Large group of Topps and Bowman baseball from 1952 thru 1969, even a handful of tobacco! Overall, cards are in decent collector grade, with about 30 star cards (inc. several Mantles), but collection is primarily commons, with some semi-stars. Some very nice cards in the lot:
Topps:
- 1952: 15 cards, mostly EX to EX-MT, a few lesser;
- 1953: 9 cards, with 4 Yankees inc. Mize. Overall VG to EX;
- 1954: 8 cards, again 4 Yankees inc. Sain. Overall EX to EX-MT;
- 1955: 2 cards, both Yankees, VG;
- 1956: 6 cards, VG to EX+, inc. Berra (EX) and Hodges (EX+);
- 1957: 8 cards, EX to EX-MT;
- 1959: 24 cards, inc. Sparky Anderson RC. Mostly EX to EX-MT, a few nicer;
- 1960: 12 cards, inc. Koufax (VG), Mantle AS (VG), Musial (GD) and Aaron AS (VG). Overall VG to EX+;
- 1961: 16 cards, mostly VG-EX to EX, a few better;
- 1962: 23 cards, 30% EX or better, 50% VG-EX, 20% slightly lesser;
- 1963: 88 cards, 70% in high grade (EX-MT or better), remainder slightly lesser. Group includes Pride of NL (2, both NM), Alston (NM-MT), 5 checklists and 4 leader cards;
- 1963 Peel-Offs: 25 stickers, mostly EX or better, a few lesser. Includes Koufax (2), Musial, Mays, Killebrew, Yaz and B. Robinson.
- 1964: 32 cards, 70% EX-MT or better, 25% EX, 5% lesser;
- 1964 Stand-Ups: 5 cards, EX to EX-MT inc. Santo;
- 1965: 7 cards, inc. Murakami RC (EX-MT), Cepeda (GD). Remaining cards are NM;
- 1966: 18 cards, inc. Morgan (EX), Cepeda (GD-VG), Ford, Killebrew, Stargell (2), F. Robinson, Aparicio (all GD). Remaining cards are GD-VG;
- 1967: 25 cards, inc. Alston, Schoendienst (2), Bunning (all NM); Kaline, Mantle, Mathews, F. Robinson, Cepeda (all EX to EX-MT), Mantle, Maris, F. Robinson, Ford (all GD-VG). Remaining cards are 70% VG, with about 15% better and the same lesser.
- 1968: 137 cards, inc. Banks, McCovey, Aparacio, Maris, Staub, Schoendienst, Bunning and AS cards of Killebrew, Carew, Cepeda, Aaron, Morgan, Yaz and B. Robinson – all EX-MT to NM. Remaining cards grade 20% EX to EX-MT, 65% VG to VG-EX, 15% lesser.
- 1969: 10 cards, inc. Banks (PR), Drysdale (PR), Santo (EX-MT). Remaining cards are GD-VG.
Bowman:
- 1954: 12 cards, VG-EX to EX;
- 1955: 7 cards, VG-EX to EX.
The tobacco cards (7) are Piedmont and Sweet Cap T-206’s, ranging from VG to EX, and include Ewing, Herzog, Delehanty, Elberfeld, Donlin, Myers and Merkle. The collection also includes 1960 Fleer Baseball Greats (20 cards, including Cobb, Foxx, Williams and Wagner; mostly VG-EX or better),
a handful of 1970 Topps Star booklets and a 1963 Post Cereal #106 Mays (EX-MT).
Total of 498 cards.