Piggybacking on our Winter 2017 auction of one of the most extensive Boston Red Sox card collections ever offered comes this grouping of dozens of Red Sox team sets from 1967 and 1970 through 1975, with 1967 and 1975 being the two World Series appearances of that generation. With multiple runs of almost each year’s team set including eleven (11) from 1967, fifteen (15) from 1971 and nine (9) from 1972, this collection is brimming with all the great Sox players from that era. Included within the sets are all the Yaz cards, Carlton Fisk rookies in 1972 and even the Rice and Lynn rookies in the 1975 regular and mini sets. In fact, all the rookie cards which have at least one Red Sox player are included, which means the 1972 team sets contain THREE high number rookies each, including the #761 Cey/Oglivie rookie. There are over a dozen additional cards of Carl Yastrzemski, about 15 additional Fisk rookies, and few extra Jim Rice rookies. In addition, partial sets and extra cards abound with partials of almost every year and lots of extras like dozens of team cards, specials and high numbers. Most cards are NM to NM/MT (some lesser) unless noted with the 1967 and 1971 issues somewhat lesser (EX to NM or better). There are many, many cards here ready for third-party grading. This collection contains almost 1,800 Boston Red Sox player and team cards, most in higher grade.
COMPLETE TEAM SETS (all sets average NM to NM/MT, with 1967 and 1971 sets slightly lesser overall, but still with lots of NM/MT cards throughout):
1967 - ELEVEN complete team sets with #287 Conigliaro (2 NM/MT, 4 NM, 4 EX/MT & 1 EX), 355 Yaz (1 NM, 6 EX/MT, 3 EX & 1 VG/EX), and 604 Red Sox Team (2 NM/MT, 5 NM, 3 EX/MT & 1 EX). All other cards are EX/MT to NM/MT with 10% lesser. 1970 – FIVE complete team sets with #10 Yaz (1 NM/MT, 2 NM & 2 EX/MT). 1971 – FIFTEEN (15) complete team sets and one partial set (missing 3 commons and 1 Hi #) with #525 Yaz (2 NM/MT, 8 NM & 6 EX/MT) and 740 Aparicio (2 NM/MT, 7 NM, 6 EX/MT & 2 RC). Sets are mostly EX to NM with some nicer and a few lesser throughout. 1972 – NINE complete team sets with #37 Yaz (3 NM, 4 EX/MT & 2 EX) and #79 Fisk rookie (1 NM, 6 EX/MT & 2 EX). Most sets are NM to NM/MT, with all the tough high #’s. 1975 – ONE complete team set with Yaz (NM), Fisk (NM/MT) and Rice (EX). 1975 Mini – FOUR (4) complete team sets w/#80 Fisk (2 NM/MT & 2 NM), 280 Yaz (3 NM/MT & 1 NM) and 616 Rice (1 NM/MT & 3 NM). All are NM to NM/MT.
OLDER YAZ CARDS (9)….1961 - #287 (2, 1 NM & 1 EX/MT). 1962 - #425 (VG/EX). 1963 - #115 (2, both EX). 1967 - #355 (2, 1 VG & 1 trimmed). 1968 - #250 (2, both NM).
EXTRA CARDS…Bowman: 1952 - 1 card, #45 Pesky (EX/MT); 1955 - 2 cards w/#15 and 256 (both NM). TOPPS: 1956 - 1 card #304 Malzone (EX/MT+); 1957 - 1 card, #21 (NM/MT); 1958 - 4 cards w/#312 Team (NM); 1959 – 6 cards (all NM); 1960 - 2 cards (NM); 1961 – 5 cards w/#373 Team (3, 2 NM/MT & 1 NM); 1962: 12 cards w/#334 Team (3, 2 NM & 1 EX/MT); 1963 - 15 cards w/#202 Team (4, 3 NM & 1 EX/MT) and 343 Pesky (9, w/1 SGC 84); 1964 – 22 cards w/#287 Conigliaro (2, 1 NM & 1 EX/MT), 248 Pesky (16); 1965 - 12 cards w/#55 Conigliaro (4, 3 NM & 1 EX/MT), 74 Petrocelli (4), 403 Team (NM) and 573 Lonborg (NM/MT); 1966 - 19 cards w/#218 LL Tony C. (6), 259 Team (3), 298 Petrocelli (3), 380 Conigliaro (4) and 558 Scott rookie (2, both NM); 1967 - 45 cards w/#280 Conigliaro (7), 604 Team (NM) and 5 hi #s; 1968 - 17 cards w/#10 LL (4) and 369 Yaz AS (GD); 1969 - 26 cards w/#311 Lyle (5), 425 Yaz AS (3, all EX) and 330 Conigliaro (8): 1970 - 42 cards w/#116 Lyle (3), #279 Bill Lee (22), 340 Conigliaro (2), 563 Team (6) and 680 Rico; 1971 – 79 cards w/#58 Lee (10), 386 Team (2, both EX), 649 Lyle (5, 2 NM, 2 EX/MT & 1 VG/EX), 740 Aparicio (NM) and 12 other hi #s. 1971 Coins – 11 w/#6 Moses (NM), 30 Petrocelli (NM/MT), 58 Yaz (EX/MT), 78 Smith (EX), 98 Scott (NM), 122 Siebert (EX/MT) and 142 Conigliaro (5, 2 NM, 2 EX/MT & 1 EX). 1972 – 47 cards w/#38 Yaz IA (2, 1 NM & 1 EX/MT), 79 Fisk rookie (16, 4 NM, 9 EX to EX/MT & 3 VG/EX), 328 Team (5), 724 (EX), 741 (3), 761 Cey/Oglivie (EX/MT) and 2 hi #’s; 1973 – 23 cards w/#193 Fisk (2, both NM/MT), 245 Yaz (VG/EX), 596 Team (3) and 614 Evans (EX); 1974 – 15 cards w/#280 Yaz (EX); 1975 – 41 cards w/#80 Fisk (3, all NM/MT), 205 Yaz MVP, 280 Yaz (3, all NM) and 616 Rice (4, 2 NM/MT and 2 NM); 1975 Mini – 31 cards w/#622 Lynn (EX); 1976 – 11 cards w/#230 Yaz (5, 3 NM/MT & 2 NM), 365 Fisk (5, all NM/MT). 1970s assorted – 42 cards w/7 Red Sox teams and 1973 Blue CL (3); plus SSPC and Kellogg’s w/Yaz, Fisk, Evans (all NM to NM/MT). 1986 Roger Clemens – 40 assorted T, F & D.
Almost 1,800 Boston Red Sox cards, most in high grade!