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Lot # 847: Humongous Hoard of 1950's Topps & Bowman Football (2800+) PSA

Category: Football Cards

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Item was in Auction "Future Auctions",
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For the avid card collector or just plain fan of professional football, this enormous group is for you! Early Topps, Bowman are collector grade; Later Topps and Fleer are mid-to-better grade, with many stars. Collection includes:

BOWMAN:

- 1952 (small): partial set of 125/144, inc. Van Brocklin, Graham, Baugh, McElhenny, Donovan, Hirsch, Halas, Tittle, Brown, Nomellini, Groza, Robustelli, Conerly, Richter and Lansford. Also 142 Landry (PSA 4). Approx. 10% GD-VG, 70% FR-GD, 10% better and 10% lesser. Many cards also show paper loss, creases, and/or tape residue.

- 1953: partial set of 78/96, inc. Nomellini, Renfro, Hirsch, Bednarik, Layne, Lavelli, Van Brocklin and Motley. Also 1 LeBaron (PSA 3), 6 Walker (PSA 4), 26 Graham (PSA 1.5) and 56 Tittle (PSA 3). Approx. 10% GD-VG, 70% FR-GD, 10% better and 10% lesser. Many cards also with paper loss, creases, and/or tape residue.

- 1954: near set of 122/128, inc. Perry, Van Brocklin, Blanda, Graham, Walker, Groza, Bednarik, Nomellini, Richter, Christiansen, Conerly and Stautner. Approx. 10% GD-VG, 70% FR-GD, 10% better and 10% lesser. Many cards also show paper loss, creases, and/or tape residue.

- 1955: near set of 152/160, inc. Walker, Conerly, LeBaron, Christiansen, Van Brocklin, Groza, Perry, Layne, Tittle, McElhenny, Richter, Nomellini, Robustelli, Stautner, Renfro and Bednarik. Approx. 10% VG-EX or better, 40 % GD-VG, 40% FR-GD and 10% lesser. 20% of cards show paper loss, creases, and/or tape residue.

TOPPS:

- 1956: near set of 113/120, inc. McElhenny, Gifford, Renfro, Nomellini, Conerly, Tittle, Greer, Perry, Layne, Groza, Blanda, Richter, Brown and team cards. Approx. 10% EX, 20% VG-EX, 40% GD-VG, 25% FR-GD and 5% lesser. Approx. 20% are miscut or show paper loss, creases, and/or tape residue.

- 1957: 415 cards, inc. 1 near set of 152/154, missing only Unitas and Starr for completion, and 3 partial sets of #’s 1-88; (ie, the first series), missing only one card (#52) in one partial set. The group contains 4 each of Gifford, LeBaron, Nomellini, Brown, Blanda, Groza, Tittle, Layne, Bednarik, Renfro and Van Brocklin; plus 94 Berry (PSA 4), 151 Hornung (PSA 1), Stautner, McElhenny, Morrall, Moore, Perry and Bratkowski. Approx. 35% EX to EX-MT, 40% VG-EX, 20% GD-VG and 5% lesser.

- 1958: 222 cards, inc. 1 near set of 128/132, missing Unitas, Brown RC, Starr and 1 common for completion, and 1 partial set of 94/132. Group includes Gifford, Layne, Nomellini (2), Tittle, Jurgensen RC, Berry, McElhenny and Blanda (2). Approx. 25% EX to EX-MT, 45% VG-EX, 20% GD-VG and 10% lesser.

- 1959: 518 cards, inc. 1 near set of 175/176, missing 1 common for completion; 1 near set of 173/176, missing 3 commons for completion and 170/176, missing 6 commons for completion.

Each set includes Unitas, Brown, Gifford, Starr, Layne, Berry, Hornung, Karras RC, Kramer, Tittle, Mitchell RC and Taylor RC. Approx. 20% EX-MT or better, 25% EX to EX-MT, 40% VG-EX, 10% GD-VG and 5% lesser.

- 1960: 134 cards, inc. 1 near set of 130/132, missing only 23 (Brown) and 63 (Matson) for completion. Includes Unitas, Starr, Hornung, Gregg, Gifford, Tittle. Team cards (checklists) are unchecked. Approx. 35% EX-MT, 40% EX, 20% VG, 5% slightly lesser.

- 1961: 259 cards, inc. 2 near complete runs of #’s 1-132, missing only 45 (Jordan) in the first and 4 (45 Jordan, 71 Brown, 2 Moore, 40 Hornung) in the second. Includes Unitas (2), Berry (2), Starr, Hornung, Taylor, Tittle (2), Brodie (2), Layne (2), Brown. Checklists are clean and unchecked. High grade, with 40% NM or better, 40% EX-MT, 15% EX, 5% slightly lesser. Some off-centering (30%); many cards worth grading.

FLEER:

- 1960: 383 cards, inc. 1 near set of 131/132, missing 1 common for completion; 1 near set of 127/132, missing 5 commons for completion and 1 near set of 125/132, missing 7 commons for completion. Each set includes Kemp RC, Baugh, Stram, other HOFers. Approx. 40% EX-MT or better, 35% EX to EX-MT, 15% VG to VG-EX, 5% slightly lesser. About 30% off-center.

- 1961: partial set of 205/220, missing 197 Otto RC and 14 commons for completion. Includes Brown, Unitas, Meredith RC, Starr, Taylor, Hornung, Maynard, Layne, Kemp, Blanda. High grade

with 40% NM or better, 45% EX-MT to NM, 15% slightly lesser. Some off-centering (30%); many cards worth grading.

NU-CARD:

- 1961: complete set of 80, inc. Davis, Gabriel. High grade with 40% NM or better, 45% EX-MT to NM, 15% slightly lesser. Less than 5% off-center.

 

A great opportunity to get started on classic football sets without spending a fortune!

Total of 2800+ cards.

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