star and 493 Turley A-S. Cards not graded above are Ex+: 10 cards. Ex: 29. Vg-ex: 135. Vg: 75. G-vg: 16. G: 6. F-g: 2. F: 1. P-f: 2. Thirty-seven cards are numbered 1-100; 63, #101-200; 67, #201-300; 59, #301-400, and 53 are numbered 401-495.
Winning Bid $218
Lot 196. 1959 Topps Partial Set of 378 Including Stars, HoFers, 8 High Numbers. Key cards in the collection are #17 Danny’s All-Stars, 53 Stan Williams rookie, 80 Minoso, 88 Score, 119 Callison rookie, 125 Fairly rookie, 155 Slaughter (HoF), 166 Destruction Crew, 172 Athletics team, 200 Giles, 205 Larsen vg-ex, 206 Furillo, 217 Erskine, 222 Shantz, 223 Cardinals team, 237 Run Preventers, 240 Bauer, 248 Red Sox team, 260 Wynn, 262 Hitters’ Foes vg-ex, 287 Zimmer, 292 D. Williams (HoF), 295 Martin, 300 Ashburn (HoF), 309 Maglie, 310 Aparicio (HoF), 325 Boyer, 353 Flood vg-ex, 357 Stuart rookie, 359 White rookie, 390 Cepeda (HoF) g-vg, 392 Herzog (HoF), 397 Senators team, 403 Labine, 408 Keystone Combo, 419 Braves team, 450 Mathews, 455 Doby, 457 Dodgers team, 462 Colavito’s Great Catch, 463 Kaline Becomes Youngest, 480 Schoendienst (HoF) and 495 Podres. The high numbers are 508, 516, 526, 529, 530, 534, 535, 537 and 546. Cards not graded above are Ex-m: 3 cards. Ex+: 13. Ex: 45. Vg-ex: 142. Vg: 127. G-vg: 26. G: 11. F-g: 3. F: 1. P-f: 3. Here is the number breakdown: 44 cards from #1-100, 78 from 101-200, 86 from 201-300, 83 from 301-400 and 79 from 401-506.
Winning Bid $180
Lot 197. Quality Starter Set of 223 1962 Topps Baseball. Averaging ex, this group includes #28 Minoso, 30 Mathews vg-ex, 31 Tresh rookie vg-ex, 51 A.L. Batting Leaders, 54 N.L. Home Run Leaders, 55 A.L. E.R.A. Leaders, 56, 57 A.L. Win Leaders, 209 Fregosi rookie, 219 Downing rookie, World Series (232, 233, 234 vg-ex, 235), 243 Roberts, 312 Spahn Shows No-Hit Form, 315 Ford Tosses a Curve, 316 Killebrew Sends One Into Orbit, 317 Musial Plays 21st Season, 320 Aaron vg-ex, 351 Braves’ Backstops, 441 unchecked Checklist, 458A Buhl (“M” on cap), 462a Tasby (“W” on cap), 465 Reds team, 466 Cash All-Star, 473 Howard A-S, 476 Orioles team, 478 Zimmer, 486 Gilliam, 505 Marichal vg-ex and 516 unchecked Checklist. Cards not graded above average ex overall. Forty-nine cards are numbered from 1-100, 24 from 101-200, 34 from 201-300, 33 from 301-400, 23 from 401-446, 57 from 447-522 and three from 522-598.
Winning Bid $264
Lot 198. 1963 Topps Starter Set of 283 Cards Including Aaron, Other Stars. Ex collection that includes #4 A.L. Home Run Leaders, 5 N.L. E.R.A. Leaders, 6 A.L. E.R.A. Leaders, 7 N.L. Pitching Leaders, 8 A.L. Pitching Leaders, 9 N.L. Strikeout Leaders, 10 A.L. Strikeout Leaders, 15 Hubbs vg-ex, 54a (variation with Mathews first), 60 Howard, 80 Gilliam, 135 Ashburn vg+ to ex, World Series (#142, 143, 145, 148), 151 Pirates team, 180 Skowron, 228 Oliva rookie, 302 Herzog, 323 Mazeroski, 337 Dodgers team, 375 Boyer, 390 Aaron vg+ to ex, 420 Richardson, 430b unchecked Checklist (Checklist in white), 445 Cash, 492, 506 and 538. Of the cards not graded above about 30% average ex and about 70% average vg-ex. Eighty-five cards are numbered from 1-100, 69 from 101-200, 51 from 201-300, 50 from 301-400, 25 from 401-446 and 3 from 447-576.
Winning Bid $264
Lot 199. 1971 Topps Baseball Set of 752. Solid ex set. Key cards are #5 Munson vg-ex, 20 Jackson ex, 100 Rose ex, 160 Seaver ex-m, 250 Bench vg+ to ex, 341 Garvey rookie ex+, 400 Aaron ex-m, 513 Ryan ex, 525 Banks ex+, 630 Clemente ex and 709 1971 Rookie Stars Outfielders with Baker and Baylor vg+ to ex. This is a very collectible set. The condition of the high numbers is consistent with the condition of the overall set.
Winning Bid $440
Lot 200. 1972 Topps Baseball Near Set – 755 of 787 Cards. A total of 515 cards in this set are ex-m or better, and 672, ex or better. The missing cards are almost all commons: #1-30, 492 and 521. Key cards are #49 Mays ex-m, 50 Mays in Action ex-m, 79 Fisk rookie vg-ex, 299 Aaron ex-m, 300 Aaron IA ex, 309 Clemente ex-m+, 310 Clemente IA nm-m, 433 Bench ex-m+, 435 Jackson ex-m+, 441 Munson ex+, 445 Seaver nm, 559 Rose nm+, 560 Rose IA ex+, 595 Ryan ex-m, 600 Kaline g-vg, 686 Garvey nm, 695 Carew ex-m, 696 Carew IA ex-m+, 751 Carlton Traded nm, 752 Morgan Traded ex-m, 754 F. Robinson Traded ex-m+, 760 Mazeroski ex and 761 Oglivie-Cey rookie ex-m. The rest of the near set grades Nm to nm-m: 218 cards. Ex-m to Ex-m+: 297. Ex to ex+: 157. Vg to vg-ex: 55. G to g-vg: 5.
Winning Bid $525
Lot 201. 1975 Hostess Twinkies Uncut Sheet Featuring the Complete Set of 60. Krause’s 2010 “Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards says of this set: “Believed to have been issued only in selected markets, and on a limited basis at that, the 1975 Hostess Twinkies set features 60 of the cards from the ‘regular’ Hostess set of that year.” A small black bar on the back distinguishes these cards. Key cards are the Yount rookie, Ryan and Rose. There is moderate amount of inoffensive creasing on the sheet. The presentation is exceptional.
Winning Bid $138
Lot 202. 1975 Topps Baseball Near Set – 659 of 660 Card. Solid ex-m set missing only one common, #242 Johnstone. Key cards are #1 Aaron Highlights ex-m, 5 Ryan Highlights ex+, 70 Schmidt ex+, 195 1957 MVPs Mantle and Aaron ex-m, 223 Yount rookie ex-m, 228 Brett rookie ex-m, 260 Bench ex-m, 300 Jackson ex, 320 Rose ex+, 500 Ryan ex, 616 Rice rookie ex+, 620 Carter rookie ex-m and 660 Aaron ex. The rest of the set is approximately 18% nm or better, 79% ex to ex-m and 3% g-vg to vg-ex.
Winning Bid $291
Lot 203. 1975 Topps Baseball Mini Set of 660. This set averages ex, with some cards grading higher, and some lower. Key cards include: #1 ’74 Highlights Aaron vg+ to ex, 5 ’74 Highlights Ryan vg-ex, 50 B. Robinson ex-m, 61 Winfield ex, 70 Schmidt ex+, 100 Stargell vg, 150 Gibson vg+ to ex, 185 Carlton ex, 194 1956 MVP vg+ to ex, 195 1957 MVP vg-ex, 223 Yount rookie vg to ex, 228 Brett rookie vg-ex, 260 Bench ex+, 280 Yastrzemski vg-ex, 300 Jackson vg-ex, 320 Rose ex-m+, 370 Seaver ex-m, 450 McCovey ex, 500 Ryan ex, 540 Brock vg, 580 F. Robinson ex+, 600 Carew ex, 616 Rice rookie ex+, 620 Carter rookie vg-ex, 622 Lynn rookie vg+, 623 Hernandez rookie vg, 640 Killebrew ex and 660 Aaron vg-ex.
Winning Bid $267
Lot 204. 5 Topps Sets or Near Sets – 1976-80. The 1979 and 1980 sets are complete. The three others are missing one, two or three commons. 1976: Missing #243 and 343. Key cards are #1 Aaron Record Breaker ex, 19 Brett vg, 98 Eckersley rookie ex, 240 Rose ex-m, 300 Bench ex, 330 Ryan ex-m, 340 Rice ex-m, 480 Schmidt ex-m+, 550 Aaron ex-m+, 599 Guidry ex+ and 600 Seaver ex-m. Ex-m overall. 1977: Missing #98, 597 and 598. Includes #144 Sutter rookie nm+, 265 Fidrych rookie ex-m+, 450 Rose ex+, 473 Dawson rookie nm, 476 Murphy rookie ex-m+, 580 Brett nm-m and 650 Ryan nm+. Ex-m overall. 1978: Missing #288. Includes #36 Murray rookie ex-m, 60 Munson ex+, 100 Brett ex-m, 200 Jackson ex-m, 400 Ryan ex+, 707 Molitor-Trammell rookie ex and 708 Murphy ex+. Ex-m overall. 1979: Complete, with #24 Molitor vg-ex, 115 Ryan ex, 116 Smith rookie ex+, 310 Munson ex+, 320 Yastrzemski ex-m, 330 Brett ex+ and 650 Rose ex-m+. Ex to ex-m overall. 1980: Complete, including #482 Henderson rookie nm and 580 Ryan ex-m. Ex-m to nm overall.
Winning Bid $245
Lot 205. 1982 Donruss and Fleer Sets and a 1982 Topps Near Set with Ripken Rookie Cards. The 1982 Topps set is missing only one common card, #579. The Ripken card, #21, grades nm+, and the set, nm. The Donruss set, an opened factory set without the puzzle, is nm to nm-m with an nm+ #405 Ripken. In the Fleer set, which grades nm, the Ripken rookie, #176, is nm.
Winning Bid $45
