Excellent 1962 Topps Partial Set of 433 Cards Including Stars Plus 19 Color Variations.
Lot 119. Excellent 1962 Topps Partial Set of 433 Cards Including Stars Plus 19 Color Variations. These cards, from an issue of 598, constitute more than 70 percent of the set. The additional color variations are numbered from 114 through 187. More common cards in the partial set are generally ex or better. The stars tend to grade somewhat lower. Among the stars and scarcer cards are #5 Koufax ex, 10 Clemente ex-m, 25 Banks vg, 30 Mathews ex+, 45 B. Robinson ex-m, 50 Musial g-vg, 53 A.L. Home Run Leaders with Mantle and Maris ex, 70 Killebrew ex+, 100 Spahn ex-m, 135 Babe as a Boy ex, 136 Babe Joins Yanks g, 140 Gehrig and Ruth p, 141 Babe’s Twilight Years vg, 150 Kaline g, 167 McCarver rookie ex+, 190 Moon (with cap) ex+, 320 Aaron g, 340 Drysdale ex, 350 F. Robinson g, 387 Brock rookie ex-m, 394 Aaron All-Star vg, 395 Mays All-Star vg, 505 Marichal vg-ex, 530 Gibson (single print) ex-m, 544 McCovey (SP) ex-m, 545 Wilhelm (SP) ex+, 552 Cubs team (SP) ex and 584 Twin team (SP) vg. More than 15 other star or rookie cards are present. Eighty-seven cards are numbered from 1-100; 71 from 101-200; 77 from 201-300; 82 from 301-400; and 29 from 401-446. These cards grade Nm-m: 1 card. N-m+: 3. Nm: 4. Ex-m+: 18. Ex-m: 87. Ex+: 114. Ex: 76. Vg-ex: 22. Vg: 22. G-vg: 4. G: 5. F-g: 2. P: 7. There also are 87 higher numbers, 32 from 447-522 and 55 from 523-598. The grades of these cards are: Nm-m: 1 card. Nm: 1. Ex-m+: 8. Ex-m: 19. Ex+: 24. Ex: 10. Vg-ex: 6. Vg: 5. G-vg: 2. G: 6. F-g: 4. F: 1. With these 452 cards, the winning bidder will be well on the way to a solid ex set. Current Bid $300.
