Historical Hockey and Sports Memorabilia Auction November 2024
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/3/2024
Instantly recognizable for its woodgrain borders design, the 1962 Topps baseball release featured a total of 598-cards within its checklist, with the key rookie examples of names such as Lou Brock and Gaylord Perry joined by a plethora of Hall of Fame subjects. Released over the course of a season that saw the New York Mets and Houston Colt .45's join the Major's as part of the National League, the end of the year would see the New York Yankees defeat the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, the first time the two (2) teams matched up in the Fall Classic since 1951 when the Giants were still based in New York. Offered here, we present this complete set of Topps' 1962 baseball release that includes the full 598-card checklist plus six (6) variations. Found to be in the overall approximate condition range of EX throughout a good majority of the set, #'s 174, 211, 250, 273, 311, 371, 374, 391, 397, 439, 452, 516, 549 and 586 are all exceptions to the condition range listed above due to the fact that they defects including stains and/or ink marks and/or creases that are worth noting for accuracy. Including variations of #'s 134-Hoeft, 139-Reniff & 139-Babe Hits 60, 147-Kunkel, 174-Willey, 176-Yostand and 190-Moon, the key cards include those of 1-Maris (G to VG - corner and surface wear), 5-Koufax (VG-EX to EX - light corner and top border wear), 10-Clemente (EX to EX-MT - slight corner wear), 18-Managers' Dream - Mantle / Mays (G to VG - corner wear), 50-Musial (VG to VG-EX - tiny bubble dent over the area of the top left), 53-1961 AL Home Run Leaders (VG to VG-EX - small "faded wear" mark on the reverse), 199-Perry RC (VG to VG-EX - light dent over yellow star), 200-Mantle (VG to VG-EX - wear to the bottom two corners), 300-Mays (VG-EX to EX - light corner wear), 318-The Switch Hitter Connects IA (G to VG - off-center and light corner plus top border wear), 320-Aaron (EX to EX-MT - slight corner wear to the bottom right side point), 360-Berra (VG to VG-EX - off-center and light corner wear), 387-Brock RC (EX to EX-MT - slight wear to the bottom left corner), 425-Yastrzemski (EX to EX-MT - tiny ding over the bottom border), 471-Mantle AS (VG-EX to EX - tiny ding to the bottom left corner), 530-Gibson (EX to EX-MT - slight wear to the top left corner), 544-McCovey (EX to EX-MT - tiny ding to the left side border), 591-Rookie Parade Pitchers SP (VG-EX to EX - light corner wear), 592-Rookie Parade Pitchers SP (EX to EX-MT - slight wear to the corners all the way around and top border), 593-Rookie Parade Pitchers SP (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 594-Rookie Parade Catchers SP (VG-EX to EX - slight corner wear), 595-Rookie Parade Infielders SP (VG to VG-EX - bottom left corner wear/damage), 596-Rookie Parade Infielders SP (VG to VG-EX - corner wear), 597-Rookie Parade Infielders SP (VG to VG-EX - corner wear) and 598-Rookie Parade Outfielders SP (POOR - scratched surface and corner creases).
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