A tremendous shoebox collection, which spans baseball's golden years of cards 1952-1967. This collection has a little bit of everything and can easily appeal to everyone's tastes. There are about (100) cards from the combined years of 1952, 1953, 1954, & 1955 Topps and 1953 Bowman color, and 1954 Bowman. Highlights include 1955 Topps # 2 Williams # 120 Kluszewski, # 124 Killebrew, # 164 Clemente, # 166 Bauer. All cards are in about GD condition.
Approximately 150 1956 Topps cards mostly from the 100-300 series. The cards are about 40% VG-EX, 30% VG and 30% lesser. (20) 1955 Bowman cards all in GD condition. (150) 1957 Topps cards mostly from the first 2 series, the cards average VG to VG-EX. Included are # 1 Williams GD # 76 Clemente GD both have vertical creases and # 328 Robinson VG. (40) 1958 Topps cards including #1 Williams PR, #47 Maris GD vertical crease (125) 1959 Topps cards in VG condition, with # 543 Corsair Trio VG-EX. (375) 1960 Topps cards in an average of VG condition. Included are # 326 Clemente VG-EX and 377 Maris GD. (250) 1961 Topps cards in VG-EX condition. 1961 # 44 AL HR Leaders VG-EX (card has roller marks) # 300 Mantle EX, there are over a dozen tough high number cards. (100) 1962 Topps cards from various series the cards are mostly VG-EX. There are (500). 1963 Fleer # 56 Roberto Clemente VG. (300) 1963 Topps cards in an average of VG-EX condition including # 412 Dodgers' Big Three (350) 1964 Cards mostly in VG-EX condition, the cards are from all series. Highlights include # 50 Mantle GD vertical crease. Approximately, (100) 1964 Topps coins including Koufax, Aaron, Clemente, Mays, Koufax AS, Ford AS, Mays AS. 1965 Topps cards included are cards from all series. Highlights include # 3 AL HR leaders, VG-EX, # 16 Morgan VG-EX, # 155 Maris VG, 160 Clemente VG-EX, 300 Koufax VG-EX, 350 Mantle VG-EX, (2) 461 Niekro VG-EX. Overall the condition is VG to VG-EX. Approximately (100) 1961,1962 & 1963 Post Cereal cards including 1961 # 7 Maris, 1962 # 5 Mantle, 9 Ford all are in VG condition. (75) 1965 Topps Embossed cards highlighted with several stars and Hall of Famers. Most of the cards are in VG-EX condition. (300) 1966 Topps cards mostly VG-EX including #30 Rose EX, # 50 Mantle vg light wrinkle, # 100 Koufax EX, 200 Mathews EX, 166 Palmer EX.
One could go on for sometime listing key cards included in this great shoebox collection. There are many additional cards of stars and hall of famers included and this lot is a treasure-trove of material for a low-end dealer or a vintage collector. This lot, when pieced out, has tremendous break value. Please remember, all the quantities listed are estimates of the amount of cards for each year.