Arguably the toughest Topps Baseball set of its decade, the 1961 issue of (587) is presented in its entirety. With an approximate overall breakdown of 10% (EX-MT) or better, 25% (EX), 20% (VG-EX) and 45% (VG) or lesser, keys include: #2 Maris (VG), #150 Mays (VG), #290 Musial (EX), #300 Mantle (EX), #344 Koufax (EX-MT), #388 Clemente (EX), #406 Mantle HR (VG), #415 Aaron (VG-EX), #417 Marichal RC (VG-EX), #475 Mantle MVP (FR), #576 Maris AS (GD), #577 Aaron AS (VG), #578 Mantle AS (VG-EX), #579 Mays AS (VG), #586 Ford AS (VG) and #589 Spahn AS (VG). We note that approximately 60% of the tougher high numbers (523-589) are affected by moisture-induced bowing, though many still present nicely. More on our website.

Additional highlights include:

#1 Groat (VG), #10 B. Robinson (writing), #35 Santo RC (EX), #41 Mays/Clemente LL (VG), #44 Mantle/Maris LL (VG-EX), #120 Mathews (EX), #141 B. Williams RC (EX), #160 Ford (EX), #200 Spahn (EX-MT), #211 Gibson (EX-MT), #228 Yankees Team (EX), #260 Drysdale (EX), #287 Yastrzemski (EX), #307 Mantle WS (GD), #350 Banks (VG), #360 F. Robinson (EX), #371 Skowron (VG-EX), #401 Ruth 60 HR (EX), #405 Gehrig Streak (VG-EX), #425 Berra (EX-MT), #429 Kaline (EX), #430 Mazeroski (VG-EX), #443 Snider (EX), #472 Berra MVP (EX), #478 Maris MVP (VG-EX), #480 Campanella MVP (FR), #482 Mays MVP (VG), #484 Aaron MVP (GD), #485 Banks MVP (VG), #517 McCovey (VG), #525 Perranoski RC (EX-MT), #542 Twins Team (VG), #545 Wilhelm (GD), #554 Pirates Team (VG), #559 Gentile (VG), #563 Cerv (VG), #570 Fox AS (VG), #571 Mazeroski AS (VG), #572 B. Robinson AS (VG), #574 Aparicio AS (VG), #575 Banks AS (VG), #580 Kaline AS (VG-EX) and #581 F. Robinson AS (VG).