Sports Memorabilia, Trading Cards, and Americana May 16'26
Lot 177:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! A Collection of Vintage Topps Baseball Cards featuring Hall of Famers and League Leaders 1966-1982
This is a large collection of vintage Topps baseball cards primarily consisting of subset cards including League Leaders, World Series Highlights, and Record Holders. The lot spans several years of production, with significant representation from the 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1982 Topps sets.
Featured cards include notable Hall of Famers and star players. Key cards identified from the 1960s include 1966 Topps #423 Fence Busters featuring Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, 1966 Topps #215 1965 NL ERA Leaders featuring Sandy Koufax, and 1967 Topps #5 1966 NL Pitching Leaders and #4 1966 NL ERA Leaders featuring Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, and Gaylord Perry. Later highlights include multiple 1980 Topps #1 1979 Strikeout Leaders featuring Nolan Ryan and 1982 Topps #761 All-Time Record Holders Strikeouts featuring Nolan Ryan and Walter Johnson.
Other prominent players appearing on various leader and multi-player cards throughout the collection include Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Jackson, Mike Schmidt, Mike Cuellar, Phil Niekro, Jim Bunning, and Gaylord Perry. The collection contains multiple examples of League Leader cards for home runs, RBIs, batting average, and strikeouts from the 1970s. Also present are World Series Highlights cards from the 1977 and 1978 Topps sets.
The collection consists of over 100 cards.
Condition report:
The cards are in raw, ungraded condition. Corners generally range from soft to significantly rounded throughout the lot. Edges show light to moderate wear with instances of chipping, particularly on the 1960s issues. Centering is highly variable across the collection, with several examples from the 1967 and 1980 subsets appearing noticeably off-center. Surfaces appear generally clean, though some cards show light scuffing and minor age-related toning.
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